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Eight new priests lay prostrate before the altar of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross during their ordination Mass celebrated by Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley, May 22. Pilot photo/Gregory L. Tracy Newly ordained Fathers Valanarasu Newton-Williamraj, Robert LeBlanc, Francis Godkin FPO, David Campo, Kevin Pleitez, Fernando Ayala, Leonardo Moreira and Alwin Chinnappan pose with Cardinal O’Malley following their ordination Mass May 22. Pilot photo/Gregory L. Tracy Cardinal O’Malley lays his hands on Father Kevin ...

This is the third in a series of articles profiling the five men who will be ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Boston at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on May 22. BRIGHTON -- Deacon Fernando Ayala grew up in El Salvador, the eldest of seven children in a Catholic family. They always went to Sunday Mass and made a weekly Holy Hour, and his father used to quiz him and his siblings with questions about the Scriptures. When he was 16, Deacon Ayala came to the U.S. to live with his mother in Chelsea. He attended public high school and studied English as a second language. To maint...