With great joy, I wish to inform you that Elias Lopez has petitioned for the Order of the Diaconate in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston in Texas, through the imposition of hands and the invocation of the Holy Spirit by Daniel Cardinal DiNardo on May 17, 2014. On behalf of the Church, I want to thank all of you the people of his home parish for your generous support of Elias. It is through your prayers, encouragements, and support that we have many vocations. Please keep Elias and all our seminarians in your daily prayers. If you have any grave concerns affecting his ordination to the diaconate, please contact me in writing enclosed in a "confidential" envelope and address to: The Very Reverend Father Trung Nguyen, Rector of St. Mary's Seminary, 9845 Memorial Dr., Houston, TX 77024.