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March 2018

March 12, 2018

Training priests to become pastors—and CEOs

From The St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Future Catholic priests spend years studying theology in seminary. But...

March 12, 2018

What’s the problem with women deacons?

That's the question Phyllis Zagano looks at in this new column in the current issue...

March 06, 2018

Exult! Have you started practicing yet?

It's never too early, brother deacons. Here's part of a commentary on this great chant,...

March 01, 2018

WATCH: TV report on Pittsburgh’s call for more deacons

The other day, I posted over at Aleteia about the effort to recruit more men...

August 2015

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...

March 2015

March 14, 2015

O happy fault: living with a deacon at Easter time

It can’t be easy living with a deacon, especially now. Every year, for a few...

September 2014

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 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...

June 2014

June 12, 2014

Ordination update: 15 new deacons for Los Angeles

Photo: Victor Aleman From Angelus, the online edition of The Tidings: In the days leading...

February 2014

February 28, 2014

Deacon found guilty of child porn

From The Catholic Register in Canada: William Kokesch, a deacon in the Montreal archdiocese, plead...

January 2014

January 12, 2014

Rochester’s new bishop thanks deacons during installation homily, reminds them of their “first vocation”

From the full text of Bishop Matano's installation homily in Rochester on January 3: Let...

January 11, 2014

Meet a pioneer, one of Ireland’s first permanent deacons

From The Irish Times: He would have you believe he is just an ordinary Joe,...

December 2013

December 26, 2013

A prayer to St. Stephen

Today marks the feast of this proto-martyr, patron of deacons. Curious to find a prayer...

December 23, 2013

Chicago church remembers slain deacon

Photo: Chuck Berman/Chicago Tribune From The Chicago Tribune: For the parishioners of St. Philip Neri...

December 17, 2013

Bishop to deacons: “You are my right-hand men.”

Last month, I posted on the ordination of new deacons for Oakland. This week, the...

November 2013

November 24, 2013

A look at deacons in the Orthodox tradition

This popped up in my Facebook feed and I thought it worth sharing here. It...

November 18, 2013

Ordination update: 15 new deacons for Oakland

A California reader writes: Fifteen new Deacons were ordained for the Diocese of Oakland on...

November 16, 2013

Ordination update: 3 new deacons for San Bernardino

The following e-mail arrived this evening from Rich Herbst, in the bishop's office: Celebrating with...

November 14, 2013

Ordination update: 7 new deacons in Kingston

I got an e-mail last night from Deacon Bob Wojcik, a mentor in Kingston, Ontario,...

November 12, 2013

On Archbishop Kurtz: “He’s very deacon-friendly”

Hearing the news this morning about the election of Louisville's Archbishop Joseph Kurtz as USCCB...

November 06, 2013

Ordination update: 6 new deacons for Boise

From the Idaho Catholic Register: On Oct. 26 in St. John Cathedral in Boise,...

November 03, 2013

Ordination update: 2 new deacons for Portland

Details from the Catholic Sentinel: Archbishop Alexander Sample ordained two men to the permanent diaconate...

October 2013

October 29, 2013

Flashback: CNS reports on permanent diaconate discussions at Vatican II

From a report on their website, looking at what was happening 50 years ago at...

October 28, 2013

Bishop to deacons: Dare to be “superheroes”

Last week, I posted on the ordination of deacons in Richmond. Here, some highlights of...

October 16, 2013

A night of great beginnings for Brooklyn

Wednesday night, 18 men took part in the Rite of Candidacy for the diaconate class...

October 14, 2013

New Orleans deacon, 47, killed in helicopter crash

Details: A pilot killed this week when his helicopter crashed into the Gulf of Mexico...

October 14, 2013

Ordination update: 3 new deacons for Detroit

From The Michigan Catholic: Despite the gray autumn skies and sprinkling of rain the morning of...

October 02, 2013

How come Pope Francis doesn’t talk about deacons?

Good question. I got an e-mail today from a deacon friend on the West Coast:...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

Making history: In St. Patrick’s see, Irish archdiocese ordains its first permanent deacons

Details: History was made in the Archdiocese of Armagh yesterday when the Primate of All...

September 30, 2013

New York deacon accused of sex abuse, removed from parish

Incredibly, this is the third time this parish has faced this ordeal in the last...