Peter Chineke and Austin Quick, two seminarians from the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois were among those bestowed ministries with fellow students at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology in Indiana.

Chineke was received into the ministry of acolyte by Archbishop Charles Thompson of Indianapolis. An acolyte assists a deacon or priest in the celebration of Mass by attending to the needs of the altar and may distribute Communion as an auxiliary minister. As an acolyte, Chineke may also be entrusted with the public veneration of the Blessed Sacrament.

At the same Mass, Archbishop Thompson conferred the ministry of lector on Austin Quick of Cathedral Parish in Springfield. The ministry of lector is conferred upon those who prepare and proclaim readings from Scripture at Mass and other liturgical celebrations. A lector also may recite psalms between the readings and present the intentions for the general intercessions.

Chineke is a second-year theology student from Blessed Sacrament parish in Springfield. Quick is a first-year theology student.

The celebration was held Feb. 15 in St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel at Saint Meinrad Seminary.