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October 2012

October 25, 2012

Kansas City’s first deacons, one year later

An interesting look at how the men, and the diocese, are adjusting, from The Leaven...

October 18, 2012

Ordination update: 9 new deacons in Detroit

From Michigan Catholic: Archbishop Allen Vigneron told the 2012 ordination class of permanent deacons that...

October 18, 2012

“Any discussion of reviving the female diaconate must not include Holy Orders…”

Writer David Alexander takes a long and pretty exhaustive look at the question of women...

October 17, 2012

Bishops, priests and deacons together: Brooklyn’s clergy convocation

Just got back from the second-ever joint clergy convocation for my diocese—a remarkable gathering of...

October 16, 2012

Missing from the synod: deacons

An interesting observation from John Allen at NCR: Here’s a rather striking omission at the...

October 16, 2012

Anchorage church names parish hall in honor of deacons

How cool. This may be a first: The deacons of the Anchorage Archdiocese took center stage...

October 15, 2012

“Let us build a house where love can dwell…”

Those words from "All Are Welcome" herald the start of the diaconate ordination in Richmond...

October 15, 2012

First look: the new deacons of Richmond

I'll look forward to getting a full report in the next few days. But for...

October 11, 2012

“I was just ordained a deacon!”

That's the headline for this heartfelt reflection by Deacon Christopher Gray, who was ordained last...

October 06, 2012

The preachin’ deacon

A lot of regular visitors to The Bench probably know Deacon Doctor Bill Ditewig ("Triple...

October 02, 2012

10 ways Vatican II shapes the Church today

From the USCCB comes this list, in anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the opening...

October 02, 2012

Ordination preview: 19 scheduled to be ordained deacons in Richmond

It will be happening on Saturday October 13th. The Catholic Virginian is wasting no time...

September 2012

September 30, 2012

Canon law expert endorses possibility of women deacons

Hot on the heels of this piece from a retired auxiliary bishop of Rockville Centre,...

September 29, 2012

Deacon ordination, the Russian way

A friend posted this on his Facebook page, and I found it both fascinating and...

September 28, 2012

“A new voice in the pulpit”: deacons and Vatican II

The good people at AMERICA magazine asked me to write a few hundred words on...

September 28, 2012

Ordination update: 10 new deacons in Boston

From the Boston Pilot: Standing before their wives, children, friends and parishioners, 10 men were...

September 27, 2012

Rising after a fall: a deacon’s ministry to those with spinal cord injuries

With football season here, now is as good a time as any to take a...

September 25, 2012

Ordination update: the new deacons of Milwaukee

The Catholic Herald newspaper in Milwaukee has posted a terrific gallery of pictures of the...

September 21, 2012

A bishop makes the case for women deacons

From the next issue of AMERICA, retired auxiliary bishop Emil Wcela of Rockville Centre weighs...

September 21, 2012

Ordination preview: new deacons for Boston

From the Boston Pilot: Cardinal Seán O'Malley will celebrate the Rite of Ordination to the...

September 17, 2012

“In the end it will be the servants who save us all”

I'm reading Mark Shriver's excellent tribute to his father "A Good Man," and just came...

September 17, 2012

In the e-mail: “His Excellency was smart not to bring permanent deacons into the diocese…”

A reader takes objection to this post about the lack of deacons in Lincoln, Nebraska. ...

September 16, 2012

Ordination update: 18 new deacons for Owensboro, Kentucky

Details: Matthew Keyser has been youth minister at Holy Spirit Catholic Church for several years,...

September 15, 2012

The vocation that Lincoln lacks: permanent deacons

With all the news this week about the retirement of Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz of Lincoln,...

September 12, 2012

Something’s brewing in Milwaukee: deacons!

Below is a snapshot of Milwaukee's newest deacons, ordained just last weekend. As the director...

September 11, 2012

40 years on: the permanent deacons of Canada

Our friends in Canada are marking an auspicious event: the 40th anniversary of the first...

September 10, 2012

Ordination update: 11 new deacons in Milwaukee

I suspect there will be a complete write up soon in the archdiocesan paper, but...

September 09, 2012

Writing as sacrament: meet Deacon Ron Hansen

When my worlds collide: a former colleague of mine from CBS News, Bob Faw, profiles...

August 2012

August 23, 2012

Wyoming’s booming diaconate

This year, the Diocese of Cheyenne ordained a record number of deacons — and, in...

August 21, 2012

In the e-mail: on vesting a deacon for his funeral

The following e-mail arrived Tuesday afternoon: On July 31, 2012 one of our deacons, Deacon...