{"id":7040,"date":"2022-06-02T12:06:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T16:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/news\/news-2\/two-future-priests-grand-seminaire-larchidiocese-montreal\/"},"modified":"2022-06-02T12:06:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T16:06:03","slug":"two-future-priests-grand-seminaire-larchidiocese-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/news\/news-2\/two-future-priests-grand-seminaire-larchidiocese-montreal\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Future Priests from the Grand S\u00e9minaire de l\u2019Archidioc\u00e8se de Montr\u00e9al to receive Diaconal Ordination"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <em>Grand S\u00e9minaire de Montr\u00e9al<\/em> is pleased to announce the diaconal ordination of two of its seminarians, R\u00e9jean Thibodeau and Charbel Daw.<\/p>\n\n<p>The two seminarians were called to this step on their journey towards the priesthood by Archbishop Christian L\u00e9pine of Montreal. Vicar General Alain Faubert of Montreal will preside at both ceremonies.<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>The ordination ceremony for Charbel Daw will be held Friday, June 17, at 7:30 p.m. at Saint Fabien Church, 6455 Ave. de Renty, Montreal QC &nbsp;H1M 1M3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>The ordination ceremony for R\u00e9jean Thibodeau will be held Tuesday, June 28, at 7:30 p.m. at Saint-Paul-de-la-Croix Church, 10215 Ave. Georges-Baril, Montreal QC &nbsp;H2C 2M9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>R\u00e9jean Thibodeau<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>R\u00e9jean Thibodeau was born in 1959 in Ste-M\u00e9lanie. He is the eldest of five siblings. From a very young age, he loved going to church and serving as an altar boy. He kept this habit all his life, going to church daily to attend Mass. He always had the deep sense that he was destined for the priesthood.<\/p>\n\n<p>Nevertheless, he elected to pursue studies in administration at the C\u00e9gep in Joliette, following which he worked for 32 years as night dispatcher for a company specializing in shipping poultry.<\/p>\n\n<p>When he was in his 20s, he had the opportunity to enrol at the <em>Grand S\u00e9minaire<\/em>; however, health concerns prevented him from following through on these plans. Then, at 55, he began his journey, leaving everything behind in order to devote himself to his priestly formation. \u201cLife as a seminarian for me is like working full-time for God. The Lord helps me, and is continually preparing my path forward. I feel that I\u2019m already in his service,\u201d says R\u00e9jean, for whom the upcoming step of diaconal ordination means \u201ca mixture of joy and emotion. I\u2019m finding inspiration as I prepare for this celebration in a prayer by Father Ludger Brien, S.J. It was given to me by a parishioner who belongs to the <em>Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 du Christ Seigneur<\/em>: \u201cLord Jesus, teach me to do all things with calm, with care, with joy, from love, in communion with Mary, your Mother and mine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>He concludes, \u201cI want to be a deacon in the service of love and joy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Charbel Daw<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Charbel Daw was born in Lebanon, and while still very young moved with his family to Senegal. Here he grew up and pursued his studies, taking his PharmD at the University of Dakar. After this, he went to study at the Universit\u00e9 Paris V in France, obtaining a DESS in drug toxicology. Arriving in Montreal in 2011, he obtained an MA in practical theology at the Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n\n<p>Charbel\u2019s upcoming ordination inspired the following reflection:<br \/>\n\u201cIt is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me,\u201d he says, quoting Galatians 2:20. He goes on to explain: \u201cthis ordination will configure me after the example of Christ the servant, who calls me to take off myself and to put on Christ, so that I may give myself wholly to the service of his Church, as He did.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>What is diaconal ordination?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Diaconal ordination allows a candidate to be consecrated as a \u201cdeacon\u201d in the service of God\u2019s people. The deacon, whether he is married or celibate, can administer Baptism, dispense the Eucharist, perform and bless a marriage, administer last rites, proclaim the Holy Scripture to the faithful, administer sacramentals (blessing objects or persons, a procession, prayer, etc.), preside at funerals and burials.<\/p>\n\n<p>For R\u00e9jean Thibodeau and Charbel Daw, this step will later lead to their priestly ordination, which will take place in about a year following their ordination as deacons. At that time, they will receive the second degree of the sacrament, called the \u201cSacrament of Holy Orders,\u201d and will become priests.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>About the <em>Grand S\u00e9minaire de l\u2019Archidioc\u00e8se de Montr\u00e9al<\/em> <\/strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/gsam-montreal.org\/\">gsam-montreal.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n<p>Since 1840, the chief mission of the <em>Grand S\u00e9minaire de l\u2019Archidioc\u00e8se de Montr\u00e9al <\/em>has been the formation of priests with a deep devotion to Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n\n<p>In the fall of 2021, the new <em>Grand S\u00e9minaire<\/em> became a centre for basic general formation in philosophy, theology and pastoral care, training future priests and permanent deacons, as well as welcoming religious and lay persons from Montreal and the environs, through a partnership with the Universit\u00e9 de Laval\u2019s faculty of theology and religious sciences. <em>The Grand S\u00e9minaire de l\u2019Archidioc\u00e8se de Montr\u00e9al<\/em> is also offering a new program for the formation of the permanent diaconate.<\/p>\n\n<p>The <em>Grand S\u00e9minaire<\/em> has been established in its new quarters since 2020, where it embraces the human dimension of life in the parish of Saint-Ars\u00e8ne, situated in the midst of the popular neighbourhood of Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie.<\/p>\n\n<p>Follow us on Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GSdMtl\">Grand S\u00e9minaire de l\u2019Archidioc\u00e8se de Montr\u00e9al | Facebook<\/a><br \/>\nVisit our YouTube channel: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCtTxtxY3jht2u0BLMduJk8w\">Grand S\u00e9minaire de l\u2019Archidioc\u00e8se de Montr\u00e9al \u2013 YouTube<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Grand S\u00e9minaire de Montr\u00e9al is pleased to announce the diaconal ordination of two of its seminarians, R\u00e9jean Thibodeau and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7039,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nouvelle"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}