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October 2011

October 14, 2011

Remembering a great success of Vatican II: permanent deacons

With the anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council this week, Matthew Cantirino...

October 10, 2011

Ordination update: 8 new deacons in Reno

Lucky Reno! Details, from the Northern Nevada Catholic: On Sept. 17, eight men were ordained...

October 08, 2011

Ordination update: 7 new deacons in Palm Beach

It happened last month, and is featured in this week's Florida Catholic: Between them, they...

October 06, 2011

Ordination update: 10 new deacons in Detroit

Details: Ten men were ordained to serve the Archdiocese of Detroit as permanent deacons last...

October 04, 2011

Deacons embrace innovative new ministry for grieving couples

From the Archdiocese of Atlanta, news about a much-needed new outreach to couples facing a...

October 02, 2011

A new deacon reflects: "It's almost indescribable."

As we reported here last week, Toledo recently ordained nine new deacons. And a local...

September 2011

September 29, 2011

Now you know: the real meaning of "deacon"

A tweet forwarded to me from a reader:

September 28, 2011

Ordination update: 9 new deacons for Toledo

Below, the first pictures of the recent ordination of deacons in the Diocese of Toledo....

September 27, 2011

This made my day: "When I grow up I want to be a deacon"

The following was sent to me and Deacon Bill Ditewig via Facebook from Brian Gadbois...

September 26, 2011

Trailblazers: Baltimore’s first class of deacons, 40 years later

What was it like to be one of the first permanent deacons in the United...

September 23, 2011

Ordination update: baker's dozen in Boston

The big news, from The Pilot: On a crisp, sunny, September morning at the Cathedral...

September 17, 2011

Holy Toledo: 9 to be ordained today in Ohio

The diocesan paper doesn't appear to have anything about this, but the local secular press...

September 16, 2011

In the e-mailbag: "We would all appreciate your prayers…" — UPDATED

A reader sent along the following e-mail: Eight deacon candidates will be ordained tomorrow at...

September 16, 2011

Meet the deacon iconographer

Imagine my surprise when I stumbled on this engaging and interesting piece, about a Friend...

September 11, 2011

Vocations born out of the ashes of 9/11

Over at Our Sunday Visitor, Mary DeTurris Poust offers portraits of three people who answered...

September 09, 2011

"Forgiving is an act of love"

A longtime FOB (Friend of the Bench) and FOD (Friend of Deacons) has just published...

September 05, 2011

What does the SSPX think about permanent deacons? Not much

In the combox for another post, media maven and blogger Deacon Keith Fournier left the...

September 02, 2011

"Taking care of the people who take care of the people of God"

Just in time for Labor Day, this week the Catholic Standard in Washington introduces readers...

August 2011

August 28, 2011

Ordination update: the Maine event, as eight are ordained in Portland

It's late in the season for ordinations, but it's never too late to welcome new...

August 25, 2011

What's it like to be a deacon with the pope?

This guy knows: Just under a month ago I was having supper with a friend...

August 13, 2011

"Where Do Deacons Come From?"

I'm delighted to report that a new book for children answers that question -- and...

August 10, 2011

On the Feast of St. Lawrence, deacon and martyr

"The Roman Church commends this day to us as the blessed Lawrence’s day of triumph,...

August 05, 2011

Happy Anniversary, Palm Beach deacons

The diocese is marking 10 years since it began its diaconate program; the first class...

July 2011

July 22, 2011

Pilgrim people: Orlando's unique tourism ministry

Visitors to the theme parks are probably aware of Basilica of the National Shrine of...

July 22, 2011

Ordination update: 48 new deacons for Santa Barbara

What an amazing shot: the largest clerical ordination in the nine-year history of the Cathedral...

July 19, 2011

A bishop and his deacons

From today's mass at the cathedral in Philadelphia, Archbishop Charles Chaput and two deacons. (And,...

July 14, 2011

"You are called to be missionaries of God's love…"

That's part of the message contained in Archbishop Jose Gomez's recent homily at the diaconate...

July 11, 2011

"Behind every great deacon is a supportive deacon's wife"

Somehow, I missed this last week: two terrific articles in Our Sunday Visitor about deacons...

July 10, 2011

"Once a deacon, always a deacon…"

Those are the words of an 86-year-old retired deacon, profiled in the Catholic Review from...

July 10, 2011

Um, Your Eminence, that wasn't in my job description…

Reading Bill Keller's review of "Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy" by John Julius...