Jender Medina Palencia, a Paterson Diocesan seminarian, will be ordained by Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney to the transitional diaconate on Saturday, June 14, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in the Haskell neighborhood of Wanaque. It will be Medina’s final step before being called to be ordained as a diocesan priest next year.
Well-wishers — including family, friends, priests, and religious of the diocese, members of the parishes where the transitional deacons have served, and diocesan faithful — are invited to attend the ordination to offer their support for Medina’s new ministry.
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The Mass will be livestreamed on St. Francis’ website, https://stfrancishaskell.org, for those unable to attend.
Medina was born on Jan. 31, 1989, in Cúcuta, Colombia, to Carlos Ariel Medina Pérez and Ligia Rosa Palencia Camacho. His home parish is St. Andrew the Apostle in Clifton.
Medina studied at Seminario Cristo Sacerdote in La Ceja, Antioquia, Colombia almost two years and then went to Immaculate Conception Seminary in South Orange. There, he will enter his final year of theology studies.
Pastoral Assignments have included Mary Help of Christians Parish in Paterson, St. James of the Marches Parish in Totowa, St. Cecilia Parish in Rockaway, St. Andrew the Apostle in Clifton, and St. Francis in Haskell.
