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June 2018

June 27, 2018

UPDATE on papal commission studying women deacons

From NCR: The president of Pope Francis’ commission to study the history of women deacons...

June 25, 2018

Ordination update: 10 new deacons for New York

Thanks to Deacon Jack Shea for sending along these snapshots of The Big Event held...

June 25, 2018

Ordination update: 22 new deacons for New Orleans

From Archbishop Gregory Aymond's Facebook page: I had the humble privilege to ordain 22 men...

June 22, 2018

More men hearing the call to priesthood later in life

Here's a great piece from The Witness, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Dubuque, noting...

June 21, 2018

Deacon Digest returns, with Cardinal DiNardo writing about how the deacon ‘pours out his life’ like Christ

I was delighted to find the shiny new incarnation of Deacon Digest online earlier today...

June 18, 2018

Ordination update: 16 new deacons for Philadelphia

Details from CatholicPhilly.com: Sixteen men drawn from various walks of life — chemist, doctor, driver,...

June 11, 2018

Great moments in journalism: check that quote!

This quote from a diocesan newspaper, covering a diaconate ordination, is a little bit, um,...

June 11, 2018

Ordination update: 16 new deacons for Los Angeles

From Angelus: Archbishop José H. Gomez ordained 16 new permanent deacons for the Archdiocese of...

June 10, 2018

Ordination update: 8 new deacons for Orlando

From the diocesan website: On June 9, Bishop Noonan ordained eight devoted men to the...

June 08, 2018

On married deacons: ‘The sacramental marriage needs to be protected at all costs’

A great piece in Chicago Catholic this week marks the 50th anniversary of the restoration...

June 07, 2018

Will Pope Francis decide to have women deacons?

The papal commission has been mulling this question for almost two years. No decision seems...

June 05, 2018

Ordination update: 3 new deacons for San Jose

From The Valley Catholic: As they gathered with members of their families, their parish communities...

June 04, 2018

The deacon as ‘Suffering Servant’

Father Dwight Longenecker recently offered a reflection on the "cosmic mystery" of the chalice...

June 04, 2018

Ordination update: 25 new deacons for St. Louis

The wife of one of the new deacons forwarded the picture above. Read all about...

June 02, 2018

Ordination update: 27 new deacons for Dallas

A wonderful image, above, from Twitter, where I found this great post from Bishop Edward...

June 02, 2018

Retired Alaska representative ordained a deacon

This is something exceptional — and a first for Alaska: Rep. Mike Hawker, who retired...

May 2018

May 31, 2018

Ordination update: 4 new deacons for Albany

And...another combined ordination! (Is this becoming a trend?) From The Evangelist (h/t Mary DeTurris Poust):...

May 31, 2018

Ordination update: 6 new deacons for Sioux Falls

It was another combined ordination: four permanent and two transitional deacons. I received this email...

May 31, 2018

Ordination update: 8 new deacons for Belleville

In an unusual move, during the same liturgy, one man was also ordained to the...

May 30, 2018

Ordination update: 5 new deacons for Rochester

The good people at The Catholic Courier were kind enough to share some images and...

May 28, 2018

Archbishop describes first deacons as ‘the first cardinals in the Church’

H/T to Deacon Joe Dant for alerting me to this: Crux has a terrific profile...

May 25, 2018

Ordination update: 13 new deacons for Savannah—and check out this excellent video!

This is how to cover an ordination. Excellent work by the Diocese of Savannah communications...

May 24, 2018

Ordination update: 14 new deacons in Syracuse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TX873zCC9E&t=5244s From The Catholic Sun: Fourteen men were ordained to the Order of Deacon in a...

May 23, 2018

Ordination update: 5 new deacons for Rockville Centre

From the In My Backyard Desk, via the Rockville Centre website: Most Reverend John O....

May 22, 2018

‘There is no canonical or doctrinal objection to ordaining married men for priestly ministry’ — UPDATED

That's the central point that canonist Ed Peters makes in his post today, but he...

May 22, 2018

LISTEN: ‘The Catholic Guy’ Lino Rulli chats with a deacon candidate — UPDATED

The popular Catholic radio host — I've been on his show a couple times — spent...

May 22, 2018

Ordination update: 5 new deacons for Anchorage

From The Catholic Anchor Facebook page: Five years of discernment, formation, and study culminated with...

May 21, 2018

Can a deacon do the sprinkling rite during Mass? — UPDATED

A priest posed that question to a friend several weeks ago, at the start of...

May 20, 2018

Deacon candidate is the son of Holocaust survivors

What a story, via The Catholic Register in Canada: For Mark Neugebauer, his journey to...

May 19, 2018

Come, Holy Spirit: the beautiful message hidden in a chapel on Long Island

So I'm here in Bay Shore, New York, some 40 miles east of Queens and...