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January 2013

January 02, 2013

Ordination update: 6 new deacons for Steubenville

Details: Six men, including Richard G. Adams, Thomas F. Maedke and Stephen F. Miletic of...

January 02, 2013

Historic: dual ordination of priests and deacons

Details from the Catholic Transcript: Tears of joy flowed among family members and others as...

December 2012

December 30, 2012

“I have saved your soul for God”: say, isn’t the bishop in “Les Mis” wearing a dalmatic?

The part is played by the great Colm Wilkinson, who originated the role of Jean...

December 27, 2012

Beyond stigma: a deacon who ministers to the mentally ill

A reminder of how we are called to serve all who hunger -- and that hunger...

December 25, 2012

Remembering St. Stephen and the gift of the diaconate

Deacon Keith Fournier takes special note of the first feast we celebrate after Christmas --...

December 22, 2012

Montreal deacon charged with producing child porn

Details, from the Toronto Sun: A well-known Montreal-area Deacon who once spoke on behalf of...

December 19, 2012

How many deacons can say they’re married to a Supreme Court judge?

Next year, God willing, there will be at least one who can. An Indiana deacon...

December 15, 2012

The deacon who preaches in glass

Meet stained glass artist, Deacon Bob Markert in the Louisville Courier-Journal: The pounding of a...

December 10, 2012

Ordination update: 16 new deacons for Phoenix

A reader dropped me an e-mail about this. Evidently, it happened on November 10. But...

December 09, 2012

A deacon’s dazzling Christmas light display

A California deacon is making a splash, and spreading a lot of light: More than...

December 09, 2012

Irish deacon ordination: first of its kind in 1,500 years

Details: A post-primary teacher, a bakery manager and a tool designer were among six men...

December 07, 2012

The theologian as evangelist

Deacon James Keating dropped me a note about this upcoming gathering and said: Greg, this...

December 07, 2012

Behold, the Orthodox deacons of Ethiopia

Do you have vestments like these? Over at our CNEWA blog, ONE-TO-ONE, there's an interesting...

December 07, 2012

Ordination update: 20 new deacons in New Orleans

From the Clarion Herald newspaper: There were so many men to be ordained as permanent...

December 06, 2012

Deacon on strike??

From the mailbag of Fr. Z: From a deacon: Dear Father Z, my parish priest...

December 06, 2012

Ordination update: 12 new deacons for Columbus

Hello, Columbus! There's a full write up in a recent edition of the Catholic Times....

December 05, 2012

Meet the deacon novelist

Details, from Arkansas Catholic: In "I Hear Your Heartbeat" Deacon Larry Hatch's recently released first...

December 02, 2012

Why every deacon needs to read the pope’s latest letter

It is all about diakonia. As Rocco described it: Released by surprise at Roman Noon...

November 2012

November 29, 2012

What’s the only vocation that grew in the United States last year?

Three guesses. From Catholic World News: The number of religious sisters in the United States...

November 27, 2012

“What am I called to do?” leads one man to being a deacon

A local paper in Mercer Island, Washington looks at one man's journey to the diaconate:...

November 24, 2012

Ordination update: 40 new deacons for Little Rock

I first posted on this historically large class a couple weeks back. Now, Arkansas Catholic's...

November 18, 2012

Ordination update: 4 new deacons in San Bernardino

The following e-mail arrived today, from Rich Herbst, Episcopal Master of Ceremonies in the Diocese...

November 15, 2012

Boom: Little Rock’s big deacon class of 40

Some happy news, from the Arkansas Catholic: For the first time in a decade, the...

November 13, 2012

Ordination update: 9 new deacons in La Crosse

They were ordained by Bishop William Patrick Callahan on October 27. The men shown above...

November 10, 2012

Lincoln’s new bishop has no plans to change Bruskewitz policies

But how does he feel about deacons? Details: He's got folk rockers Mumford & Sons...

November 07, 2012

Ordination update: 18 new deacons for Richmond

If you're thinking, "Didn't I read about that already?," think again. This year's ordination class...

November 04, 2012

Ordination update: 9 new deacons in Boise

The bishop himself made the announcement on the diocesan website: Dear Friends, On Oct. 27,...

November 04, 2012

Bishops address deacons in pastoral letter for Year of Faith

A friend pointed this out on his Facebook page, and it seems worth noting here:...

November 02, 2012

Married clergy and abstaining from sex: “The Church has not changed her expectation”

Canon lawyer Ed Peters has weighed in on the topic again. He makes clear that...

October 2012

October 27, 2012

Deacon and future deacon

Well, look who I ran into at the conference of Catholic Social Scientists this weekend:...