On the feast of St. Barnabas the Apostle, June 11, 2008, Father Richard James Robÿn was ordained to the sacred order of priests in Christ's one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church by the Right Reverend E. Don Taylor at the Church of the Transfiguration in Manhattan.
Your prayers and presence are requested at the celebration of the 10th anniversary of his ordination during the 10am service on Sunday, June 10, 2018. Mother Mariclair Partee-Carlsen, seminary classmate and rector of St. Mary's Church at the University of Pennsylvania, will be the guest preacher. The Rev. Dr. Edwin Cromey, Rector Emeritus, will be a concelebrant. A festive reception will follow.
Congratulations to Father Rick who celebrated 10 years of priestly ordination last Sunday! Seminary classmate Mother Mariclair Partee-Carlsen, Rector of St Mary’s on the campus of U Penn, delivered the sermon. She and Father Ed Cromey, Rector Emeritus, joined Father Rick at the altar for the consecration of the Holy Eucharist, the ultimate act of priestly life. A festive reception on the great lawn followed. Please visit our Facebook page for photos of the festivities .