Source of photo from Facebook page for Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/deaconsbench/2013/07/picture-of-the-day-or-maybe-of-the-year/ (5 Feb. 2020)
But here is the excerpt from Deacon Greg Kendra's blog with Deacon Greg's commentary:
From the Facebook page for the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter:
Congratulations to Deacon Patrick Allen from Charleston who was ordained to the transitional diaconate yesterday. His young son decided to share in the experience with him!
UPDATE: A few people have been puzzled by the fact that this man is being ordained a transitional deacon. How can he be married and have a child?, they ask.
He is part of the Anglican Ordinariate: a married former Anglican (or, more likely, Episcopalian) priest who converted and has received permission for ordination to the Catholic priesthood. As the ordinariate explains it:
Anglican clergy seeking to be ordained as Catholic priests must first complete an extensive process that includes background checks; an endorsement by the local Ordinary; approval by the head of the Ordinariate and by the Vatican; completion of an approved Ordinariate formation program; and an examination. Celibacy is the norm for the clergy. Permission has been given on a case-by-case basis by the Pope for former Anglican priests who are married to be ordained Catholic priests for the Ordinariate. If widowed, they may not remarry.
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