Butler County resident Bruce Beaver, of Clearfield Township, is one of 17 Catholics to be ordained as permanent deacons by Bishop David Zubik on Saturday at St. Paul Cathedral. Submitted Photo

Butler County resident Michael Kaufman, of Connoquenessing Township, is one of 17 Catholics to be ordained as permanent deacons by Bishop David Zubik on Saturday at St. Paul Cathedral. Submitted Photo

Two of Butler’s faithful will be among those being ordained as permanent deacons Saturday by Bishop David Zubik of the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh.

Zubik will ordain 17 deacons at St. Paul Cathedral in Pittsburgh. The Mass will be available for viewing via several broadcasts, including a livestream and on the diocese YouTube channel.

Bruce D. Beaver, of Clearfield Township, serves the St. Claire of Assisi Parish, which covers Catholics in Carbon Center, Chicora and northern Oakland Township.

He serves the parish as a lector, extraordinary minister of Holy Communion, and member of the pastoral council and the Knights of Columbus.

Michael Kaufman serves All Saints Parish in Butler, Center Township, Meridian and Lyndora.

Kaufman serves the parish as an extraordinary minister of Holy Communion, altar server and lector.

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