Three first-year seminarians from the diocese received the Ministry of Lector. Dillon Johnson received the ministry of Lector at Pontifical North American College, Rome, in January. Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre was the main celebrant. Josiah Hanson and Blane Schriock were installed as lectors on February 24 at St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. Bishop Chad Zielinski of the Diocese of New Ulm presided over the Mass. 

As part of the rite, the presiders place the Holy Scriptures in the hands of each candidate and said, “Take this book of Holy Scripture and be faithful in handing on the Word of God, so that it may grow strong in the hearts of his people.”