Mr. Carl Schumacher

Deacon

Deacon Carl Schumacher was ordained on September 14, 1985 at St. Raymonds Cathedral in Joliet. He was immediately assigned to St. Joseph Parish, where he has been a long time parishioner. He is especially prominent in the ministry of charity working with the needy through the St. Vincent de Paul food pantry and the homeless through the PADS program. He conducts communion services at the West Haven Nursing Home, officiates at wake services and funeral internments, assists at Mass, and baptizes.