Editor’s Note: These pictures are from Fr. Luke Daghir’s graduation from St. Mary’s Seminary & University in Baltimore, Maryland, along with pictures of the Priesthood Ordination and the Mass of Thanksgiving in Saint Marys, Pennsylvania.
Before Fr. Luke’s graduation, we posed for a photo at St. Mary’s Seminary & University in Baltimore, Maryland. SMSU is the oldest seminary in the United States of America, founded in 1791. Photo with our President-Rector of St. Mary’s Seminary & University, Fr. Phillip Brown, P.S.S., J.C.D., J.C.L. A few days before the priesthood ordination, we celebrated Mass at our alma mater, Elk County Catholic. We are with Fr. Kevin Holland, Campus Minister of ECC and pastor of St. Boniface Parish in Kersey. Our younger brother, Nick Daghir, handing the gifts to Bishop Lawrence T. Persico during the priesthood ordination. Fr. Luke Daghir extends a blessing to Bishop Lawrence T. Persico during the priesthood ordination. Msgr. Richard Siefer during the laying on of hands at the priesthood ordination. Fr. Michael Kesicki and Fr. Luke Daghir during the priesthood ordination. (Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Erie) A view from the choir loft during the priesthood ordination. (Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Erie) Fr. Luke Daghir embraces our parents, Joe and Roben, during the priesthood ordination. (Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Erie) Fr. Luke Daghir, Dcn. Brandon Feikles, Dcn. Michael Scanga, and I during a parish social at Sacred Heart Church in St. Marys, Pennsylvania. After the priesthood ordination, Fr. Luke Daghir extends a first blessing to our parents, Joe and Roben. Clergy, seminarians, servers, and the Knights of Columbus after the Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Mary’s Church in Saint Marys, Pennsylvania. (Photo courtesy of Becky Polaski)
+ Fr. Ben Daghir
+ Fr. Luke Daghir