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Ordination 2005

Techny, Illinois

May 28, 2005

                Eight members of the Society of the Divine Word were ordained to the priesthood at Divine Word International Church of the Holy Spirit, Techny, May 28, 2005 by Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of Milwaukee.  From Left: from Vietnam, Fr. Dominic Trung Thanh Mai, 41, assigned to the U.S. Chicago Province; from China, Fr. Paul Zuqigng Xu, 39, assigned to the China Province; from Indonesia, Fr. Fransiskus Xavierus Magung, 30, assigned to Hungary; from Indonesia, Fr. Edmundus Sonny DeClass, 31, assigned to Angola; from Vietnam, Fr. Anthony Dai Ba Thai, 33, assigned to Vietnam; from Vietnam, Fr. Duong Viet Nguyen, 32, assigned to the U.S. Western Province; from Vietnam, Fr. Joseph Danh Van Pham, 37, assigned to Argentina; from the U.S., Fr. Darrell Charles Kelly, assigned to the U.S. Southern Province. The ninth man in the front row is from Mexico, Deacon Juan Antonio Romo Romo, who will be ordained July 2, in his home parish in Jalisco, Mexico. He is assigned to the U.S. to work as a vocation director.  In the back row, from left: the Very Rev. Thomas A. Krosnicki, Provincial; Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of Milwaukee; Rev. Quang Duc Dinh, Formation Director; and, the Very Rev. Edward Peklo, Rector of Divine Word Theologate, Chicago.