Candidates, lectors and acolytes to be ordained

Published May 12, 2022

Seven seminarians will be installed as candidates, lectors and acolytes during special Masses this month. On May 9, Bishop Anthony B. Taylor installed five seminarians as candidates who have demonstrated qualifications for ordination. They are Duwan Booker, St. Joseph Church, Conway; Joel Brackett, St. Vincent de Paul Church, Rogers; Christopher Elser, Christ the King Church, Little Rock; Cody Eveld, Sacred Heart Church, Charleston; Quinton Thomas, Blessed Sacrament Church, Jonesboro; and Tuan Do and Minh Phong Nguyen, both of St. Patrick Church, North Little Rock.

Joel Brackett will be installed as a lector during Mass at 6:30 p.m., Monday, May 16, at the Cathedral of St. Andrew. On Monday, May 23 at 6:30 p.m. at the Cathedral, Cody Eveld will be installed as an acolyte.