By the hands of Dom Pedro Luiz Stringhini, bishop of the diocese of Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, Deacon Edvaldo Carneiro, ss.cc., will be ordained a priest. The Holy Mass will be held at the Santa Cruz and Santa Margarida d'YouVille Parish, this Saturday, April 2nd, at 10:00 AM.

During the ceremony there are some specific steps to be carried out such as the presentation of the candidate, the litany of all the saints, the laying on of hands and prayer of ordination, as well as the anointing of the hands and the handing over of the Chalice and Paten to the new priest.

The Holy Mass will be attended in person by Edvaldo's friends and family and can also be followed live on the Padre Eustáquio Channel on YouTube, (CLICK HERE AND FOLLOW).

In September, Brother Edvaldo Carneiro was ordained a Deacon in a ceremony held at the Santo Emídio Parish in the city of São Paulo. The Mass was also broadcast online (review here).

Deacon Edvaldo

Edvaldo Carneiro, ss.cc. was born in Suzano on September 15, 1987. Son of Antônio Alves Carneiro (deceased) and Laura da Silva Carneiro. He grew up in the city of Ferraz de Vasconcelos, SP. In 2013 he joined the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. He completed his novitiate in 2016 in Chaclacayo (Peru), and professed his first vows on January 29, 2017, at the Santo Emídio Parish, Vila Prudente.

He began his theological studies at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and in 2018 went to the juniorate in Belo Horizonte, MG, where he completed his Theology degree at the Jesuit Faculty of Philosophy and Theology in 2020. He made his Perpetual Profession on January 17, 2021, at the Sanctuary of Health and Peace in Belo Horizonte. In February of the same year, he was appointed to the Santo Emídio Community in Vila Prudente, where he was ordained a Deacon on September 4, 2021.