Congrats, David Schmidt

David C. Schmidt, Jr. will be ordained to the transitional diaconate on Saturday, June 12, 2021 at 10:00AM at St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen Parish, Butler.  Bishop William Waltersheid will be the principal celebrant and homilist.  The Mass will be availble for viewing on the Diocese of Pittsburgh's YouTube Channel at https://youtu.be/vBZfAqT8PUY at 10:00AM.

In June 2019, he began his Pastoral Year assignment at the parishes of Saint Frances Cabrini, Center; Saint John the Baptist, Monaca; Our Lady of Fatima, Hopewell; and Saint Titus, Aliquippa.  Then in Fall 2020, he returned to Theological College and The Catholic University of America for his third year of theological studies.

The ordination Mass to the transitional diaconate “will be extra special in my home parish,” David said. “I feel excited but I am also at peace, realizing that God’s love alone is enough.”