Deacon Ron Pirau
Parish Deacon 
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Deacon Ron Pirau has been serving at Ss. Francis and Clare of Assisi Roman Catholic Church since June 2012 when he was ordained. His service of charity is ministering to inmates at Johnson County Jail in Franklin, Indiana and to the sick and homebound. At Ss. Francis and Clare of Assisi he is the coordinator of the Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, serves of the Worship Committee, and provides catechesis for RCIA, Youth Ministry and Adult Faith Formation.  Deacon Ron serves on the Deacon Personnel Board for the Archdiocese. He is a member of Knights of Columbus Ss. Francis and Clare of Assisi council 16305 and Bishop Chatard Assembly 245.

Deacon Ron is a graduate of Purdue University with a BS in Electrical Engineering and a graduate of the St. Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology Permanent Deacon Formation Program. His career has been primarily in Information Technology and Telecommunications operations and sales. In 2014 Deacon Ron went to work for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis serving as the Director of Mission Advancement for Catholic Charities Indianapolis and then as Chief Information Office.  He is currently the Director of Permanent Deacon Formation Program for Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology, serving there since September 2021, and he also teaches in the program.

Deacon Ron and his wife Linda are high school sweethearts, originally from Griffith, Indiana, aka “The Region”. They have been members of Ss. Francis and Clare of Assisi parish since 1998. Deacon Ron and Linda celebrated their 40 th wedding anniversary this year. Deacon Ron's family includes two daughters who are married, a son, and four grandchildren. In his spare time Deacon Ron enjoys spending time with his family, race-walking half marathons with his daughter, golfing, horse racing, and traveling with Linda.