The Deacon's Table

In-Person Meetings 

The Deacon’s Table at The Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul is an adult Sunday School Class started by Deacon Tom and Brenda McConnell that meets each Sunday between Masses in the Varallo Parish Hall from 10:15-11:15am.

Following the passing of Dcn. Tom, Brenda McConnell resumed the Deacon's Table, Sunday, October 24, 2021.

Please come join us to FEAST UPON SPRITUALITY at the Deacon’s Table.  Pull up a 3-legged stool and join us to learn and discuss essential elements of Spirituality: 

• an active and spontaneous prayer life,
• a personal relationship with Christ, and
• a comfortable enthusiasm with Holy Scripture. 

The purpose of The Deacon’s Table is to equip members for discipleship.  We study apologetics, Sacred Scripture, Catholic doctrine and catechism, and general topics of current applicability and interest.  You will experience prominent Catholic personalities, scholars, and presenters in varying modes such as DVD, YouTube, guest speakers, and other video/audio media.

Ours is an excellent forum to socialize and meet other parishioners, to forge lasting friendships and mentorships.  Let the “Deacon’s Table” become your extended family.  We have socials quarterly and, in the summer, include a Kids’ Table meeting separately but at the same time as the Adult Table.

For more information, please contact us through the parish office. You may also join The Deacon's Table discussion group on the myParish app.
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Next Class and Garden Party June 26 

June 18, 2022 Memo

• We will use the rear of Varallo Parish Hall as before, until the renovations are completed in the downstairs space called “The Dungeon” which will become our new home…shared with the Youth Program (and possibly other ministries).
• Our audio/visual console, located at the top of the stairs to “The Dungeon”, will be set up as before in front of the class.
• Partitions for sound abatement will be put up to separate us from RCIA being conducted at the same time in the front of VPH.
• A table at the entrance of our partitioned area will contain your name tags for each Sunday, which should be returned to the table for safe keeping during the week.  Please put a check mark by your name(s) if you attend so I can keep record.  Let me know if any changes need to be made to our roster.
• Tables will not be used during class; but instead, folding chairs will be available against the wall for your use during the class.  You set up your own chairs for distancing with which you are comfortable.
• Masks are optional.
• Snacks and coffee will be shared between RCIA and The Deacon’s Table.  You can help if you bring your own snacks to share.
• At the end of class, each attendee is requested to return their chair against the wall, dispose of any food or beverage, and return your nametag to the table.
• We need volunteers to help set up before class and to help put away & clean up after class…this is especially important when I am assigned the 9am English mass.

We currently have 89 people, including 56 families, on The Deacon’s Table roster.  To ensure our set up will appropriately accommodate all attendees, PLEASE RESPOND TO CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE and if you can help set up and/or take down.  Thank you for your diligence during our virtual time and for your patience.  The objective of The Deacon’s Table is to enhance discipleship, increase spirituality, and strengthen faith as we pull up a three-legged stool (active & spontaneous prayer life, real personal relationship with Christ, comfortable enthusiasm with Holy Scripture) to feast upon spirituality at the Lord’s table. 

May God bless you and your family abundantly and May God bless The Deacon’s Table!

Deacon Tom