Holy Orders

do you think that you might be receiving a call to the priesthood
or religious life?

This is the Sacrament by which a man is ordained a Deacon and/or a Priest. Those who feel called by God to the vocation of the Diaconate or Priesthood may contact Fr. Hardesty at [email protected] or 502-314-4131.
what is holy orders?

Holy Orders is the sacrament through which the mission entrusted by Christ to his apostles continues to be exercised in the Church until the end of time, thus it is the sacrament of apostolic ministry. It includes three degrees: episcopate, presbyterate, and diaconate.

The essential rite of the Sacrament of Holy Orders for all three degrees consists in the bishop’s imposition of hands on the head of the ordinand and in the bishop’s specific consecratory prayer asking God for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and his gifts proper to the ministry to which the candidate is being ordained.