Bro. Antony Kurian OFM Cap. is surrounded by friends and family after being ordained to the diaconate on Sunday, January 28. There was “great joy” in the Capuchin Friary on Church Street, Dublin as Bro. Antony Kurian OFM Cap. was ordained to the diaconate by Archbishop of Dublin Dermot Farrell.
Any day when “we make a profound commitment” is a day “rooted in hope”, the archbishop said in his homily for the ordination on January 28.
“Such a day – and Antony’s ordination to the diaconate is one such day – is ultimately not an end point, but in reality, a new beginning,” said Dr Farrell.
In being ordained a deacon, Bro Antony put himself “in the prophetic service of Christ”, the archbishop continued, just as the order’s ultimate founder St Francis did.
“Prophetic Christian ‘hope is always essentially also hope for others’,” said the archbishop of Dublin, quoting Pope Benedict XVI.
The Indian-born Bro. Antony, who made his solemn profession in 2021, was joined by family, friends and his brother Capuchins for the great occasion.