Pastoral Associate: Deacon Pat Bradley 

I was born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania the fourth of seven children in a strong Catholic family. I often refer to myself as a Roaming Catholic because of my years of travel. My family moved from Pennsylvania to California in 1960 when I graduated from high school. It was in high school that I realized that I was called to be a deacon. However, that was very pre-Vatican II and so I was told that I was crazy, I would be a priest. Priscilla and I married in Denver in 1965 and some time later the diaconate programs started to accept candidates. I was accepted into the formation program for the Diocese of Camden, New Jersey where we were living and, some 5 years later, was ordained by Bishop Guilfoyle on October 4th 1980. As to the roaming part I have served the people of God in the (arch)dioceses of Camden, Oakland, San Francisco, Zaragoza Spain, the Military Services, Denver, and now Cheyenne. Although I am assigned to St. Joseph Catholic Church for liturgical ministry, I am in full time ministry as Director of Pastoral Care at the Cheyenne Regional Medical Center here in Cheyenne, Wyoming.