November 7, 2023
The deacons speak with Nancy Klein Maguire, author of “An Infinity of Little Hours: Five Young Men and Their Trial of Faith in the Western World’s Most Austere Monastic Order” and “The Monk’s Widow: A Memoir of a Resilient Love and an Intimate Death.”
Before their conversation with Dr. Maguire, Deacon Mark, Deacon Dennis, and Deacon Drew discuss the different orders of Catholic monks and the varying levels of austerity among them.
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Deacon Dennis Dolan has been a permanent deacon since August, 1993. He spent many years as a Catholic chaplain with the Connecticut Department of Corrections. Deacon Dennis became a Paulist Deacon Affiliate in 2018.
Deacon Dennis currently serves in a parish in the Diocese of St. Petersburg, Florida. He and his wife Deborah have three children and five grandchildren.
Deacon Joseph (“Drew”) Dickson has been a permanent deacon since 1999. He is an attorney who has served as a judge. Deacon Drew became a Paulist Deacon Affiliate in 2019.
He lives in northern New Jersey with his wife, Victoria.
Deacon Tom Casey graduated from Providence College and went on to serve as an Officer in the U.S. Army. He began his career with the U.S. Treasury Department leaving to co-found and administer a soup kitchen serving the homeless and displaced mentally ill. He resumed his career in the savings bank and credit industry from which he retired. After being ordained a deacon in 2005, Tom served as a prison, hospital and hospice chaplain.
Deacon Tom has been a Paulist Deacon Affiliate since July 20, 2019 and is currently serving in a parish in the Diocese of St. Petersburg, Florida. Tom and his wife, Rachel, have three children and nine grandchildren.