Published on February 2, 2010
in News.
On Saturday, November 7, 2009, at St Peter’s Cathedral Basilica, the following ten men from the Permanent Diaconate Class of 2009 were ordained as deacons by Bishop Ronald P. Fabbro: 
Roy Brothers
Gerard Charette
Marcel DeClerk
Jack Grim
Bob Hartman
Alex Litt
Chris Masterson
Doug Oltsher
Rudy Terpstra
Jeremy Tyrrell
Please pray for our brothers and their families as they join us in our Sacrament of Service. And congratulations to the Diocese of London and to all those who supported them in their formation.
Published on February 2, 2010
in News.
The 10th annual convocation of the Ontario Catholic Association of Diaconate Leaders will be held in London at St. Peter’s Seminary on the weekend of May 28 to May 30, 2010.
The distinguished guest presenter will be Fr. Murray Watson, Lecturer in Biblical Studies, St. Peter’s, who will take as his theme “The Deacon as Evangelizer”!
Accommodations are available at Aquinas House, on the Seminary grounds, or at Station Park All Suites Hotel, which is about a five minute drive from the Seminary. The cost will probably be about $50/night at Aquinas House [dormitory style] and $120/night at Station Park.
Watch this site for more information as it becomes available.
Published on February 1, 2010
in News.
At OCADL 2009 in Pembroke last summer, Deacon Bill Gervais presented the new Formation program for the Archdiocese of Kingston. The program makes extensive use of the S.T.E.P. (Satellite Theological Education Program) from the Institute for Church Life of the University of Notre Dame for the doctrinal dimension of formation. We have reviewed the program, and find that it corresponds well with the requirements of the “Basic Norms” document. As a service to our readers, we have posted this review for reference. You may download it by clicking here. The review consists of an independently derived comparison table of the coverage of the Kingston program versus the requirements of the Vatican document “Basic Norms for the Formation of Permanent Deacons”, followed by explanatory footnotes.
If you are interested in having a similar comparison done for your program of doctrinal formation for the permanent diaconate, please send curriculum information details to the editor.
Kingston Archdiocese was one of several (Arch)dioceses which shared details of the ways candidates were selected, formed, and given post-ordination continuing education at the 2009 OCADL Convocation. We hope to publish soon more of the important information made available in the session presentations at this watershed meeting.
