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Ronnie Floyd ordained to the
Ronnie Floyd, a seminarian for the Diocese of Fall River, was among the men who were ordained to the Transitional Diaconate on Thursday, October 4, 2007. The sacrament was conferred by Archbishop John Foley, the Pro-Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. The ordination occurred at the Altar of the Chair in the Patriarchal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican. Rev. Mr. Floyd is in his fourth year of theological studies at the Pontifical North American College in Rome. He is a native of Winchester, MA, growing up in Saugus, later moving to Wareham. He attended the Catholic University of America and Mount Saint Mary Seminary in Emmitsburg, MD before being sent to Rome. Before ordination, the seminarians completed extensive studies in both philosophy and theology. In addition to studying at one of Rome’s Pontifical universities, the seminarians were also given thorough spiritual and pastoral formation at the College itself. Now that the seminarians are ordained deacons, they are commissioned by the Church to preach the Word of God, minister at the altar and assist the bishops and priests in ministering the needs of the community they serve. The Rite of Ordination of Deacons exhorts the candidates to “receive the Gospel of Christ whose herald you now are. Believe what you read, teach what you believe and practice what you teach.” Founded in 1859, the Pontifical North American College is the American house of studies located in Rome, where hundreds of priests have been formed near the heart of the Church for service in dioceses around the Unites States and Australia. The College strengthens the bonds between Rome and local churches worldwide, and it allows its students to study Christianity’s rich religious and cultural heritage at close range.
 Members of the delegation from the Diocese of Fall River included Father Richard Wilson, Seminarian Riley Williams, Father Karl Bissinger, Father Arnold Medeiros, and Father Marcel Bouchard.
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