Bishop Óscar Blanco Martínez confers ministries

Bishop Óscar Blanco Martínez conferred the ministries of lector and acolyte upon Ronny Mejias during a midday Mass at the San Francisco de Sales Parish in Porvenir on September 6.

Mejias is a candidate for permanent diaconate within the Diocese of Punta Arenas. He was accompanied by his wife, María Eugenia Lugo, who is also a student in the permanent diaconate school. Other participants in the formation process, Cristian Oyarzún and Nadya Aguayo, were also present.

The ceremony included Father Marcos Buvinic Martinic, the director of the diocesan school for permanent diaconate, and Father Bernardo Astudillo Basulto, the parish priest. Following the liturgy, the community held a small fraternal gathering.