After a summer in Ontario Dioceses in which over 25 candidates for the permanent diaconate have been ordained, on Saturday, September 7, eight candidates for the Permanent Diaconate were ordained at 2:00 at St. Patrick Cathedral in Thunder Bay by His Excellency, Bishop Fred Colli. These men were well prepared and formed under the oversight of several OCADL members, including Deacons Charles Johnson, Armand Danis, and Etienne Roussel. Deacon Charles Johnson retired from the OCADL Executive in June at the OCADL 2008 convocation in Sudbury after serving with great distinction as our Past-President.

Please pray for our new Thunder Bay brothers in the Ancient Order of Permanent Deacon. May they serve our Lord and his people with great humility and diaconal love. And our congratulations to Bishop Colli and to our OCADL brothers who assisted them. Well done, good and faithful servants!

The names of our new diaconal brothers and their wives are:

• Frank Beck (Michelle)
• David Cattani (Suzanne)
• Larry Chlebovec (Rosanne)
• Clyde Cooke (Jennifer)
• David Dupuis (Peggy)
• Earl Johnson (Carolyn)
• Michael McBride (Debora)
• John Myers (Susan)

St. Lawrence, Deacon, pray for us.