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Ordination photo gallery now online

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The newly ordained priest pose for a photo with key members of the clergy. From left are Rector of Mount St. Mary's Seminary Father Benedict O'Cinneslaigh, Father Adrian Hilton, Auxiliary Bishop Joseph R. Binzer, Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr, Father Ethan Moore, Father Eric Wood and Archdiocese of Cincinnati Vocations Director Father Dan Schmitmeyer. (CT Photo/E.L. Hubbard) — The newly ordained priest pose for a photo with key members of the clergy. From left are Rector of Mount St. Mary’s Seminary Father Benedict O’Cinneslaigh, Father Adrian Hilton, Auxiliary Bishop Joseph R. Binzer, Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr, Father Ethan Moore, Father Eric Wood and Archdiocese of Cincinnati Vocations Director Father Dan Schmitmeyer. (CT Photo/E.L. Hubbard)

Staff Report

The ordination of new priests at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains always showcases the beauty of the liturgy and the grandeur our local cathedral. Sometimes photographers are also able to capture rarely seen moments that happen behind the scenes.

The ordination of Father Ethan Moore, Father Adrian Hilton and Father Eric Wood on Saturday, May 16 was no exception. To learn more about the Archdiocese of Cincinnati’s newest priests, click the following links.

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Below are selected photos from the before, during and after the ordination Mass.

Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati Joseph R. Binzer, left, and Father Timothy Schehr process in during ordination at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains May 16. (CT Photo/John Stegeman)

Father Earl Fernandes, left, lays hands on Deacon Adrian Hilton during ordination May 16. (CT Photo/E.L. Hubbard)

Archbishop of Cincinnati Dennis M. Schnurr annoints a chalice that will be presented to the ordinands prior to the May 16 ordination Mass. The archbishop blessed the chalices and patens of the new priests prior to ordination. (CT Photo/John Stegeman)

Archbishop of Cincinnati Dennis M. Schnurr blesses the chalices and patens that will be presented to the ordinands prior to the May 16 ordination Mass. The ordinands, then deacons, Father Ethan Moore, Father Adrian Hilton and Father Eric Wood look on. (CT Photo/John Stegeman)

Deacon Eric Wood, top, Deacon Ethan Moore and Deacon Adrian Hilton listen during their ordination to priestly ministry May 16 at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains. (CT Photo/E.L. Hubbard)

Father Eric Wood looks on as Father Benedict O’Cinneslaigh, rector of Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, kisses his hands. The kissing the hands of a newly ordained priest stems from the recognition that a fundemental change has occured, and notes the particular importance of the hands in priestly ministry. This image took place in the archbishop’s private chapel behing the sacristy after Mass. (CT Photo/E.L. Hubbard)

Then Deacon Adrian Hilton, right, vests prior to his ordination on May 16. Then-Deacon Ethan Moore is seen at left. (CT Photo/E.L. Hubbard)

Archbishop of Cincinnati Dennis M. Schnurr waits to process into the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains prior to ordination May 16. (CT Photo/John Stegeman)

Deacons Adrian Hilton, foreground, Ethan Moore and Eric Wood lay prostrate during ordination May 16 at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains. (CT Photo/E.L. Hubbard)

Priests of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati line up to embrace the newly ordained priests May 16 at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains. (CT Photo/E.L. Hubbard)

The newly ordained priest pose for a photo with key members of the clergy. From left are Rector of Mount St. Mary’s Seminary Father Benedict O’Cinneslaigh, Father Adrian Hilton, Auxiliary Bishop Joseph R. Binzer, Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr, Father Ethan Moore, Father Eric Wood and Archdiocese of Cincinnati Vocations Director Father Dan Schmitmeyer. (CT Photo/E.L. Hubbard)

Deacons Ethan Moore, left, Eric Wood and Adrian Hilton process in prior to their priestly ordination May 16 at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains. (CT Photo/John Stegeman)

Then Deacon Ethan Moore embraces Father Kyle Schnippel prior to the ordination Mass May 16. Father Schnippel served as Archdiocese of Cincinnati Vocations Directors during a portion of Moore’s formation. (CT Photo/E.L. Hubbard)

Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr prays while holding the hands of then-Deacon Adrian Hilton during ordination May 16. (CT Photo/E.L. Hubbard)

Thurifer Jacob Willig, a seminarian, leads the entrance procession at the ordination Mass May 16 at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains. (CT Photo/John Stegeman)

Deacon Eric Wood, center right in white alb, Deacon Ethan Moore and Deacon Adrian Hilton listen to Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr during their ordination to priestly ministry May 16 at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains. Auxiliary Bishop Joseph R. Binzer and other priests look on at top. (CT Photo/E.L. Hubbard)

Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr, left, lays hands on Ethan Moore, ordaining him as a priest May 16 at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains. (CT Photo/E.L. Hubbard)

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