Newly Ordained Deacons in Angola’s Mbanza Congo Diocese Urged to “be very attentive to the needs of all”

“The Deacons who collaborate with the Bishops and Priests receive the first degree of the Sacrament of Orders and are ordained ministers for the service of the Church,” the Angolan member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (OFM Cap) further said.

When Deacons receive this first degree, he said, “they become clerics, and there are certain duties and one of them is that of prayer. Priests and Deacons are obliged to pray the liturgy of the hours daily, according to the proper and approved liturgical books.” 

“Let's not imitate men who also have their faults,” Bishop Kiaziku said, and appealed, “Be firm in the communities where you are sent; be promoters of community prayer.”

He recognized the response to God’s calling of the five candidates he was to ordain Deacons, describing them as “a great gift from the Lord”.

“With deep joy and sincere affection, I greet and thank these young men who are determined and strong in the Lord. I greet and thank their parents, family, friends, and acquaintances present here,” the Local Ordinary of Mbanza Congo Diocese since his Episcopal Consecration in March 2009 said.

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In a vote of thanks by newly ordained Deacon Kiamuanga Ambrósio, the Deacons thanked all those who “prayed to God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit” for them to reach “this milestone.”

They asked the people of God to “continue praying” for them to “remain faithful and generous in the service of God on behalf of His people, as true collaborators.”

João Vissesse is an Angolan Journalist with a passion and rich experience in Catholic Church Communication and Media Apostolate.