Seeing Double

Photo by Deacon Kevin Mastellon
Father Robert and Father Douglas Decker have served this diocese in excess of a combined 85 years as priests. They are twin brothers, born in 1950 to Mary Aline and Robert Decker. They grew up in the family homestead near Hammond in St. Lawrence County. Now in retirement, the men are often together to celebrate Mass in various parishes in the western side of the diocese. That’s what brought them to St. Anthony’s Church (Blessed Sacrament Parish, Watertown) one morning recently. The priests were assisted at Mass by two sets of twins from the parish, Olivia and Eleanor Barlaan and Mia and Matteo Kolb. The triplet twins celebrated the 8:00 am Mass on Sunday, February 1.