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Perpetual vows and deacon ordination of Margarito Garrido
Monday, April 25, 2016
The young Margarito Santiago Garrido, a Comboni Filipino, took his perpetual vows in the Institute of the Comboni Missionaries on April 21, in Taipei (Taiwan). The following morning he was ordained deacon by Msgr. John Hung, Archbishop of Taipei. “The Christian community of Wugu – writes the superior of the circumscription of Asia, Fr. Miguel Ángel Llamazares González – was fully involved in the celebration and lived the moment with joy and gratitude for the gift of Margarito’s life to the Church and missionary service.”
Deac. Margarito Garrido,
on the left of the bishop.
Garrido Margarito Santiago professed his Perpetual Vows in a simple celebration on Friday 21 April. Present were some representatives from Margarito’s family, friends and Comboni missionaries.
The ordination as deacon took placed on the following day, Saturday 22. The presiding Bishop was Msgr. John Hung, Archbishop of Taipei. Among the concelebrants was also Msgr. Sladan Cosic, the new Nuncio in Taipei and a friend of the Comboni Missionaries.
The Christian community of Wugu was fully involved in the celebration and lived the moment with joy and gratitude for the gift of Margarito’s life to the Church and the missionary service. In his final remarks Msgr. Hung thanked the Comboni Missionaries for the service in the Archdiocese and for their availability to serve in Wugu and Huilong, two modest and challenging communities.
Let us pray for Margarito as he continues the study of Mandarin in Taipei, where he will also exercise his ministry as Deacon.
Fr. Miguel Ángel
Deacon Margarito Garrido Santiago, on the left of the bishop.