In the photo at left, Bishop Murphy imposes hands on ordinand Anthony Graviano during the ordination Mass at St. Agnes Cathedral on May 17. Below, ordinand Louis Anetrella and his wife Eileen process into the cathedral.

Above, the new deacons sing.

The new deacons and their wives gather with Bishop Murphy, his auxiliary bishops, Msgr. Robert Brennan, diocesan vicar general, and Deacon Tom Connolly, director of deacon formation, outside the St. Agnes rectory following the liturgy. Flanking Bishop Murphy in the front row are, from left, Nancy and Raymond D’Alessio; Louis and Eileen Anetrella; Anthony and Kathleen Graviano; Edward and Margaret Tappin; Suzanne and Jeffrey Sykes; Xiomara and Luis Polanco; Kathryn and Frank Dell’Aglio; Maria and Thomas Lucie; Lorraine and William Casey; John and Ellen Rieger; Rebecca and Paul Neuhedel; Blanca and William Dobbins; Lawrence and Christina Faulkenberry; and Deacon Connolly. Middle row: Msgr. Brennan. Back row, from left, Bishops Emil Wcela, Peter Libasci, Paul Walsh and John Dunne.

Here ordinands lie prostrate during the litany of supplication.