Photographs: Ordination of the Rev. Stephen Shortess Thursday, June 28, 2018 | Diocesan News, Out and About in EDoLA The Rev. Stephen Shortess was ordained to the Sacred Order of Priests on Saturday, June 23 at St. John’s, Thibodaux. He served his first Sunday as priest-in-charge of St. John’s and Trinity, Morgan City, on June 24.