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August 2015

August 21, 2015

Saluting a Florida deacon from Trinidad—and Brooklyn

I had the good fortune of meeting Deacon Lionel Roberts when I visited his parish...

August 21, 2015

Saluting a Florida deacon from Trinidad—and Brooklyn

I had the good fortune of meeting Deacon Lionel Roberts when I visited his parish...

August 21, 2015

Catholic deacon presiding at a lesbian wedding in Mississippi?

This popped up in my newsfeed this morning: part of a profile of writer, stand-up...

August 21, 2015

Catholic deacon presiding at a lesbian wedding in Mississippi?

This popped up in my newsfeed this morning: part of a profile of writer, stand-up...

August 16, 2015

Adios, Santa Cruz!

Thanks to all the Monterey deacons and their wives, who made this boy from Brooklyn...

August 16, 2015

Adios, Santa Cruz!

Thanks to all the Monterey deacons and their wives, who made this boy from Brooklyn...

August 16, 2015

Santa Cruz: surfers, sailboats, serenity, silence

Another blissful day here in sunny Santa Cruz. We had plenty of down time today...

August 16, 2015

Santa Cruz: surfers, sailboats, serenity, silence

Another blissful day here in sunny Santa Cruz. We had plenty of down time today...

August 15, 2015

Visiting Santa Cruz

Soon after I landed in San Francisco on Friday—in the city named for the saint...

August 15, 2015

Visiting Santa Cruz

Soon after I landed in San Francisco on Friday—in the city named for the saint...

August 10, 2015

On St. Lawrence, deacon: “He loved Christ in his life, he imitated him in his death”

August 10 marks the feast of St. Lawrence, deacon and martyr. From a homily by...

August 10, 2015

On St. Lawrence, deacon: “He loved Christ in his life, he imitated him in his death”

August 10 marks the feast of St. Lawrence, deacon and martyr. From a homily by...

August 08, 2015

Meet the Maryland deacon building the pope’s altar

View image | gettyimages.com From The Washington Post: David Cahoon does what Jesus did, and...

August 08, 2015

Meet the Maryland deacon building the pope’s altar

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August 03, 2015

A deacon who’s the wheel deal

I have to say, I admire any man who could get away with appearing in public...

August 03, 2015

A deacon who’s the wheel deal

I have to say, I admire any man who could get away with appearing in public...

August 01, 2015

The veterinarian, husband and father who became a priest

Some may remember when I posted on Frederick Richard Lesser, a widower who was ordained...

August 01, 2015

“Be a deacon, a good and faithful servant”

Boston's Cardinal Seán O'Malley recently ordained a man to the diaconate, as he continues a...

August 01, 2015

“Be a deacon, a good and faithful servant”

Boston’s Cardinal Seán O’Malley recently ordained a man to the diaconate, as he continues a...

August 01, 2015

The veterinarian, husband and father who became a priest

Some may remember when I posted on Frederick Richard Lesser, a widower who was ordained...

July 2015

July 31, 2015

You’re invited: Jubilee for Deacons in Rome during Year of Mercy

The following letter has been sent out this week from Archbishop Rino Fisichella, President of...

July 31, 2015

Deacons in “a new model of parish management” in St. Louis

This won't be a surprise in some places, and it echoes what is happening now...

July 31, 2015

You’re invited: Jubilee for Deacons in Rome during Year of Mercy

The following letter has been sent out this week from Archbishop Rino Fisichella, President of...

July 31, 2015

Deacons in “a new model of parish management” in St. Louis

This won’t be a surprise in some places, and it echoes what is happening now...

July 30, 2015

Austrian theologian: “Married priests and women deacons should be reintroduced as soon as possible”

From The Tablet in London: The dean-elect of Salzburg University’s Catholic theological faculty has called...

July 30, 2015

Austrian theologian: “Married priests and women deacons should be reintroduced as soon as possible”

From The Tablet in London: The dean-elect of Salzburg University’s Catholic theological faculty has called...

July 24, 2015

Pastor gives deacon’s wife the gift of life

Beautiful story, from The New Richmond News in Wisconsin: In the Gospel of John 15:13,...

July 24, 2015

Pastor gives deacon’s wife the gift of life

Beautiful story, from The New Richmond News in Wisconsin: In the Gospel of John 15:13,...

July 23, 2015

“Deacons aren’t just decaffeinated priests”

That's the eye-catching headline in the UK's The Tablet, which calls for a reconsideration of...

July 23, 2015

“Deacons aren’t just decaffeinated priests”

That’s the eye-catching headline in the UK’s The Tablet, which calls for a reconsideration of...