Congratulations to Brother Michael Downie OSCO* (left) who was ordained a deacon by Archbishop Cushley this morning at Sancta Maria Abbey, Nunraw (near Haddington).
He is a fully professed Cistercian monk and is due to be ordained a priest later this year. He is originally from Holytown in Motherwell Diocese.
Also pictured is Fr Mark Caira, the Abott of Nunraw (right of Archbishop Cushley) and members of the Cistercian community.