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October 2014

October 30, 2014

Looking for the perfect gift for the deacon in your life? Look no further

Give a subscription to Deacon Digest! Deacon Digest is the only publication written especially for Catholic...

October 28, 2014

A deacon’s ministry behind bars

Deacon Richard Tolcher, left, and Deacon Gregory Pecore pray with inmates at Clayton County Prison...

October 27, 2014

Archbishop of Malta approves ordination of permanent deacons

Details: "Society needs a church that is credible, that is representative of society and that...

October 24, 2014

Bishop dedicates parish center named for a deacon

What a wonderful tribute. From Today's Catholic News, the website for the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South...

October 22, 2014

A little time with the Little Sisters

As I mentioned yesterday, I spent tonight with the Little Sisters of the Poor in...

October 19, 2014

Ordination update: 5 new deacons for Detroit

From The Michigan Catholic: As Deacon Paul Nickels stood before a cathedral full of family,...

October 14, 2014

A deacon is robbed—and grace takes hold

My friend Deacon John Gerke of Cincinnati was the victim of a break-in at his home...

October 10, 2014

Indianapolis diaconate booming: “This is seeing God’s work”

Just six years after the first class was ordained, the diaconate in the archdiocese is showing...

October 09, 2014

Who can bless what?

This topic comes up from time to time, and it emerged again this week in...

October 07, 2014

“Prayer is water for a desperate and parched world”

Last weekend, I delivered three talks to the convocation for deacons in the Archdiocese of...

October 04, 2014

“Deacons, carry out your ministry in joy”

That was at the heart of the homily preached by Cardinal Donald Wuerl at the...

October 03, 2014

Anyone know where you can get a cup of coffee in Seattle?

I'm headed there this morning, speaking at the diaconate convocation in Ocean Shore. The theme:...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

Ordination update: a record 21 new deacons for Rockford

The press release from last week says it all: The largest class of permanent deacons...

September 28, 2014

The deacon who acts—and who is, in fact, an actor

Details: When Deacon Glenn Netemeyer was preaching for just the third time at St. Bernard...

September 27, 2014

Ordination update: 13 new deacons for Boston

From The Pilot: As he ordained 13 new permanent deacons at the Cathedral of the...

September 25, 2014

“Deacons’ significance lies as much in who they are as what they do…”

You may remember the story from several days ago in Ireland, where a bishop bowed...

September 23, 2014

A dal-what? The story behind the deacon’s vestment

Wearing the dalmatic for Midnight Mass a few years ago, with my late pastor,...

September 22, 2014

What about Cupich and deacons?

A reader from Chicago wrote in this morning, wondering if anyone knows what sort of relationship...

September 17, 2014

Irish bishop bows to pressure, says he will postpone introduction of permanent deacons

Details: Protests over the proposed introduction of a male-only lay ministry in the Catholic diocese of...

September 17, 2014

Here comes the judge: meet the deacon on the bench

Details: When the Honorable Marc R. Kellams speaks at the dinner following the Red Mass...

September 15, 2014

Do you use intinction?

I've never see this done in parishes around the United States, but Fr. Z took...

September 14, 2014

“Every priest continues to be a deacon…for the Lord Himself became our minister, our deacon”

A reader sent along this homily that was delivered today by Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades...

September 13, 2014

A deacon who is a doctor battles Ebola in Liberia: “He dropped everything to serve the Lord”

Here's a humbling profile of a deacon who is serving in ways most of us can't...

September 09, 2014

Ordination update: 7 new deacons for Milwaukee

The photograph above arrived in my in box this morning with a note, from Deacon...

September 04, 2014

Great video: “I’m homeless, but I’m still human”

CNS visits a church in Baltimore, St. Vincent de Paul, doing some extraordinary outreach and...

August 2014

August 29, 2014

Canadian archdiocese launches diaconate program

From The Catholic Register: The Archdiocese of Regina has launched its inaugural diaconate course, with...

August 27, 2014

A deacon recounts the final moments of a man on death row

A haunting testimony about the death of Joe Woods, from Deacon Ed Scheffer in the...

August 23, 2014

Ordination update: 1 new deacon for Tyler

That would be the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, where today social media was tweeting and...

August 23, 2014

“To be a disciple of God, you have to serve each other”

Atlanta's diocesan paper, The Georgia Bulletin, this week offers a rare glimpse at the ordination...

August 20, 2014

Want to support Iraqi Christians? Here’s a great fundraiser

And it was all started by a deacon. From the CNEWA blog, One-to-One: A couple...