Archbishop William E. Lori will ordain 13 men to the permanent diaconate for the Archdiocese of Baltimore May 22 during a rite at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland. Because of COVID-19 restrictions, the 10 a.m. Mass is by invitation only; a livestream will be available at archbalt.org. Brief biographical sketches of the men, using information supplied by the archdiocese, follow:
William Arther III
Home Parish: Holy Family, Randallstown
Family: Wife, Mary; three children; Daniel, Megan and Matthew (deceased); one grandchild
Internships:: Apostleship of the Sea; Sacred Heart, Glyndon
Did You Know? A logistics program manager for Northrop Grumman, Arther spent 30 years in the U.S. Army Rserve, including two deployments to Iraq. He came into full communion with the church in 1999.
Daniel Cajigas
Home Parish: St. Francis de Sales, Abingdon
Family: Wife, Liz; two children: Viviana and Lisandra
Internships: University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center; St. Margaret, Bel Air
Did You Know? Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Cajigas spent 25 years as a public health officer in the U.S. Air Force and Navy. He is the business manager at St. Francis de Sales.
Thomas Higgins Jr.
Home Parish: St. Paul, Ellicott City
Family: Wife, Jane; one child: Elizabeth Dernoga
Internships: Maryland Correctional Institution, Jessup; pastorate of Resurrection of Our Lord, Laurel, and St. Lawrence Martyr, Hanover
Did You Know? A commercial banker, Higgins’ career has included working with nonprofit organizations.
Roch Kallmyer
Home Parish: Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Ellicott City
Family: Wife, Linda; four children: Emily, Madeline, Abigail and Daniel
Internships: University of Maryland Medical Center; pastorate of St. Louis, Clarksville, and St. Francis of Assisi, Fulton
Did You Know? An electrical engineer, Kallmyer works in technical sales. His parish internship included assisting Bishop Adam J. Parker at two confirmation Masses.
Howard Klohr
Home Parish: Christ the King, Glen Burnie
Family: Wife, Sandra; three children: Brandi Brown, Heather Klohr and Alexandria Kennell; three grandchildren
Internships: University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center; Our Lady of the Chesapeake, Lake Shore
Did You Know? Klohr has had a career as a software engineer.
Michael Lewandowski
Home Parish: St. John the Evangelist, Frederick
Family: Wife, Laura; two children: Evelyn Cahall and Robert
Internships: Frederick Rescue Mission; St. Katharine Drexel, Frederick
Did You Know? Lewandowski has experience in the federal government, where he has served as an archivist and records manager.
Daniel Miller
Home Parish: St. Francis of Assisi, Mayfield
Family: Wife, Maggie; three children: Rose, Betty and Evelyn
Internships: Stella Maris Hospice, Timonium; St. Bernadette, Severn
Did You Know? Miller is the pastoral associate of St. Bernadette Parish in Severn and also teaches middle school religion.
Karl Noah
Home Parish: St. Joseph-on-Carrollton Manor, Buckeystown
Family: Wife, Kathleen; four children: Cameron, Shannon, Sean and Colleen
Internships: Frederick Rescue Mission; St. Ignatius of Loyola, Ijamsville
Did You Know? An electrical engineer, Noah said, “I am not the same person who started this journey four years ago.”
Mark Rachid
Home Parish: St. Philip Neri, Linthicum Heights
Family: Wife, Carmen; four children: Jessica Hickerson, Andrew, David and Suzanne; five grandchildren
Internships: St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore; Our Lady of the Fields, Millersville
Did You Know? Rachid serves as the office manager for the pastorate of St. Philip Neri and St. Clement I, Lansdowne.
James Rose
Home Parish: Our Lady of the Mountains, Cumberland
Family: Wife, Gretchan; three children: Abigale, Hannah and Theodore
Internships: North Branch Correctional Institution, Cumberland; Divine Mercy Parish, Western Maryland
Did You Know? Rose is an aging care manager with the Huntington-Bedford-Fulton (Pa.) Area Agency on Aging. His discrenment included commutes to St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore.
John Schmidt Jr.
Home Parish: St. Ignatius, Ijamsville
Family: Wife, Michele; four children: Emily, Connor, Nicholas and Mary
Internships: UMBC Campus Ministry; St. Timothy, Walkersville
Did You Know? Schmidt is a clinical psychologist at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda and an associate professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
Joseph Slattery
Home Parish: St. Peter the Apostle, Libertytown
Family: Wife, Sherri; six children: Joseph, Sean, Ryan, Michael, Meaghan and Monica; four grandchildren
Internships: Frederick Rescue Mission; St. Joseph, Sykesville
Did You Know? Slattery works in global cloud sales for IBM. His childhood influences included a Salesian summer camp.
Michael Tiné
Home Parish: Our Lady of the Fields, Millersville
Family: Wife, Christina; four children: Ava, Joseph, Ellie and Greta
Internships: Johns Hopkins Hospital; Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baltimore
Did You Know? An electrical engineer at Hardesty Hanover in Annapolis, Tiné grew up on Long Island and remains a fan of the New York Mets.
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