Deacon Alex Solsma and Deacon Aaron Zanca Preach at the Basilica

Deacon Alex Solsma and Deacon Aaron Zanca — who were ordained to the transitional diaconate on April 26, 2025 — preached their first homilies of their diaconate at the Basilica on April 27. Alex preached at the 11:30 a.m. Mass., Aaron at the 1 p.m. Mass. Afterward, receptions were held in their honor in our Lyceum Auditorium. Congratulations, Alex and Aaron, as you continue on your journey to be ordained as priests next year and thank you to all who made the reception in our Lyceum Auditorium such a wonderful event, especially to members of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court Kavanaugh #54. Special thanks also goes to the Eucharistic Apostles of Divine Mercy, a Basilica apostolate that helped out at the Divine Mercy Sunday Holy Hour later in the afternoon:
Alex preaching at the 11:30 a.m. Mass on April 27, 2025:
Aaron preaching at the 1 p.m. Mass on April 27, 2025:
Alex preaching at the Divine Mercy Sunday service on April 27, 2025:
The Mass in which Alex and Aaron were ordained to the transitional diaconate on April 26, 2025– along with five other seminarians, including Teko Teko-Agbo, who was our summer seminarian at the Basilica last summer: