New SOLT priests will serve in Belize, Mexico

Bishop Michael Mulvey ordained two priests from the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity on June 6 in Corpus Christi Cathedral. The new priests are, Father Jeremy Davis, SOLT and Father Beau Schweitzer, SOLT.

“Your attitude must be that of Christ. Never let people put you on a pedestal, a pedestal of pride. Never think that you are indispensable. We are servants, not saviors. There is a time for business, prayer and meditation and there is a time for rest,” Bishop Mulvey told the new priests.

In his homily, Bishop Mulvey said he could hear the joy and excitement in people gathering for the ordination.

“I would like to focus that joy and excitement in Jesus Christ. We are reminded by St. Thomas Aquinas that Jesus is the true priest. Your priesthood is to share in his life mission, salvation and redemption. Give yourself to him as a priest through the covenant. Seek his mind, heart and words,” the bishop said.

Bishop Mulvey anoints the hands of Father Beau Schweitzer, SOLT with holy oil. Mary Cottingham, South Texas Catholic

The SOLT order was founded in 1958 by Father James Flanagan in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, N.M. Currently, they have missions in 12 countries where they serve in areas of deepest apostolic need through ecclesial family teams.

Father Schweitzer was assigned to the SOLT mission in Benque Viejo del Carmen, Belize. The mission in Benque consists of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, including a number of mission churches attached to it, St. John Paul II Junior College and Mount Carmel elementary and high schools.

Father Davis was assigned to Colon, México to serve at the mission of Santa María del Mexicano where the SOLTs run a school for orphaned and disadvantaged children and a house for the disadvantaged elderly.

“We are very grateful to the Most Holy Trinity and our Blessed Mother Mary for the priestly vocations of these two fine men who are greatly appreciated by the entire community,” Father Peter Marsalek, General Priest Servant of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity, said.

The ordination, said Father Marsalek, marks not only the end of their formal formation to the priesthood, but even more importantly, the beginning of a new journey to serve the people of God in the ministerial priesthood of Jesus Christ.

“We would like to extend our gratitude as well to his Excellency Bishop Mulvey for his shepherding of our community and his guidance in the formation of Father Beau and Father Jeremy.”

Many members of the SOLT community, friends and family attended the ordination, a culmination of a seven-year formation process.