Bishop William F. Medley lays hands on Rev. Brother Zachery Feldker, CPM, during the latter’s Mass of ordination to the transitional diaconate at the Fathers of Mercy chapel on June 8, 2024. COURTESY OF MIKE NOLAND
Feldker ordained to transitional diaconate for Fathers of Mercy
BY MIKE NOLAND, SPECIAL TO THE WESTERN KENTUCKY CATHOLIC
Rev. Brother Zachery Feldker, CPM, was ordained to the transitional diaconate for the Fathers of Mercy community of priests on June 8, 2024, at the Chapel of Divine Mercy in Auburn, Ky. He was ordained by Bishop William F. Medley of the Diocese of Owensboro, where the Fathers of Mercy are based.
Now that he has completed this step, he will spend a few weeks this summer assisting at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion in Wisconsin, which is the site of the only approved Marian apparition in the United States.
This assignment is especially significant because it was while visiting the shrine that he made the decision to answer his call to the priesthood and to the Fathers of Mercy.
A statue of St. Pio of Pietrelcina is seen in the background as soon-to-be-ordained Brother Zachery Feldker, CPM, stands before the sanctuary during his Mass of ordination to the transitional diaconate with the Fathers of Mercy on June 8, 2024. COURTESY OF MIKE NOLAND
Bishop William F. Medley processes up the aisle for the Mass of ordination to the transitional diaconate for Rev. Brother Zachery Feldker, CPM, a seminarian with the Fathers of Mercy community of priests, on June 8, 2024. COURTESY OF MIKE NOLAND
Rev. Brother Zachery Feldker, CPM, lies prostrate during the Litany of the Saints at his Mass of ordination to the transitional diaconate with the Fathers of Mercy in Auburn, Ky., on June 8, 2024. COURTESY OF MIKE NOLAND
Bishop William F. Medley presides at the ordination Mass for Rev. Brother Zachery Feldker, CPM, on June 8, 2024. COURTESY OF MIKE NOLAND
Mike Noland resides in Bowling Green, Ky.
