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Fr. C.J. Wild '16 ordained as priest
Fr. C.J. Wild '16 ordained as priest
Keith McShea

Congratulations to Fr. C.J. Wild ’16! 

Wild, a 28-year-old Lancaster native and U.S. Navy Reserve Lieutenant who was Mr. Canisius 2016, was ordained as a priest Saturday at St. Joseph Cathedral in downtown Buffalo. He is on track to serve as a Catholic chaplain in the U.S. Navy.

This video includes the applause, led by Bishop Michael Fisher, that followed Fr. Wild becoming a priest during Saturday’s service.

It is an excerpt from the livestream by St. Joseph’s Cathedral; you can watch the entire Mass at youtube.com/saintjosephcathedral

See photos courtesy of the Diocese of Buffalo

Fr. Wild is the first priest to be ordained in the Diocese of Buffalo in two years. He received the sacrament of holy orders from Bishop Michael Fisher through the laying of hands and the prayer of consecration invoking the Holy Spirit.

Fr. Wild, who has been a member and chaplain of the Lancaster Fire Department, will be assigned to the Immaculate Conception Church in Wellsville of Allegany County.

The Archdiocese for the Military Services said that under his co-sponsorship agreement with the AMS, Fr. Wild will serve three years in his home Diocese of Buffalo before acceding to active duty. As a U.S. Navy Catholic chaplain, he will be providing pastoral care to Catholic Sailors, Marines, Coast Guardsmen and their families with endorsement and faculties from the AMS.

Last week, Fr. Wild told Buffalo Toronto Public Media how formative CHS was to his calling. 

“I went to Canisius High School in Buffalo, a Jesuit school, great emphasis on the principles of Saint Ignatius Loyola, to be committed to justice, to be totally open to the will of God, to be humble, and to surrender all that we have and all that we are to Him.

“Canisius and the professors and the teachers there, they helped to really draw me deeper into this mystery of faith and life of the church.

“They helped expose me and introduce me to the charitable arm of the church, and connecting us and my classmates with all sorts of organizations throughout the city that are helping people who are in one way or another, impoverished physically, spiritually, financially, those on the margins of society who were called to love as Jesus loves, and so Canisius was really a pivotal moment in my life. 

“I began to understand what it really means to be a Christian, what it really means to serve as Jesus served.”

Students and families interested in the excellence only found in a Jesuit education at Canisius – ranked as the Buffalo area’s “Best Catholic School” by Buffalo Business First – can learn more by arranging an on-campus experience via canisiushigh.org/visit

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