By Herald Staff

ST. MEINRAD — Twenty-five priesthood students from Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology in St. Meinrad received the ministry of lector on Feb. 18 in the Seminary’s St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel. President-Rector Fr. Denis Robinson, OSB, installed the lectors.

The seminarians receiving the ministry were:

• Fedinard Aliet, Glenmary Home Missioners

• Anthony Armbruster, Liam Hosty, Nicholas Rivelli, Samuel Rosko and Justin Vogel, Archdiocese of Indianapolis

• Donald Beaty, Michael Willey and Daniel Herman, Diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee

• Justin Farr and Seth Reed, Diocese of Nashville, Tennessee

• Kyeongbeom (John) Lee, Diocese of Busan, South Korea

• Donald Maddox III and Joseph Schultz, Archdiocese of Mobile, Alabama

• Alex McCullough and Jayke White, Diocese of Springfield, Illinois

• Matthew Millay, Archdiocese of Louisville, Kentucky

• Hung Van Nguyen, Archdiocese of Hanoi

• Michael Oguizu and Seth Slone, Diocese of Lexington, Kentucky

• Eric Ouellette, Diocese of Manchester, New Hampshire

• Jose Perez, Diocese of Memphis, Tennessee

• Caleb Scherzinger, Diocese of Evansville

• Ryan Winger, Diocese of Amarillo, Texas

• Eli Yandow, Diocese of Burlington, Vermont

The ministry of lector is conferred upon those who prepare and proclaim readings from Scripture at Mass and other liturgical celebrations. A lector also may recite psalms between the readings and present the intentions for the general intercessions.