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Father Ken Deasy…
Freckle-faced kid from a Los Angeles suburb in the 60s and 70s. Boy Scout and altar boy, not immune from shenanigans and after school-detentions. Connection to the Catholic faith formed through the example of his mother and the religious in the parochial schools he attended.
Compassion, guidance, strength, kindness and understanding shown him and now reflected back in his service to God and his extended community. Never one to stand on ceremony, pomp or circumstance, his message resonates with a great cross section of economic backgrounds, cultures and ages. This is Father Ken.
…with other religious…
Father Ken works with like-minded religious. In Los Angeles Sr. Margaret Farrell assists runaways and homeless teens with counseling, food, shelter and contact with family where possible. Sr. Mary Sean Hodges provides housing, finds jobs, and teaches life skills to prison parolees. Sr. Kathleen Bryant helps combat the scourge of human trafficking while Fr. George Horan’s restorative justice ministry works with those in prison and their victims. In Haiti the Daughters of Wisdom offer housing and education to deaf children, while in East Africa affiliated priests, nuns, and seminarians coordinate nutrition, education and health care over a large area.
…along with so many friends do so much.
Father Ken’s friends are a varied bunch: classmates, parishioners, fellow religious. Believers, questioners, and disenfranchised. Young, middle aged and seniors. Friends from every corner of California, the US and, indeed, the world. All of whom endeavor to join Father Ken to comfort in times of tragedy while always looking to share joy.
Board of Trustees
Father Ken’s Vineyard began as a collaboration with his fellow classmates from St. Bede School in La Canada, California, here seen in their eighth-grade graduation photo. You can locate Father Ken by finding the girl in the center of the first row. Ken is seen directly above her head. Members of The Sowers’ Circle, the Board of Directors, and the Executive Director of Father Ken’s Vineyard are from this class.
The Sower’s Circle.
(Founding financial supporters of Father Ken’s Vineyard)
Mike Babineau | Bob Bavasi | Martha Cain | Mary Cain | Liz Casey | Luke and Marla Clarke | Mary Frances Farley Carlson | Julie Gallant | Mary Hollister Heacock | Ann Hornby | Stephanie Jennison | Robert and Carol Johansing | Anne Kirst Sedgwick | Kim Kwasny Munson | Bruce and Joanne McBirney | Dea McKibben Perry | Kevin and Kim Menninger | Big Steve Moore | Jim Orlandini | William Powell | Bob and Franci Pratte | Kathleen Schimandle Wright | Joseph Sheedy | Mary Siroky | Barbara Smith | Mike Wahrenbrock | Julia White Leeper
Board of Directors
Bob Bavasi, Liz Casey Feld, Julia White Leeper, Jim Orlandini, Bill Powell
General Counsel
Kathleen Schimandle Wright, JD