HUNTERSVILLE — Deacon Thomas McMahon has received faculties and been assigned as a permanent deacon to St. Mark Parish in Huntersville, effective May 5, by Bishop Peter J. Jugis.
Deacon McMahon, his wife Jutta (Nora) and the youngest of their three daughters Emily, Kathryn, and Sara, relocated to Mooresville last year.
A Massachusetts native, he was drawn from a young age to serving at the altar, as well as singing in the church choir. When he was a teenager, Deacon McMahon met a deacon for the first time at a FIRE Catholic rally and felt God speaking to him.
However, it wasn’t until 2003, through his conversations with another deacon and much prayer, that he renewed his interest in the diaconate.
He continued his discernment and in the fall of 2008, he was accepted into the diaconate program for the Diocese of Fall River, Mass.
He was ordained Oct. 12, 2013, for the Diocese of Fall River by Bishop George W. Coleman. Upon ordination, he was assigned to Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Parish in Seekonk, Mass. His duties included baptism preparation classes and performing baptisms, helping start a youth group, helping with the diocesan Catholic Leadership Institute, and organizing a Living Stations of the Cross. At the altar, his love for music found him singing the Exsultet at the Easter Vigil.
Deacon McMahon said he looks forward to continuing his ministry to God at St. Mark Parish.
— Deacon John Martino