Ordination, Toan Dinh Vinh MSC, Nagoya, Japan

Toan Dinh Vinh: Toan ordained a priest,

Saturday, 25th May, at 2:30 p.m. in Johokubashi Church, Nagoya.

It is the first MSC ordination in Japan in 39 years.

On Sunday morning, a mass of thanksgiving in Japanese was celebrated,

and in the afternoon, a mass in Vietnamese celebrated at the same location.

The ordaining Bishop is Bp. Goro Matsuura (Nagoya Diocese).

Toan, you are in our prayers on this special celebration.

A wide selection of photos, from Kenji, photos by the parishioners

Screen shots of the ceremony by John Walker

And some further photos from Stephen Hackett.

And we received two photos of the whole group, but not sure which is better, so we are posting both!