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Kudos to the crackerjack communications team in the Diocese of Austin for getting this news out \u2014 and giving it so much attention on the diocesan website<\/a> <\/strong>and social media<\/a><\/strong>!\u00a0 The Catholic Spirit profiled the men recently. Read all about them\u00a0here.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

They were ordained by Bishop Joe V\u00e1squez on Saturday, March 30, at St. William Parish in Round Rock, TX.<\/p>\n

A first snapshot is below. A grateful diaconal bow to Deacon Dan Lanicek, longtime FOB (Friend of the Bench) who kindly passed all this along to me Sunday.<\/p>\n

Kudos and congratulations, brothers! Ad multos annos!\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0Have you started practicing The Exsultet yet?<\/p>\n

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