Episode 81: The Ordination of Travis Seagraves
On this episode of The Catholic Echo Podcast from the Diocese of Youngstown, brought to you by the Annual Diocesan Appeal, we’re talking about the upcoming ordination of Deacon Travis Seagraves. Deacon Seagraves is the only priest to be ordained in the Diocese of Youngstown in 2025. He has spent the past year as a Transitional Deacon at Mount Carmel Church of Our Lady of Peace Parish in Ashtabula. Our guests include Deacon Travis Seagraves and his mentor, Father Raymond Thomas, who retired in 2024 after 52 years as a priest.
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2025 Ordination to the Priesthood: Rev. Travis Seagraves
Watch, listen to, and read about the Ordination to the Priesthood of Rev. Travis Seagraves on June 7, 2025 at St. Columba Cathedral.
Episode 89: How do you recognize a Deacon and what is proper etiquette during a funeral?
Episode 89: How do you recognize a Deacon and what is proper etiquette during a funeral?
On this episode of The Catholic Echo Podcast from the Diocese of Youngstown, brought to you by the Annual Diocesan Appeal, Dennis Biviano explores how you recognize a Deacon and what the proper etiquette is during a funeral with Deacon Sylvester Frazzini and Deacon William Bancroft. Our guests are Deacon Sylvester Frazzini & Deacon William Bancroft, Permanent Deacons at Saint Columba Cathedral Parish in Youngstown.
FAITH FACT: What happens during an ordination Mass?
What believer would not be envious of the Apostles who spoke, ate and walked with Jesus? Yet, through the ministry of the ordained priesthood, Jesus
Episode 81: The Ordination of Travis Seagraves
Episode 81: The Ordination of Travis Seagraves
On this episode of The Catholic Echo Podcast from the Diocese of Youngstown, brought to you by the Annual Diocesan Appeal, we’re talking about the upcoming ordination of Deacon Travis Seagraves. Deacon Seagraves is the only priest to be ordained in the Diocese of Youngstown in 2025. He has spent the past year as a Transitional Deacon at Mount Carmel Church of Our Lady of Peace Parish in Ashtabula. Our guests include Deacon Travis Seagraves and his mentor, Father Raymond Thomas, who retired in 2024 after 52 years as a priest.
Faith and Resilience
The Diocese of Youngstown ordains two new priests—Father Kevin Bertleff and Father William Wainio
Ordination to the Priesthood June 17, 2023
The Diocese of Youngstown celebrates the Ordination to the Priesthood June 17, 2023 from The Cathedral of St. Columba. Most Reverend David J. Bonnar, Bishop of Youngstown ordained three new priests, Rev Robert James England, Rev. John Thomas Rovnak, and Rev Frederick Anthony Schlueter.
