Deacon Kevin was recently ordained on May 20th, 2023 as a permanent deacon and assigned to Catholic Community of Buffalo, North. He has been married to the woman of his dreams, Cathy, for the last 31 years and has two adult daughters, Carly, 28 and Abby, 25. He currently works full time for the Diocese of Buffalo as the Administrator for the Cardinal O’Hara retirement residence for priests. When speaking about his vocation to the diaconate he writes, "I was invited to the Diaconate many times over the last 10 years and it took me a while to get over the cold feet and the feelings of not being worthy enough for the vocation… And I finally started five years ago and was just ordained May 20, 2023."

Mr. Matthew Brown is the Director of Admissions and Student Services at St. Bernard’s School of Theology and Ministry in Rochester, NY. Much of his professional experience is in higher education. Mr. Brown received his Bachelor of Arts in Politics from The Catholic University of America and earned his Master of Public Administration from SUNY Brockport. He resides in Farmington, NY with his wife, Andrea, and they have a beautiful daughter named Ella.