Metuchen Diocese seminarian Jacob Dylan Miller was among 34 men who received the Ministry of Lector Jan. 12 in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception at the Pontifical North American College, Vatican City State by his Archbishop John J. Kennedy, Secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. As part of the rite, Archbishop Kennedy placed the Holy Scriptures in the hands of each candidate and said, “Take this book of holy Scripture and be faithful in handing on the word of God, so that it may grow strong in the hearts of his people.” Seminarian Miller and fellow Lectors are currently in their first year of theological formation for the priesthood and will have three additional years of theological, spiritual and pastoral formation before being ordained to the priesthood in their home dioceses.