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Seminarian candidacy

Arlington seminarians Stephen Vaccaro and Jordan Willard were
admitted to Candidacy for Holy Orders at the Josephinum
during a Mass with Columbus Bishop Frederick F. Campbell,
vice chancellor of the Josephinum, in St. Turibius Chapel in
Rome last month.

The ceremony marked a defining moment in the priestly
formation of 18 seminarians. When a seminarian, usually in
his second year of graduate study, has reached a maturity of
purpose in his formation and has demonstrated the necessary
qualifications for ordination, he publicly expresses, before
the bishop, his intention to complete his preparation for
Holy Orders and his resolve to fully invest himself to that
end, so that he will serve Christ and the Church faithfully.

Vaccaro is from St. Michael Church in Annandale and Willard
is from St. Francis de Sales Church in Purcellville.

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