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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Bishop Mark Eckman of the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh will ordain five men as transitional deacons during a 10 a.m. Mass tomorrow at Pittsburgh’s St. Thomas More Church.

The five candidates for ordination are Antonino “Nino” Castellano, Colin Kulmoski, Peter Mallampalli, Thach Ngoc Nguyen and Thanh Tung Nguyen.

Transitional deacons represent men that are in the final stage of preparation for ordination to the priesthood.

Each of the five candidates has completed at least six years of priestly formation, which  encompasses studies in prayer, pastoral service, philosophy, spiritual formation and theology.