May 12, 2021 Five men will be ordained to the transtional diaconate May 22 at St. Louis Cathedral by Archbishop Gregory Aymond. Today, we profile Lennin Dario Arroyo Martinez. ►Age: 40 ►Diaconate internship: St. Jerome, Kenner By Peter Finney Jr. God works in mysterious ways. Although Lennin Dario Arroyo Martinez’s grandfather grew up in heavily Catholic Colombia, he wanted to showcase his non-belief in Catholicism by naming his son “Lenin” after Vladimir Lenin, the Russian revolutionary. “And the priest said, ‘No, that is not a Christian name. He cannot be Lenin,’” Arroyo Martinez said. “When my father was growing up, he always heard from his relatives, ‘Ah, the priest didn’t like your name!’ He told them, ‘When I have my first son, I’m going to name him ‘Lenin.’”