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he Monitor introduces the men who will receive the Sacrament of Holy Orders in the coming weeks. On May 18, 13 men will be ordained deacons during a 10 a.m. Mass in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton. On June 1, Rev. Messrs. Wynne Kerridge and Brian Meinders will be ordained priests during a
10 a.m. Mass in the Cathedral. Both ordinations will be livestreamed on the diocesan Youtube channel www. youtube.com/trentondiocese. Follow-up coverage on both will be featured on TrentonMonitor.com and in the June issue of The Monitor Magazine.
Loving God, others inspires Rev. Mr. Wynne Kerridge as he approaches priesthood BY EMMALEE ITALIA Contributing Editor
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ith June 1 ordination to the priesthood on the horizon, Rev. Mr. Wynne Kerridge knows his calling has been one that will best help him to facilitate spiritual well-being in others. He was not raised Catholic but, while a freshman at Princeton University, studying economics and medieval studies, he became convinced of the truth of the Catholic faith. “My college friends were probably the most influential … a number were discerning the priesthood or religious life,” he said. “This made me realize that I needed to consider what vocation I should pursue.” He came into full communion tion Pr a with the Church at St. John the Baptist Parish, Allentown, Dec. 8, 2013 – the one-year anniversary of the first Mass he attended. After two years at Princeton, he entered a small religious Pr iest order, the Fraternity of St. Joseph
Rev. Mr. Wynne Kerridge, third from left, joins family members for a photo. Shown from left are David Sinak, Lisa Sinak, Rev. Mr. Kerridge, Ben Hillman, Rowan Hilman, Cotty Hillman, Slade Sinak and Calder Sinak. Courtesy photo 10 THE MONITOR MAGAZINE
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Rev. Mr. Kerridge, left, walks with Fr. Richard Osborn, parochial vicar, during a Eucharistic procession for St. James Parish, Red Bank. Courtesy photo
the Guardian, in southern France, where he remained for 18 months. He then transferred to the Diocese of Trenton in 2018 to Mount St. Mary Seminary, Emmitsburg, Md., where he will graduate this spring with a master of divinity degree and a master of arts degree in Church history.
HOW BEST TO SERVE Born Feb. 28, 1994, in Dallas, Texas, to parents David and Lisa Sinak, Wynne has three siblings – Cotty Hillman, Slade Sinak and Calder Sinak. He attended Providence Elementary School and Highland Park High School, both in Dallas, graduating in 2012. He said he chose his vocation because he was looking for “how I can most effectively love God and neighbor … as a priest, I will most effectively help this at the point of history in which we live. If there were plenty of Catholic priests and such a shortage of married Catholic economists, so I could more effectively love God and neighbor as a married economist, I would have done so. But that is not the world in which we live.” After being ordained to the diaconate last May, Rev. Mr. Kerridge served the past year in St. James Parish, Red Bank. During the school year he also assisted in St. James the Greater Parish, Charles Town, W.Va. His previous summer assignments included parish ministry in St. Michael, Long Branch; Our Lady of Good Counsel, Moorestown; Visitation Parish, Brick; and St. Charles Borromeo, Cinnaminson. Continued on 12