2019 Ordination for the Archdiocese of San Francisco; First Masses of Thanksgiving

Deacon Michael Rocha shared with us the good news of his upcoming ordination to the priesthood taking place this Saturday, May 18, at 10:00 AM (alongside Deacons Kyle Faller and Ernesto Jandonero for the Archdiocese of San Francisco) at the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption (1111 Gough Street, San Francisco, CA) by His Excellency, Salvatore J. Cordileone, Archbishop of San Francisco. There is a reception following the ceremony.

The Masses of Thanksgiving schedule for the newly ordained priests is as follows:

Reverend Kyle Faller
Sunday, May 19, 2019 – 9:30 AM
Most Holy Rosary Chapel (1 Saint Vincent Dr., San Rafael, CA)

Reverend Ernesto Jandonero
Saturday, May 18, 2019 – 5:00 PM
Saint Pius Parish (1100 Woodside Road, Redwood City, CA)

Reverend Michael Rocha
Sunday, May 19, 2019 – 11:30 AM
Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form / Traditional Latin Mass
Star of the Sea Parish (4420 Geary Blvd., San Francisco, CA)

Of particular interest for Rev. Michael Rocha’s 1st Mass is that the mass setting will be William Byrd’s Mass of Five Voices. Fr. Alvin Yu (Parochial Vicar, St. Matthew Church, San Mateo, CA) will be the deacon and Abbé Kevin Kerscher (Oblate for the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest) the subdeacon. Fr. Joseph Illo will give the homily. Reception to follow afterward. The following week, there will be three additional first masses in Modesto:

St Joseph’s Catholic Church
1813 Oakdale Road
Modesto, CA 95355

Saturday, May 25th, 2019 at 5:30pm (English)
Sunday, May 26th, 2019 at 9:00am (Latin)
Sunday, May 26th, 2019 at 5:30pm (English)

A Solemn High Mass in the EF is also scheduled on June 30, 2019 (12:30 PM) at St. Margaret Mary’s Church (1219 Excelsior Ave, Oakland, CA 94610).

Please keep the soon-to-be priests in your prayers!

Full length high-definition (HD) video of the 2018 Institute ordinations

We are pleased to offer to our blog readers the full length high-definition (HD) video of the Rite of Ordination to the Subdiaconate and Rite of Ordination to the Sacred Priesthood celebrated by His Eminence, Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke (Cardinal Patronus of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta for the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest (ICKSP) held last Thursday, August 2, 2018, at the St. Francis de Sales Oratory, St. Louis, MO. This includes additional footage outside the church and close up views of the sanctuary. Feel free to share!

Ordination to the Priesthood: Rev. Mr. Alvin Antonio Yu on June 10, 2017

With praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God everyone is cordially invited to the Ordination of

The Reverend Mister Alvin Antonio Yu

to the Priesthood of Jesus Christ through the Imposition of Hands and the Invocation of the Holy Spirit by

The Most Reverend Salvatore J. Cordileone

Archbishop of San Francisco

Saturday, June 10, 2017 (10:00 AM) at the

Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption (1111 Gough St., San Francisco, CA 94109).

Reception to follow in the Cathedral Hall.

First Masses (First blessings of the newly ordained priest will be given at the reception following each Mass):

Ordinary Form – Solemn Mass of Thanksgiving on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity:  Sunday, June 11, 2017, 5:00 PM, at Saints Peter and Paul Church (666 Filbert St., San Francisco, CA 94133). 

Extraordinary Form – External Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul: Sunday, July 2, 2017, 1:00 PM, at Saints Peter and Paul Church (666 Filbert St., San Francisco, CA 94133). 

Photo: 2015 Canons Regular of the New Jerusalem Priestly Ordinations

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Ordination to the Sacred Priesthood of Jesus Christ of Dom John Berchmans Tonkin, CRNJ and Dom Alban Baker, CRNJ — Solemn Pontifical Mass of Ordination according to the Missale Romanum of 1962, celebrated by the Right Reverend Athanasius Schneider, ORC (Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Maria Santissima, Astana, Kazakhstan) on October 17, 2015, at St. James the Greater Catholic Church in Charles Town, WV.

Full HD video, photo gallery of the 2014 Institute of Christ the King USA ordinations

We are pleased to share with our blog readers the entire full length HD video of the 2014 Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest USA ordinations that took place on August 5, 2014, at the St. Francis de Sales Oratory, St. Louis, MO. For pictures, feel free to visit our extensive ordinations photo gallery by clicking the link here.

Photos – Day 4 of the Institute ordination coverage (August 6, 2014): Families and friends of the Institute after the ordinations

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Click on the photo above for more pictures of families and friends of the Institute after the ordination program concluded with the Solemn Benediction and Te Deum. There were about twenty people from the California apostolates of St. Margaret Mary in Oakland and Immaculate Heart of Mary / Five Wounds Church in San Jose who attended the ordinations that included Canon Joel Estrada, who originally came from St. Margaret Mary.

 

Photos – Day 4 of the Institute ordination coverage (August 6, 2014): Solemn Benediction with Te Deum

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Click on the photo for more pictures of the Solemn Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament with Te Deum celebrated by Monsignor Gilles Wach, Founder and Prior General of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, on August 6, 2014, at the St. Francis de Sales Oratory, St. Louis, MO.

Photos – 2014 Institute ordination coverage: Day 1 (August 3, 2014)

SAMSUNG CSCThe Traditional Latin Mass Society of San Francisco is pleased to share photos from our coverage of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest (ICRSS/ICKSP) ordinations that took place at the Oratory of St. Francis de Sales at St. Louis, MO this past week of August, 2014. In this photo post are pictures of the Solemn High Mass of last Sunday (August 3, 2014) which was celebrated by Canon Raphael Ueda.