Sermon preached by the Venerable Kevin Hunt, Archdeacon of Burrard and Rector of St. James, Vancouver at the Recognition of Priesthood of the Reverend Sung Wook James Hwang on the Commemoration of Francis Xavier, Saturday, December 3, 2022 at St. John's, Shaughnessy.
Bishop John Stephens accepted the Holy Orders of the Reverend James Hwang at a Celebration of the Eucharist.
Fr. James had relinquished his Orders in the Roman Catholic Church, September of 2022. Fr. James had been a Franciscan Friar for 20 years and for 10 of these years a Priest in the Roman Catholic Church
Bishop Stephens appointed Fr. James Assistant Curate of the Parish of St. John's, Shaughnessy effective, December 1, 2022.