Author Topic: Ordination in India (Read 5844 times)

Matthew · « **Reply #15 on:** September 01, 2015, 12:25:42 PM »

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Thanks for the information. BTW, where did the new Fr. Suneel receive most, or all of this priestly training, and how many years did he spend in a seminary environment?

He spent about 4 years I think, with the Dominicans of Avrille and another 3 or 4 years at the SSPX seminary in Australia. Maybe he was at the Kentucky seminary from the very beginning - but I don't know. He's a fully qualified medical doctor and is now 41 years old.

Is it just me that thinks it's incredibly awesome that Fr. Suneel is a healer of souls as well as bodies now?

It's like a garbage man -- or a bouncer -- becoming a priest and then an exorcist, only garbage men/bouncers don't have a lot of respect in modern society. The priest who used to be a garbage man could say "Time to take out the trash." and the ex-bouncer could say, "Get out."

Both those cases would be more of a joke; something to chuckle at.

But Doctors do have a lot of respect, and a man who is both priest and doctor would be a generally good man to have around!

hollingsworth · « **Reply #16 on:** September 01, 2015, 01:08:54 PM »

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He means "from the very beginning" as in, since that seminary (Boston, KY) opened in Sept 2013.

OK, I think I've got it. So, this new Indian priest spent 4 years with the Dominican seminary in Avrille. He spent another 3 or 4 years at the sspx seminary in Australia. That's a sub-total of around 7 or 8 years. Then he puts in yet another 2 years at the seminary in Boston, KY, starting in 2013. That brings us to 9 or 10 years total. How come it has taken so long for this new priest to be ordained? Does it normally take 9 or 10 years to prepare a seminarian for the priesthood? So which of these seminaries takes major credit for his formation?

Fidelis servus · « **Reply #17 on:** September 01, 2015, 03:14:52 PM »

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Thanks for the information. BTW, where did the new Fr. Suneel receive most, or all of this priestly training, and how many years did he spend in a seminary environment?

He was a postulant a avrillé 10 years ago.
He came back to India as a doctor
Then he entered at Goulburn seminary in Australia.
He left the seminary around 2014. He has been ordained sub Deacon at Broadstairs by Bp Williamson

He finished his seminary at Boston Ky on academic year 2014-2015
he was ordained Deacon on june 23th in Cebu

and then priest by his excellency Bp Faure

hollingsworth · « **Reply #18 on:** September 01, 2015, 05:05:59 PM »

Thank you for a clear explanation of the timeline. I think I have it straight now.

trento · « **Reply #19 on:** September 02, 2015, 12:47:40 PM »

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Quote from: hollingsworth
Thanks for the information. BTW, where did the new Fr. Suneel receive most, or all of this priestly training, and how many years did he spend in a seminary environment?

He spent about 4 years I think, with the Dominicans of Avrille and another 3 or 4 years at the SSPX seminary in Australia. Maybe he was at the Kentucky seminary from the very beginning - but I don't know. He's a fully qualified medical doctor and is now 41 years old.

Is it just me that thinks it's incredibly awesome that Fr. Suneel is a healer of souls as well as bodies now?

It's like a garbage man -- or a bouncer -- becoming a priest and then an exorcist, only garbage men/bouncers don't have a lot of respect in modern society. The priest who used to be a garbage man could say "Time to take out the trash." and the ex-bouncer could say, "Get out."

Both those cases would be more of a joke; something to chuckle at.

But Doctors do have a lot of respect, and a man who is both priest and doctor would be a generally good man to have around!

I'm reminded of another doctor of Indian descent. The late Dr Rama Coomaraswamy (some sites claimed he was ordained priest by a Thuc-line bishop).

AJNC · « **Reply #20 on:** September 08, 2015, 08:47:40 AM »

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Quote from: Matthew
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Quote from: hollingsworth
Thanks for the information. BTW, where did the new Fr. Suneel receive most, or all of this priestly training, and how many years did he spend in a seminary environment?

He spent about 4 years I think, with the Dominicans of Avrille and another 3 or 4 years at the SSPX seminary in Australia. Maybe he was at the Kentucky seminary from the very beginning - but I don't know. He's a fully qualified medical doctor and is now 41 years old.

Is it just me that thinks it's incredibly awesome that Fr. Suneel is a healer of souls as well as bodies now?

It's like a garbage man -- or a bouncer -- becoming a priest and then an exorcist, only garbage men/bouncers don't have a lot of respect in modern society. The priest who used to be a garbage man could say "Time to take out the trash." and the ex-bouncer could say, "Get out."

Both those cases would be more of a joke; something to chuckle at.

But Doctors do have a lot of respect, and a man who is both priest and doctor would be a generally good man to have around!

I'm reminded of another doctor of Indian descent. The late Dr Rama Coomaraswamy (some sites claimed he was ordained priest by a Thuc-line bishop).

His father was a Tamil from Sri Lanka (then known as Ceylon) and his mother, an Argentine Jewess. Regrettably, even though a married man he was ordained by a bishop, I think from the Costa-Duarte line. This ordaining bishop was himself a married man although both Coomaraswamy and the bishop claimed to have given up physical relationships with their spouses. I don't know why these men had to seek Holy Orders.