During the moments before their June 3 ordination, Tri Nguyen, left, and Mark Starr, rehearse the parts they will read during the Eucharistic Prayer.

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Ordination candidate Mark Starr pledges his obedience and respect to Archbishop Gregory and his successors.

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Teresa Thuy Nguyen, kneeling foreground, the older sister of ordination candidate Tri Nguyen, joins the congregation in prayer during the Litany of the Saints. In the pew immediately behind her are their parents Mary Thao, left, and Trong.

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(L-r) Standing on the Cathedral of Christ the King altar, Father Gilbert Exume, parochial vicar at St. Brigid Church, Johns Creek, lays hands upon candidate Tri Nguyen as Father Daniel Ketter, parochial vicar at Saint Jude the Apostle Church, Sandy Springs, lays hands upon Mark Starr. Exume and Ketter were also ordained together in 2008.

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Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory anoints the hands of newly ordained priest Father Tri Nguyen with Chrism.

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Patricia Starr, the mother of newly ordained priest Father Mark Starr, wipes away tears of joy as her son receives a sign of welcome from Archbishop Gregory and the other priests of the Atlanta Archdiocese. Seated to her right is her husband and Mark's father Richard.

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