Congratulations and blessings to Brandon Holder Jones, my identical twin brother, who, by the Imposition of Hands and the Invocation of the Holy Spirit, received the Sacred Order of Deacons on the Ember Saturday in Advent, 22 December 2007, at Saint Patrick's Cathedral in Charlotte, North Carolina. The ordaining prelate was His Excellency, the Most Reverend Peter J. Jugis, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte. Please pray for Brandon as he begins his new ministry. It so happens that the date of his Diaconal Ordination coincides with the anniversary of my First Holy Mass, offered on the Fourth Sunday in Advent 1996.
Let us pray fervently for a deeper co-operation and understanding between the Catholic Church of the Anglican Rite and the Catholic Church of Rome. Ut unum sint.
And to who all who read this simple weblog: may Our Lord Jesus Christ, the true God born of the immaculate Virgin, Son of God and Son of Mary, bless and keep you and all you love during this most wonderful time of the year.
A blessed and holy Christ-Mass to you all!
Chad+
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Fr. Chad,
hearty congratulations to your brother, and best wishes to you and your family for a blessed Christmas and a happy new year.
Let us continue to pray that all who confess Our Lord may one day agree in the truth of His holy word, live in unity and godly love, worship together in unity and in truth. If we are to take Him at His word, it isn't an option.
I hope that I may one day be able to assist at a Mass co-celebrated by the Jones brothers.
Dear Father Chad,
I add my congratulations to your brother. I attended Mass at St Patrick's the week before the ordination. It is a beautiful church, unlike most RC churches around Charlotte. Which parish will Deacon Jones be assigned to?
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