Deacon Richard "Dick" Heames
July 2014 retired from 9 years as Pastoral Coordinator of St. Patrick's in Moreno Valley. Following this, Deacon Dick left and walked the Camino de Santiago de Compostello, a 500 mile pilgrimage across Spain to pray and sort through his many years of life and ministry.
He is married to Marianne, his wife and companion as "Pilgrims of Faith" for 50 years; together they have 8 children, 7 sons, one favorite daughter, and 12 grandchildren. Their children have been their teachers and helped form them in ministry because of the myriad of experiences they shared in life. They are enthusiastic about the work of faith in all aspects of living.
Deacon Dick comes with a wide range of parish experience and education. A graduate from Loyola University with a BS in Psychology he then joined the Navy as an officer for 24 years. He has a Masters in Communications Management from the Naval Post Graduate School and a Masters in Pastoral Ministry from the University of San Francisco. He and Marianne attended the Deaconate formation program and was ordained in Tucson, Arizona in 1996. He was the Director of Faith Formation and Life Teen in their Arizona parish for several years after which they moved to Oregon for 6 years and worked at 2 parishes as a Pastoral Associate. From Oregon they came to the Diocese of San Bernardino and to St. Patrick's Parish. His ministry experiences include all aspects of parish life. Marianne is a Catechist and animator for the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (a Montessori approach to the faith formation of the very young). She has assisted in bringing this to 7 parishes in our Diocese and continues to do so through the Office of Catechetical Ministry along with Deacon Dick. Retirement from full time work has given them the time needed to strengthen their relationships with their family for which they are grateful.
He is married to Marianne, his wife and companion as "Pilgrims of Faith" for 50 years; together they have 8 children, 7 sons, one favorite daughter, and 12 grandchildren. Their children have been their teachers and helped form them in ministry because of the myriad of experiences they shared in life. They are enthusiastic about the work of faith in all aspects of living.
Deacon Dick comes with a wide range of parish experience and education. A graduate from Loyola University with a BS in Psychology he then joined the Navy as an officer for 24 years. He has a Masters in Communications Management from the Naval Post Graduate School and a Masters in Pastoral Ministry from the University of San Francisco. He and Marianne attended the Deaconate formation program and was ordained in Tucson, Arizona in 1996. He was the Director of Faith Formation and Life Teen in their Arizona parish for several years after which they moved to Oregon for 6 years and worked at 2 parishes as a Pastoral Associate. From Oregon they came to the Diocese of San Bernardino and to St. Patrick's Parish. His ministry experiences include all aspects of parish life. Marianne is a Catechist and animator for the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (a Montessori approach to the faith formation of the very young). She has assisted in bringing this to 7 parishes in our Diocese and continues to do so through the Office of Catechetical Ministry along with Deacon Dick. Retirement from full time work has given them the time needed to strengthen their relationships with their family for which they are grateful.
