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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston on Saturday welcomed 11 men into the priesthood with a majestic ordination Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in the South End. The class was the largest since 2019 when 14 men were ordained as priests, the archdiocese said. Cardinal Seán P.

O’Malley , archbishop of Boston, presided at the three-hour Mass, which was attended by bishops from Tanzania, Uganda, and El Salvador. “Being a priest is not a profession or a career. It’s not a job or a task,” O’Malley said during his homily.



“Being a priest consists of answering a call, an invitation to participate in the priesthood of Jesus Christ.” Advertisement The new priests range in age from 26 to 63 years old, and hail from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Mexico, El Salvador, Vietnam, Colombia, and Cameroon, according to the archdiocese. The Rev.

David Pineda, one of the new priests, said his family traveled from El Salvador for his ordination. Pineda, 28, was born in La Reina in El Salvador’s Chalatenango department. “This day for me means a lot because I basically gave my life to the Lord,” Pineda said in an interview after Mass.

“This is just the beginning of a new chapter in my life.” Pineda said he is scheduled to say his first Mass on Sunday at St. Mary of the Assumption in Brookline.

He said he will then serve as a priest in Haverhill at All Saints Parish. Three other new priests were scheduled to celebrate their first Masses Saturday evening at churches .

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