19 Priests To be Ordained By Pope Francis

There will be 19 deacons ordained by Pope Francis in Rome on May 12th.  Eight of those came from the Redemptoris Mater Seminary in Rome.  The following article was found and translated by my computer.
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Pope Francis orders May 12 nineteen priests

Mass at St. Peter's: 8 ordinands from the priestly fraternity of the Sons of the Cross; one of the Family of Disciples; two from the Roman Major Seminary and 8 from the Redemptoris Mater 

There are 19 deacons who on Sunday 12 May will be ordained priests in the solemn Mass presided by Pope Francis, beginning at 9.15 am, in the basilica of St. Peter's. Of these, eight belong to the priestly fraternity of the Sons of the Cross; one to the Family of Disciples; two studied at the Pontifical Roman Major Seminary and eight at the Diocesan Redemptoris Mater College.

The new priests will pronounce their "yes" on the fourth Sunday of Easter, known as the Good Shepherd, in which the Church celebrates the 56th World Day of Prayer for Vocations. For the occasion, on Friday 10 May, at 8 pm, the Office for Vocations of the Diocese of Rome, in collaboration with the Roman seminaries, promotes a prayer vigil for vocations, in the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano; after the testimonies of three ordinands, a reflection by Cardinal Angelo De Donatis is scheduled, followed by a moment of adoration.

They have different origins and experiences, but the nineteen deacons feel the same emotions. "These boys have had the good fortune of being educated in faith in a community context, ever since they were children", comments the general moderator of the Sons of the Cross, Fr. James Martinelli, regarding the eight ordinands who are part of the priestly fraternity he founded. This is Michele Reschini, born in 1990 in Busto Arsizio (Varese), like his fellow student Francesco Maria Sametti, two years younger; Goran Kühner, originally from Zagreb, with his 46 years is the most mature of the group; still Andrea Vignati from Legnano (Milan); Giovanni Maggioni, who is completing his Licentiate thesis in Biblical Theology and comes from Segrate (Milan); Tommaso Fontana, born in 1991 in Gravedona (Como); Massimiliano Maria Spezia, he is also 27, from the province of Varese; Matteo Mussi, from Rho (Milan).

He is a member of the Disciple Family John Larry Flores Panaifo, born in Iquitos, in the Loreto region of Peru. "Currently - says Superior General Don Savino D'Amelio - he carries out his diaconal ministry in Gioia del Colle".

At the Pontifical Roman Major Seminary, however, were formed Alessandro Caserio, born in 1980 in Rome, and Johnny Joseph, from Hinche, in Haiti, who will be assigned to his diocese of origin. "I'm 38 years old and I was born and raised in the Centocelle neighborhood - says Alessandro -. Mine has always been a very normal life; I used to go to the parish of San Felice da Cantalice, I went out with friends, I had sentimental stories, one of which was also very long; I studied and graduated in architecture; I worked ... But even though apparently I had everything, I felt that I was missing something ».

He was able to count on the strong support of the Giuseppe Vattimo family, born in 1989, one of the eight future priests of the Diocesan Redemptoris Mater College. "My vocation is born of my parents' call to Christianity - he says -; they had the experience of the shepherd who goes in search of the lost sheep, and so we entered the flock of the Church, and in particular of the Neocatechumenal Way. At that time I was little, I was about seven years old, but we can say that since then the Lord was calling me ". Study colleagues at the Redemptoris Mater, who will be ordained with him next Sunday by Pope Francis, are Calogero Amato, 41, born in Rome; Giovanni Cristofaro, also Roman but ten years younger; Aldo Donelli, born in 1987, originally from Castel San Giovanni (Piacenza); Giancarlo Maria Honorati, thirty-nine years old Roman; Claudio Piangiani, 45; Makoto Ota, Japanese of Aomori, and Simone Montori, born in 1983 in Civita Castellana, in the province of Viterbo.