We choose
these, our brothers, for the Order of the Diaconate. On
April 26, 2009, a joyful Mass on the Third Sunday
of Easter celebrated the ordination of three seminarians
to the Diaconate. Andrew Budzinski (Diocese of Fort
Wayne-South Bend), John Eckert (Diocese of Charlotte),
and David Miller (Diocese of Charlotte, Saint Charles
Borromeo Seminary, PA) were ordained in Saint Turibius
Chapel by the Most Rev. Peter Jugis, Bishop of Charlotte.
Of the Diocese of Charlotte. L-r, back row: Paul Buchanan,
Richard Worthington, Rev. Christopher Gober, Rev. John
Allen, Rev. John Putnam, Josh Voitus and Noah Carter.
Front row: Paul McNulty, Deacon John Eckert, Bishop
Peter Jugis, Deacon David Miller, Deacon Benjamin Roberts,
Jason Barone and Matthew Codd.
Of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South
Bend. L-r, back row: Rev. Michael Heintz,
Deacon Jake Runyon, Matthew Coonan, Deacon Fernando
Jimenez, Benjamin Muhlenkamp, and Jacob Meyer. Front
row: Sister Mary Vianney and Sister Gianna Marie
(Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration in
Mishawaka, IN), Bishop Peter Jugis, Deacon Andrew
Budzinski, and Terrence Coonan
