Dear Parishioners,
Our parish community is exceptionally joyful today as we welcome Mr. Jack Hayes, one from among us, into ministry as a permanent deacon of the church. (A “permanent” deacon is distinguished from a “transitional” deacon. The latter is a deacon who will eventually be ordained to the priesthood. The former is a deacon who, more often than not, will remain in that ministry permanently and not be ordained to the priesthood.) Jack was officially and liturgically ordained into this ministry on Saturday, August 20, 2022 by Bishop Ronald Hicks at the Cathedral of St. Raymond in Joliet.