Dear Friends,

Welcome to my website!

Deacon Ray Defendorf

 

November 11, 2007

Dear friends in life and in ministry  . . .

My weekly email is late this week. On Sunday, when I usually write, I was on a bus full of teens and chaperones enroute from Columbus Ohio and the National Cathodic Youth Conference. Next week's email will include my reflections on this powerful event.

Time was when I could travel with a bus full of teens, get 5 1/2 hours sleep three days in a row, walk what seemed like miles and still have energy enough to go to work on Monday. Those days are over. I'm old.

Have a joyous week.

Deacon Ray


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November 11th, 2007


Over the years, God has blessed me with many wonderful opportunites to minister.  As a Roman Catholic permanent deacon of the Diocese of Rochester, New York, (ordained 1982), I have served in a wide variety of ministries. Whether I am ministering to my parish, hospitals,  nursing homes, prisons, travel or retreat groups (e.g. Cursillo, Walk to Emmaus, Koiniania, Pre Cana, Youth) - music has played an important role in opening doors and hearts.
This website is an extension of that ministry. Here you'll find the lyrics to many of my prayer-songs and, if you like, purchase from a collection of CDs I've recorded. There's also information about tours and pilgrimages that my wife Pat and I occasionally host and links to web sites I've found interesting.

I pray that you will enjoy this visit, and if you like,
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