Mass - Admission to Candidacy, Celebrant: The Most Rev. Christopher J. Coyne of the Archdiocese of Hartford

Rite of Candidacy

Watch as The Most Rev. Christopher J. Coyne of the Archdiocese of Hartford, celebrates Mass and accepts seminarians into the Rite of Candidacy.

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Candidacy is a rite which takes place during Roman Catholic seminary formation, by which the Church recognizes the seminarian as worthy of being ordained (hence, they become a "candidate" for ordination to the priesthood).