Deacon Dick Folger is incardinated in the Diocese of Oakland where for 23 years he has been assigned to Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Union City. Dick served in a communications ministry as publisher of the monthly Deacon Newsletter. For four years he was producer of Mosaic, a religious affairs television program in San Francisco where he also produced the Weekly Mass television program. In 1998 he produced a video documentary on the diaconate ministry, "Deacons - Ministers of Justice and Charity" The work won an award from the National Association of Diaconate Directors. Dick and his wife Pat live in Hayward, CA. They have six adult children plus 10 grandchildren. Their oldest son, Mark, is a Franciscan brother.