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Fr. Chi-Nhan Vo is the newest and youngest priest in the Archdiocese of Portland after completing nine years of seminary formation. At the Mass of Ordination on November 16th he was exhorted by Archbishop Sample to remember who he is as a priest, sacramentally configured to Christ The Eternal High Priest. Reiterating St. John Vianny’s testimony to the priesthood as a vessel of Jesus’ love and mercy in the work of redemption of the world, Archbishop Sample said, “Chi-Nhan, I hope that you, and all of your brother priests, will continue to be ministers of hope. The world needs hope. May you be that instrument of God’s love and mercy and hope.” The Archbishop also encouraged everyone to read Pope Francis’ encyclical on the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He said to Fr. Vo, “May you image that heart to the people that you will serve.”