The Deacon's Bench
On Saturday, June 28, 2014, at 10 a.m., the Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge ordained 14 men to the Permanent Diaconate in a ceremony at Saint Michael the Archangel Church in Cary. The men have prepared for this ministry for five years. The men ordained were:
- Robert Lawrence Bridwell
- Gerardo Chavez
- Louis Philip Clark
- Edwin Jeffress Jolly
- David William Kierski
- James Anthony Marapoti
- Louis Vincent Parente
- Brian John Phillips
- Arthur Charles Schneider
- James Richard Strange, Jr.
- Robert Edward Troy, Jr.
- Michael Dean Vandiver
- John Robert Wetsch
- Charles Edward Zlamal
In his homily preceding the Rite of Ordination, Bishop Burbidge urged the candidates to remember “that you are to be recipients of love and responders to love.” Being recipients of the Lord’s love is essential, Bishop Burbidge continued, because “it is this love that allows you to live and serve joyfully, ever confident that the Lord has set His heart on you and has chosen you.”
Congratulations, brothers! Ad multos annos!
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