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Jim Siler is ordained to the priesthood on Beaver Island, 2017

Also Father James Siler ordination 2017 · Holy Cross ordination 2017

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TypeEvent
Date2017-09-14
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
2017-09-14
Kind
Ordination
Where
place/holy-cross-catholic-church
Carried out by
Holy Cross Catholic Church
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
religioncommunitycelebrationcommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Jim Siler was ordained to the priesthood at Holy Cross Catholic Church on Beaver Island on September 14, 2017, according to a Holy Cross community announcement and a later Beaver Island News follow-up. The announcement called the event historic for Beaver Island and planned a school-gym livestream and community meal.

Evidence limits

The forum thread establishes the public announcement and preserves a later video link. It does not independently verify attendance, the full liturgy, or the claim that no earlier priest had been ordained on Beaver Island.

Sources

  1. The announcement invited the island community to the September 14 ordination at Holy Cross, described planned livestreaming to the school gym and a community dinner, and a November follow-up linked the complete video. It documents the organizer’s plan and a later video link, not an independent attendance count or diocesan record.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 12 · t012214

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Jim Siler is ordained to the priesthood on Beaver Island, 2017”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-jim-siler-ordination-2017/, accessed [date], citing Deacon Jim Siler, “Ordination Celebration,” Beaver Island Forum, August 30–September 14, 2017, with November 3 follow-up..

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