text: CLASS OF 2020—Auxiliary Bishop Edmund Whalen, center, ordained eight new permanent deacons to serve at parishes in the archdiocese Oct. 31 at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, safety protocols remain in place, including face masks. Front row, from left: Deacon Keith White, Deacon Mark Wisniewski, Deacon Jonathan Reyes, Auxiliary Bishop Edmund Whalen, Deacon Harold Hochstein, Deacon Paul Stolz and Deacon Dennis McCormack. Back row: Deacon Francis Orlando, director of diaconate formation in the archdiocesan Diaconate Office; Brooklyn Auxiliary Bishop James Massa, rector of St. Joseph Seminary, Dunwoodie; Deacon Stephen Broussard, Deacon Kevin McGuirk and Deacon James Bello, director of diaconate ministry and life in the Diaconate Office.