ACE Graduate Had Ministry Role Along Path Toward Electing Pope Francis
Tony Hollowell, Former Teacher in Biloxi, Served as Lector March 12
Video update: Tony Hollowell reading March 12 at the Conclave Mass.
Audio update: Hollowell interviewed March 14 on Son Rise Morning Show.
An ACE graduate who has pursued a new vocational path, that of seminarian, was privileged to participate in the Conclave Mass this week that was an important step toward electing Pope Francis.
When the Catholic Church’s College of Cardinals assembled on Tuesday for the task of electing the next Pope, they began with Mass, and Tony Hollowell—seminarian, Notre Dame alumnus, and former Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) teacher—served as lector, reading a passage from Isaiah.
Tony, who graduated from Notre Dame in 2004 and again in 2006 when he received his M. Ed. degree from ACE after teaching in a Catholic school in the Diocese of Biloxi, Miss., has been studying for the priesthood in Rome. As reported in The Indianapolis Star, he was selected to ed to read the first reading at the March 12 Mass for the Election of the Pontiff.
ACE congratulates this prayerful student and bold supporter of Catholic education. For more details of his past adventures as a teacher and cross-country cyclist, see Notre Dame Magazine’s story about him, plus a new reflection about Tony's journey provided by Catholic journalist Sean Gallagher.