Denver, Colo., May 20, 2004 / 22:00 pm
Three men from three ethnic backgrounds will be ordained for the Archdiocese of Denver this week. Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, OFM. Cap., will lay hands upon Deacons Kevin Augustyn, José Sáenz, and Joseph Tran May 22.
The mass will begin at 10 a.m. at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in downtown Denver. Auxiliary Bishop José Gomez, archdiocesan priests, deacons, religious men and women, brother seminarians, friends, family, and lay faithful will join the three candidates in prayer and celebration.
With diverse backgrounds and distinct stories of vocation to the priesthood, the three candidates together embody the universal nature of the Catholic Church.
Deacon Kevin Augustyn, 27, grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana. After graduating from Fort Wayne's Bishop Dwenger High School, he studied theology and philosophy at the Franciscan University of Steubenville. He recalls first seriously discerning a religious vocation during his sophomore year in college, which led him to Denver in 1999 to study for the priesthood.