This post was originally published on this site
St. Anthony of the Desert Mission has had a rich history of service in the first decade of its existence. Three readers, three subdeacons, and two deacons have served the parish along with Fr. Gabriel. Two of the readers and two of the subdeacons have moved elsewhere, and our beloved Deacon David Mascarenas reposed in December 2015. Throughout the years, however, since early after the mission began, we have always had additional liturgical assistance. One of those subdeacons is now Fr. Theophan Mackey of St Job of Pochaiv, our UOC mission parish in Los Alamos NM. We anticipate more entrants into the pastoral ministry in the near future.
