St. Patrick Church in Whitinsville will be preparing to welcome in the New Year with the ordination of Deacon Juan Herrera on December 31at 10:00 am. Most Rev. Robert J. McManus, S.T.D., Bishop of Worcester, will be the ordaining bishop and Father Michael Broderick, pastor of St. Patrick Parish, will vest him in the stole and chasuble as part of the ordination rite.