Legionary Diaconate Ordinations September 5, 2026 | Dallas, Texas
Ordinations Weekend Events
Eucharistic Adoration
Adoration remains on the campus of The Highlands School: 1451 E. Northgate Dr., Irving, Texas 75062
However, the location is now in the JPII Field House.
Look for directional signs and hosts to point the way. Plan time to park and walk to the building. Adoration will be from 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM.
Stay to watch THS Blazer Varsity Football!!
Diaconate Ordination Mass
Saturday, September 5, 2026, 10:00 AM
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church
6306 Kenwood Avenue, Dallas 75214
Parking in the church lot and on the street.
Reception IMMEDIATELY after Mass
Saturday, September 5, 2026
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church
St. Ann Hall
6306 Kenwood Avenue, Dallas 75214
Please complete the RSVP for Mass and Reception BELOW
Mass of Thanksgiving
Sunday, September 6, 2026; 12:00 PM
National Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe
2215 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75201
Parking recommendations
ACCOMMODATION SUGGESTIONS
The following hotels are suggested, but please note, there is no block of rooms reserved so please stay where ever you prefer.
Embassy Suites by Hilton
Dallas Love Field
3880 W Northwest Hwy, Dallas, TX 75220
(214) 357-4500
Hilton Dallas Park Cities
5954 Luther Ln, Dallas, TX, US
(214) 368-0400
The Drey Hotel
5605 Village Glen Drive
Dallas, TX 75206
(469) 659-6374
Are you a Priest or Consecrated Woman who needs a place to stay? We are here to help. Please complete the RSVP form and an RC Dallas member will contact you:
Want to help? Check back here routinely for volunteer opportunities:
- Host a Priest or Consecrated Woman in your home! Please complete this form to learn more and sign up.
For questions about events, please contact Teresa Le Leux at (949) 701-5125 or email leleuxj92@aol.com.
Meet the new
Deacons
Br. Darius Lawrence, LC
Br. Darius
Lawrence, LC
"I pray that the Holy Spirit uses me as an instrument to share ...the joy that is a life lived with Christ and the family of the Church."
Br. Darius is originally from San Diego, California. He has spent most of his formation in Europe, attending a year of novitiate and doing his internship working in an apostolic school in Germany, then spent the past five years in Rome completing his final studies in theology while also serving as a philosophy professor at Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum. He will be ordained to the transitional diaconate on September 5th in Dallas, Texas.
Br. Darius has a YouTube channel called Church Headlines, where he publishes a regular news recap of the most significant events in the Church and around the world. You can watch Church Headlines on YouTube, listen on Spotify, or find it in the podcasts on the Regnum Christi app.
Br. Bernardo Ross, LC
Br. Bernardo
Ross, LC
“My goal is to simply learn from everyone around me, and bring others a little closer to Christ!”
Br. Bernardo Ross is originally from San Antonio, Texas. He graduated from Texas A&M University in 2015, where, after a profound conversion from a secular college lifestyle, he discerned a call to the priesthood. He will be ordained to the transitional diaconate on September 5th in Dallas, Texas.
Br. Bernardo is passionate about evangelization through modern media, seeking to present the Catholic faith in a clear, engaging, and intellectually honest way for a generation searching for meaning, vocation, and truth. Creatively engaging contemporary culture, he strives to open paths of dialogue that lead people closer to Christ. You can follow him on Instagram and TikTok.
Br. John Sester, LC
Br. John
Sester, LC
“I hope to guide and serve with the Heart of Jesus, and I hope to spend my diaconate in preparation for the depth of the priesthood that is to follow.”
Br. John Sester is from Rogers, Minnesota and loves reading, writing, sketching, playing guitar—anything that has to do with the artistic expression of the human heart. He has recently completed his theology studies in Rome and will be ordained to the transitional diaconate along with Br. Darius and Br. Bernardo in Dallas, Texas, on September 5th.
Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, All I have and call my own. You have given all to me. To you, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and your grace, that is enough for me.
Sucipe, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, 1491-1556
About the
Diaconate
“The Church wants those preparing for the priesthood to live first as deacons, to teach them that service is essential to the ordained ministry. Through the imposition of the hands by the bishop, the deacon is consecrated to “serve in the diaconia of liturgy, word, and charity.” He fulfils this mission of service especially when he prays the Liturgy of the Hours in the name of the Church, be it personally, in community or on the apostolate; when he collaborates with the priests at the altar and the pulpit; and when he carries out acts of charity. During the diaconate the Legionary should become familiar with pastoral ministry, preparing for priestly ordination with a prayerful spirit rooted in his relationship with Christ.”
