Profiles of the
Newly Ordained

Fr. Alejandro
Crosthwaite, OP

Fr. Steven
Maekawa, OP

Fr. Carl
Schlichte, OP

Fr. Jordan
Vajda, OP

Western Province Ordinations 1998
The Order of Preachers

The Class of 1990-91
From left to right: Fr. Steven Maekawa, Fr. Patrick O'Neil,
Fr. Jordan Vajda (red chasuble), Fr. Alejandro Crosthwaite,
Fr. Bartholomew Hutcherson.
(Not pictured: Fr. Carl Schlichte)

Five men from the novitiate class of 1990-91 were ordained to the priesthood this past May 29:  Steven Maekawa, Alejandro Crosthwaite, Carl Schlichte, and Jordan Vajda. Two other members of this class, Patrick O'Neil and Bartholomew Hutcherson, had been ordained previously.

The ordinations were held in the parish church of St. Augustine, in Oakland, California with the Bishop of Oakland, the Most Rev. John Cummins, presiding.

The links to the left lead to profiles of the newly ordained: each contains a brief biography, photo, and the ordination holy card.