Last Saturday, the Solemnity of the Annunciation, Br Oliver Craddock, Cong.Orat. received the diaconate at the Oxford Oratory by Bishop Robert Byrne, Cong. Orat.
Bishop Robert's Sermon can be read here
Here are pictures of the liturgy and celebrations from the Oxford Oratory website:
The candidate is called forward:
The Litany of the Saints:
The promise of obedience:
The Laying on of Hands:
The Presentation with the Book of the Gospels:
The new deacon assists the bishop to incense the altar:
The Sign of Peace:
The new deacon performs the ablutions after Holy Communion:
Br Oliver sings the dismissal at the end of Mass:
All the members of the Oxford Oratory together:
The cake being cut at the party after Mass:
Images: © The Oxford Oratory
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