"Deacon Bob" has been a parishioner at Holy Name since he moved to Nashville in 1985. Originally from Chattanooga, he received a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame and an M.B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis. Encouraged by Father Sanches, he entered the deacon formation program in 1995 and was ordained by Bishop Kmiec in 1999. Deacon Bob and his wife, Mary Catherine Dean, have four adult children, Brigid, Patsy, Rosie, and Dominic, and one