We are delighted to announce that Bishop O’Connell has assigned to our parish the Rev. Mr. James Smith, one of the transitional deacons ordained at our Cathedral on Saturday, May 20. Deacon Smith, an alumnus of St. Mary’s Seminary, Baltimore, will carry out his diaconal ministry among us from Saturday, June 10, through Sunday, July 23. He will also serve our parish while he is home on “breaks” during the 2017-18 academic year. The duties of his sacred order include: assisting at the altar, preaching, baptisms, marriage preparation and weddings, visitation to the sick, and funeral rites outside of Mass.
Join me in welcoming Deacon James Smith to our community and keep him in prayer so that this pastoral experience may serve him well as he prepares for his ordination to the priesthood in the Spring of 2018.