Deacon Paul Rooney was ordained in 1979 in the San Francisco Archdiocese, and was incardinated in 1980 into the Omaha Archdiocese. He was born and raised in Saunders County, Nebraska and his wife Patricia O'Brien Rooney is a native of San Francisco. Paul is a Navy vet (Korean War era) and has a BSBA from the University of Nebraska (Lincoln) as well as a Master of Arts (Theology) from Creighton University. They have two children and five grandchildren, all members of Mary Our Queen Parish
          Deacon Paul's career path was with FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) as the Regional Director in three Regions (the last being Chicago). He took early retirement in 1989 so that he could devote full time to volunteer charity work. Patricia is an Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharist, and takes a regular turn as leader and teacher of the Childrens' Sunday Liturgy. She has shared many ministries with Paul, including Bereavement Groups and Respite Care. Other ministries which Paul has engaged in include: Nursing Home visitation, Hospital visitation, Hospice volunteer, RCIA, Returning Catholics programs, Apologetics, a "Didja Know?" article in the weekly parish bulletin (also available on this website), Baptism Preparation classes for parents, and communion to home-bound parishioners. Paul also Directs Retreats for deacon couples, and teaches several 4-to-6 week clusters of Adult Ed offerings (e.g., Marian; Reconciliation; Eucharist; Church History; etc). Currently he also teaches Bible Study at the Archdiocesan level (Omaha Catholic Biblical School) and Parish level (Lectionary approach).   He has been involved in originating and editing Deacon newsletters.
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                            OUR SHARED  COUPLE SPIRITUALITY ...

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow! To give glory to God, we have a four-point daily program to "anchor" our spirituality. The first three items are: daily Liturgy of the Hours, daily celebration of Eucharist, and daily study of Holy Scripture from the Lectionary.  As our fourth anchor-point, we hold a private Cenacle of Prayer every single day of the year, in accordance with the guidelines of the MMP (Marian Movement of Priests and Laity), of which we are enrolled members. The centerpiece of the Cenacle is (a) the full Rosary of twenty decades, and (b) our pledge, without hesitation and without reservation, of our whole-hearted fidelity to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church. We also offer a public Cenacle of Prayer every Wednesday evening (pre-arranged).  It is our response to Our Lady's request that her Cenacles be spread everywhere, and we choose to be her willing instruments. This is a worldwide movement, and the Blessed Virgin Mary's many messages (interior locutions given to Fr. Stefano Gobbi, Italy) are part of the Cenacle process.

The Blessed Virgin Mary will always be at the center of our lives, because she always leads us directly to our Savior, Jesus Christ. She is asking all of her children to live and pray in her Immaculate Heart, and the Cenacle of Prayer is one of the precious means by which this may be accomplished. [To learn more about the Marian Movement of Priests and Laity, you can visit several websites such as the EWTN site (http://www.ewtn.com/expert/answers/MMP.htm) or the USA office of the Marian Movement of Priests (http://www.mmp-usa.net/)].