In the midst of the whirlpool at the end of the school year, priestly ordinations are first and foremost a moment of joy for Jesuits. It is a time of a sense of body, of endorsing one's own vocation. This shared joy was felt on June 1 at the priestly ordination of Roberto Quirós SJ and Carlos Gómez-Vírseda SJ (Charlie) in the Jesuit parish of San Francisco Javier and San Luis Gonzaga (Ventilla-Madrid), on the feast of the Ascension of the Lord.

Presided over by the Cardinal Archbishop of Madrid, D. Carlos Osoro Sierra, concelebrated, among others, the provincial of the Society of Jesus, Antonio España SJ, the bishop emeritus of Ethiopia, the Jesuit Rodrigo Mejía, the delegate of the Third Age (Cipriano Díaz Marcos SJ), the delegate of Formation (Pablo Alonso SJ), superiors and formators of both Jesuits.

The readings referred to the feast of the Ascension. After the call and presentation of the ordinands, the Cardinal gave a homily in which he invited them to: consolidate their life in a single security, that of Jesus Christ; to begin a way to announce him in the midst of the world and to always be witnesses of the Mission.

At various moments of the ceremony the ordinands had in mind his formator, the recently deceased Jesuit Nacho Boné. As in the final and joint thanksgiving pronounced by Roberto, where he also thanked the Lord for the gift of vocation and all the Jesuit companions for accompanying them on their journey, those present, and those who preceded them.

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