{"id":23324,"date":"2013-05-24T18:27:42","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T22:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=23324"},"modified":"2015-03-13T16:45:12","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T20:45:12","slug":"ordination-update-16-new-deacons-for-lansing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2013\/05\/ordination-update-16-new-deacons-for-lansing\/","title":{"rendered":"Ordination Update: 16 New Deacons for Lansing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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I love getting emails like this:<\/p>\n

I was one of 16 men ordained last Saturday by Bishop Earl Boyea as Deacons for the Diocese of Lansing, Michigan. Twelve of us are permanent deacons; the four new transitional deacons will be ordained priests next year.<\/p>\n

It was a Spirit-filled day with great joy, especially since most of us gave our first homilies on Pentecost weekend! I\u2019m humbled and glad to be part of the Order of Deacons\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Meantime, from the Diocese of Lansing website:\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

On Saturday, May 18, Bishop Boyea ordained to the diaconate 16 men of the Diocese of Lansing. \u00a0St. Thomas Aquinas Church, East Lansing, was packed with over 1,000 worshippers, along with over 100 priests and deacons of the diocese.<\/p>\n

Those ordained, and their assignments: \u00a0Deacon Randal Philip Desrochers<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 St Joseph, Dexter;\u00a0Deacon David Alan Drayton<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 St Thomas Aquinas, East Lansing, with an additional special assignment to St Vincent Catholic Charities, Lansing; \u00a0Deacon David Michael Jansen<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 St Pius X, Flint; \u00a0Deacon Joseph Yeong-Ming Jong<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 St Mary Cathedral, Lansing, with an additional assignment to the Chinese community in the diocese, especially the Chinese students at Michigan State University; \u00a0Deacon Thomas Edward Loewe<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 St Thomas the Apostle, Ann Arbor; \u00a0Deacon John Albert Marsh<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 St Isidore, Laingsburg; \u00a0Deacon Don Michael Martin<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 St Mary, Chelsea; \u00a0Deacon Mark Eugene Millage, Sr.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 St John the Baptist, Ypsilanti; \u00a0Deacon John Anthony Ozog<\/strong>\u2013 Christ the King, Ann Arbor; \u00a0Deacon Kenneth Carl Preiss<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Holy Redeemer, Burton; \u00a0Deacon Richard Lawrence Rymar<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 St Robert Bellarmine, Flushing; \u00a0Deacon Phillip Devon Wolfe<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 St Mary Magdalen, Brighton.<\/p>\n

Transitional Deacon Assignments: \u00a0Deacon Gary Kenneth Koenigsknecht<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 St Agnes, Fowlerville; \u00a0Deacon Todd Wayne Koenigsknecht\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 St Mary, Williamston; \u00a0Deacon William Vincent Richardson, IV<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 St Mary Student Parish, Ann Arbor; \u00a0Deacon James Robert Rolph<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 St John the Evangelist, Davison.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ad multos annos<\/em>! \u00a0Welcome, brothers, and congratulations!\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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