Deacon Rick is a 1992 graduate of St. Vincent College with a degree in Mathematics. He and his wife Carol were married at St. Joseph Church in Bloomfield in 1988. They have two daughters, ages 28 and 23. He began formation as a Deacon in 2008 and was ordained on June 15, 2013. After ordination, he was assigned to St. John Neumann parish, which is also his ministry of charity assignment.