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April 2013

April 13, 2013

Being a deacon today means “standing on the shoulders of giants”

Deacon Keith Fournier writes: In 1996, on the Feast of the Body and Blood of...

April 10, 2013

Priests and deacons and blessings (oh my!)

With ordination season rapidly approaching, some helpful information from canon lawyer Dr. Ed Peters: 1....

April 06, 2013

Seeking truth: meet the deacon who is a forensic scientist

Details from the Times-Republican in Iowa: Some may call it CSI with animals, but Gary...

March 2013

March 30, 2013

Man studying for diaconate killed by bomb blast in Syria

Details: The bishop of Damascus reports that the Christian sector of the city is in...

March 05, 2013

From Jehovah’s Witness leader to Catholic deacon

One man's remarkable journey, via the Catholic Sun: He was a married deacon who found...

March 03, 2013

Thanks, Dallas!

Just a brief thank you to the good deacons of Dallas, who made me feel...

March 01, 2013

Cardinal proposes women deacons

From AMERICA magazine: A diaconate for women should be considered as a new role for...

March 01, 2013

Pope Benedict on deacons

Worth revisiting, I think. His remarks from Lent 2008, via Zenit: +++ Following a...

February 2013

February 17, 2013

In Philadelphia, deacons will witness marriages and wear the collar—UPDATED

A deacon in the City of Brotherly Love sent me an e-mail about a little...

February 15, 2013

“Exult, let them exult…”

It's that time of year again. If you're looking for a handy recording of the...

February 15, 2013

Deacon Bill Steltemeier of EWTN dies

A giant in Catholic broadcasting—and one of the most familiar and recognizable deacons in America—has...

February 09, 2013

In praise of deacon wives

Rhode Island Catholic, while spotlighting the first ordination of deacons in Providence in a decade,...

February 09, 2013

Bishop to deacons: “You will give glory to God and comfort to His people…”

Below is Bishop Thomas Tobin's homily at the ordination of deacons, celebrated on February 2...

February 08, 2013

Paging the deacon: meet the hospital chaplain, making his rounds

Another terrific profile of a deacon at work, from the St. Louis Review: Deacon Del...

February 06, 2013

Deacon sues government over contraception mandate

Some of you may remember Greg Hall who, as a deacon candidate three years ago,...

February 06, 2013

With “Catholic Journal,” a deacon wades into the web

From Michigan Catholic: Deacon Kurt Godfryd’s venture into Internet blogging has grown rapidly from a...

February 05, 2013

Check it out: FAQ about deacons

Look at my tab bar. Are you looking? Right under the black-and-white church image with...

February 03, 2013

Act of Providence: diocese ordains 21 deacons, first class in a decade—UPDATED

Details, from the diocesan website: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence today announced that after...

February 02, 2013

First look: Atlanta’s new deacons

These come from the Facebook page of the Georgia Bulletin. Archbishop Wilton Gregory ordained 12...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Bishop Farrell: “Our deacons are a great gift to the church…”

Bishop Kevin Farrell, of the Diocese of Dallas, looks forward to some upcoming ordinations: It...

January 30, 2013

Ordination update: 29 new deacons in Galveston-Houston

Details, from the Texas Catholic Herald News: Twenty-nine men received the sacrament of Holy Orders...

January 27, 2013

A new book in favor of priestly celibacy

With a new married priest in Buffalo getting so much buzz, I was intrigued by...

January 25, 2013

Buffalo’s married priest says he will stop having sex—UPDATED WITH VIDEO

I posted on him a few days ago. Now, some more details, from the New...

January 23, 2013

On pilgrimage: deacons and priests among the Mayans

The following e-mail arrived last night, from Deacon Dennis Kelly of Seattle: Greetings from Central...

January 17, 2013

In a rare move, lay woman named as co-director of diaconate formation

From the Georgia Bulletin in Atlanta: New formation leaders are overseeing the growing permanent diaconate...

January 15, 2013

Remembering Deacon Ken Cappelletty

What a legacy of diakonia. A deacon friend in Ohio sent this my way, from...

January 06, 2013

Meet the deacon who is a fire department chaplain

From California comes this brief Q&A with Deacon Larry Modugno, lead chaplain for the Ventura...

January 05, 2013

How do you forgive your daughter’s killer?

This Sunday's New York Times looks at that question through the eyes of Kate and...

January 05, 2013

In rare move, American ordained permanent deacon in Muslim Abu Dhabi

A deacon from Richmond wrote me this morning: Our classmate Don Fox was ordained a...

January 04, 2013

“He felt led by God to the diaconate”

From Philadelphia comes this remembrance of a deacon who died just after Christmas: Paul Michael...