MAY25.2024 TWELVE ORDAINED TO THE PERMANENT DIACONATE

On Saturday, May 25, 2024, at 10 a.m., the Vicar for Permanent Deacons, the Most Reverend Vincent Nguyen, ordained twelve men to the Permanent Diaconate for the Archdiocese of Toronto.  The Rite of Ordination for the Deacons took place during Mass at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica, following the Liturgy of the Word.

Here are the permanent deacons:

	►Norberto Javier Aquino	►Christopher Elliott
	►Joel N. Bangalan	►Daniel Andrew Humphries
	►Michael Cesare Carrera	►Robert Wijiaratnam Nevins Selvadurai
	►Choy Yat Pang Max Anthony	►Floro Santiago
	►Joseph Oliver D' Mello	►Ferdinand O. Valera
	►Ferdinand Aloysius John D'Souza	►Ronald Alex Vaz

We invite you to view the livestream ceremony at https://www.stmichaelscathedral.com/live/.

As outlined by Deacon Ed Faulk, “a deacon is a clergyman who assists the bishop and priests.  He is ordained, not to the priesthood but to service.  He has a threefold role of service: Charity in which he is of service to the community; Word in which he proclaims the Gospel and preaches; and Liturgy, in which he assists at Mass, is an ordinary minister of the Eucharist and baptism, witnesses marriages, leads the community in prayer, especially funeral services and the Liturgy of the Hours.

The deacon finds his identity not in what he does, but in who he is.  Deacons minister in many different settings from the traditional parish to prisons, hospitals, convalescent homes, juvenile detention centres, shelters for the homeless or the abused, soup kitchens, police departments, and corporations.  Regardless of where a deacon finds himself, it is there that he serves.

Please join us in praying for these men as they begin their ministry to the people of the Archdiocese of Toronto.