{"id":14006,"date":"2012-06-06T05:07:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T11:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=14006"},"modified":"2015-03-13T17:02:32","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T21:02:32","slug":"ordination-update-11-new-deacons-for-rochester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2012\/06\/ordination-update-11-new-deacons-for-rochester\/","title":{"rendered":"Ordination update: 11 new deacons for Rochester"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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From the Catholic Courier: <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Based on numbers alone, the deacon ordination held June 2 at Sacred Heart Cathedral would qualify as one of the more strikingly positive events in diocesan history.<\/p>\n

Eleven men were ordained to the diaconate by Bishop Matthew H. Clark. With eight becoming permanent deacons, this was one of the largest such classes ever in the Diocese of Rochester. As for the three who became transitional deacons, it\u2019s the first time in many years that so many have advanced simultaneously to within one step of the diocesan priesthood.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Holy Spirit spoke to a lot of people and apparently, in our (new deacons\u2019) case, a lot of people were listening,\u201d remarked Deacon Matt Dudek, a freshly ordained deacon from St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Churchville, as he posed for pictures with numerous well-wishers on the cathedral steps following Mass.<\/p>\n

Further swelling the crowd that morning were several dozen permanent deacons and priests who surrounded the new deacons during the liturgy, as well as a congregation that filled the cathedral almost to capacity \u2014 including many attendees from out of state and even out of this country. The two-hour Mass also featured hugs, applause, the Knights of Columbus and powerful music from the Diocesan Festival Choir, all serving as supplements to the pivotal period midway through the event when each of the 11 new deacons knelt one by one in front of Bishop Clark and were officially brought into the diaconate.<\/p>\n

Deacon Michael Costik, one of three transitional deacons along with Deacon Peter Mottola and Deacon Sergio Ch\u00e1vez, said he was especially impressed with Bishop Clark\u2019s homily, during which the bishop implored the men he would soon ordain to remember all their loved ones who helped in some way to further their vocation.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the best ways that you can appreciate your call to serve others is to remember how you have been served by the people gathered in this church today,\u201d the bishop said during his homily. \u201cNo one of us today would be here unless others had taken seriously, generously and sacrificially the words of Christ. \u2026 If you remember them, it will only reinforce and deepen that call to service that we celebrate today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Deacon Ed Knauf said he became overwhelmed during the Litany of the Saints as he reflected deeply on relatives who predeceased him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI could see their faces very clearly, and I was inconspicuously trying to wipe tears away,\u201d recalled Deacon Knauf, of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Parish in Irondequoit, during a post-Mass reception in the cathedral narthex.<\/p>\n

Deacons Dudek and Knauf were joined in their class of permanent deacons by Deacon Dan Callan, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Rochester; Deacon John Pattison, Church of the Assumption, Fairport; Deacon Tom Ruda, Schuyler Catholic Community; Deacon Elmer Smith, St. Charles Borromeo, Greece; Deacon Dave Snyder, St. John of Rochester, Fairport; and Deacon Mike Zuber, Rush-Henrietta cluster of Good Shepherd\/Guardian Angels\/St. Joseph.<\/p>\n

Bishop Clark noted during Mass that this is the 31st ordination of permanent deacons since the order was restored in this diocese in 1982, and that one of the men he ordained that day would be the 200th to enter the permanent diaconate over that three-decade period.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Welcome and congratulations! \u00a0Ad multos annos!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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