{"id":610,"date":"2022-05-10T14:27:14","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T18:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/belmont.diocesanweb.org\/church\/?page_id=610"},"modified":"2025-01-15T17:04:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T22:04:51","slug":"holy-order","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/assumptionbvm.com\/church\/sacraments\/holy-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Orders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cBecoming a priest or a man or woman religious is not primarily our own decision\u2026. Rather it is the response to a call and to a call of love.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Pope Francis<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/assumptionbvm.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/consolatasrs.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2489 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assumptionbvm.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/consolatasrs.jpg 432w, https:\/\/assumptionbvm.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/consolatasrs-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assumptionbvm.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/consolatasrs-60x40.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>\u201cHoly Orders is the sacrament through which the mission entrusted by Christ to his apostles continues to be exercised in the Church until the end of time: thus it is the sacrament of apostolic ministry. It includes three degrees: episcopate, presbyterate, and diaconate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The call to priesthood or consecrated life is a beautiful one. It is an intimate and intensive way that God involves us in His project of salvation. Discernment can be a long and difficult process, which is why the Diocese of Grand Rapids offers programs and resources to support individuals discerning priesthood and religious life. For more information <a href=\"https:\/\/grvocations.org\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/grvocations.org\/\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center\">Receive the Gospel of Christ,\nwhose herald you have become.\nBelieve what you read,\nteach what you believe,\nand practice what you teach.\n(Rites of Ordination \u2013 Deacon)<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBecoming a priest or a man or woman religious is not primarily our own decision\u2026. Rather it is the response to a call and to a call of love.\u201d Pope Francis \u201cHoly Orders is the sacrament through which the mission entrusted by Christ to his apostles continues to be exercised in the Church until the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2487,"parent":597,"menu_order":49,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page-tabs.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-610","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assumptionbvm.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/assumptionbvm.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/assumptionbvm.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assumptionbvm.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assumptionbvm.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/assumptionbvm.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2491,"href":"https:\/\/assumptionbvm.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/610\/revisions\/2491"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assumptionbvm.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assumptionbvm.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assumptionbvm.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}