Dcn. Kevin McCardle

Dcn. Kevin was ordained to the permanent diaconate in June of 2022. He is widowed with adult sons. He was born and raised in Newark, DE, slowly making his way westward, first to Marquette Univ. in Milwaukee, WI, for his BA and then to UCLA for an MS and Ph.D. in Mathematics. Kevin had a 35-year career teaching probability and statistics to MBA students, first at Duke Univ. then at UCLA, where he also served as Senior Associate Dean and Director of the MBA program. In 2018 he began serving as President of St. Monica Catholic Schools, now known as Saint Monica Preparatory.

Kevin serves on the board of St. John’s Seminary and the Financial Advisory Board of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet Los Angeles Province; for the past 14 years, he has served as board chair of the St. Joseph Center, a non-profit sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph serving the poor and homeless of Los Angeles. He serves weekly at Bread & Roses, a café run by St. Joseph Center, providing meals to homeless men and women in Venice.