Ordination Update: 9 New Deacons for Worcester

It happened last Saturday, but here’s the story in The Catholic Free Press: 

Bishop McManus is to ordain nine men permanent deacons at a 10 a.m. Mass June 1 at St. Paul Cathedral, 15 Chatham St., Worcester. All are welcome. The Mass is to be streamed live at worcesterdiocese.org.
Deacons assist in the celebration of Mass as ordinary ministers of Holy Communion, and by proclaiming the Gospel and preaching. They can assist at marriages and preside over funerals, and are dedicated to works of charity.

Following are the biographies of the men being ordained. Those with bachelor’s degrees are to receive their master’s of theology in advanced diaconal studies from St. Joseph’s College of Maine after their ordination.

You can read the biographies here.

The new deacons are: Martin W. Beck Jr.; Thomas Robert Creamer; Alex Matias Garcia; Paul Gialanella; Juan Jesus Guzman; Gilberto A. Javier-Almonte; Daniel Francis Lavoie; Samuel Andoh Morrison; and Thomas E. Tierney.

Congratulations, brothers, and welcome! Ad multos annos!