St. John the Evangelist, Ballinteer Parish Candidates for Permanent Diaconate
We are delighted to announce that Noel Ryan
was ordained a Permanent Deacon at a ceremony in the Pro Cathedral on Monday 4th June 2012.....
In the picture are the eight Acolytes for the Archdiocese of Dublin with Fr. Kevin Doran, Formation Director
and Bishop Eamon Walsh who administered the Ministry of Acolyte in Dundrum Church on the 11th December 2011.
Among the candidates (on the extreme left) is our fellow parishioner Noel Ryan from our Church
of St. John the Evangelist, Ballinteer.
Noel studyed for the Permanent Diaconate at Mater Dei Institute in Clonliffe College and he also undertook a practical training programme in Ballinteer Parish under the guidance of Fr Richard Behan, Moderator.
On 17th September 2010 Archbishop Diarmuid Martin celebrated Mass in the Church of the Divine Mercy, Lucan South.
During the ceremony he welcomed the candidates for the Permanent Diaconate in the Archdiocese of Dublin.
At that time they had completed the first year of their three year formation programme and during the ceremony declared their
acceptance to the Permanent Diaconate.
The ceremony in Dundrum where the Ministry of Acolyte was administered on the canditates was the second part of
their acceptance to the Permanent Diaconate.
The third and final part of their acceptance to the Permanent Diaconate took place in the
Pro Cathedral on Monday 4th June 2012 at 7pm when the successful canditates were ordained Permanent Deacons.
We in Ballinteer parish are delighted that one of those to be ordained was Noel Ryan from Ballinteer Parish.
Please click below to read about the ceremony when the candidates completed the first year
of their three year formation programme and declared their acceptance to the permanent diaconate.