Confirmation administered to 18 youths of Andover parish

Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney on April 27 celebrated Mass in Good Shepherd Parish in Andover. During the liturgy, he administered the sacrament of confirmation to 18 10th graders. Father Timothy Dowling, pastor; Father Emerson Francisco, parochial vicar; and Father Ed Reading, weekend assistant, concelebrated the Mass. Father Jared Brogan, director of the diocesan Worship Office, served as master of ceremonies.