Bishop Joseph C. Bambera | The Dunmorean

The Diocese of Scranton will hold its seventh annual St. John Vianney Vocations Golf Classic on Monday, July 11, at Blue Ridge Trail Golf Club, Mountain Top.

Tournament proceeds help foster vocations to the Diocesan priesthood and support seminarian formation. Bishop Joseph C. Bambera is honorary chair.

Committee members planning the event in conjunction with the Offices of Vocations and Development are, seated from left, Michele Long; Attorney Joseph O’Brien, Reverend Donald Williams, Diocesan Director of Vocations and Director of Seminarians, chair; Monsignor Donald McAndrews, and Reverend Jeffrey Walsh, V.E., Episcopal Vicar for Clergy.

Standing: Tom Considine; Monsignor David Bohr, Diocesan Secretary for Clergy Formation; Reverend Joseph Evanko; Marilouise Agnone Ruane, Diocesan Director of Stewardship; Reverend David Cappelloni; Dominic Rinaldi; and Mark Soprano.

The “captain and crew” tournament begins with lunch at 11 a.m. and shotgun start at noon. A reception and awards dinner immediately follows play. To register for golf or make a donation, call the Development Office at 570-207-2250 or visit www.DioceseofScranton.org.

Scranton Bishop Joseph C. Bambera installed 12 candidates, including Andrew Fazio Sr. of Dunmore, for the permanent diaconate in the Ministry of Lector at a mass on Sunday, Sept. 20 in the Cathedral of Saint Peter.

Candidates for the permanent diaconate are installed as lectors at the beginning of their third year in the five-year formation program. This ceremony is the church’s public commissioning of the candidate to serve the people as a reader of the Word of God.

Pictured in first row, from left: Deacon Joseph DeVizia, permanent diaconate coordinator for pastoral formation; Monsignor Thomas M. Muldowney, V.G.; Bishop Bambera; Monsignor David Bohr, secretary for clergy formation; Reverend Donald J. Williams, diocesan director of vocations.

Second row: Monsignor Dale R. Rupert, permanent diaconate coordinator for liturgical formation and cathedral pastor; candidates Michael Golubiewski; John Musyt; Joseph Munley and Maxime Francois.

Third row: Candidates James Rebarchick; Robert Warnock; Ronald Maida; Herbert Cruikshank and Andrew Fazio, Sr.

Fourth row: Candidates Paul Cooper, Jr.; Leonard Jinselli, Jr. and Carl Albright.