Diocesan News
Ordination of a new Deacon in Cork, Cloyne and Ross Diocese
On the 24th June, the Feast of St. John the Baptist, Damien Keane was Ordained to the Diaconate by Bishop Colton in St. Peter's Church, Bandon. Damien was born and raised near Clonmel in County Tipperary where he was educated by the Presentation Sisters and Patrician Brothers. He holds a BA in History and Sociology from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth and a PGDip in Christian Communication and Development from the Kairos Institute of the Pontifical University, Maynooth. He has just completed a three year Theology degree programme at Trinity College Dublin, during which he served as student reader on his major pastoral placements in Booterstown and Mount Merrion, Co. Dublin, and at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin.
Pictured are Damien, Bishop Colton, Canon Patrick Hewitt, Rector of Bandon and the Rev'd Gillian Wharton, Rector of Booterstown and Mount Merrion.
Damien will serve as Curate-Assistant for Bandon Union of Parishes and he and his wife,Gill, are delighted by the warm welcome they have received. They both look forward to getting to know its people and places in the years ahead.
:corkdco::