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November 2019

November 24, 2019

A deacon father’s priceless gift to his son, a priest

A beautiful image: I spent the weekend at the St. Francis Retreat House in Easton,...

October 2019

October 23, 2019

When the deacon runs the parish — UPDATED

It's happening in more places around the United States, and that includes my diocese of...

October 23, 2019

One bishop’s proposal for eliminating clericalism

Details, from CNS: The way to rid the Catholic Church of clericalism is by giving...

August 2019

August 10, 2019

Behold, a priest

Last weekend, my parish in Queens, New York continued a longstanding custom of inviting a...

July 2019

July 31, 2019

His first month: A new priest writes about ‘the most life-changing aspect of priesthood’

This may surprise some people, from Father John Kladar: It has been just over six...

July 23, 2019

Brooklyn welcomes a consecrated virgin — UPDATED

This popped up in my email — h/t Elizabeth Scalia! — and it's pretty great: ...

July 07, 2019

A Message for Every Priest and Deacon: ‘Medics Go to Those With the Wounds’

"God is at work in the world and we should never claim to have a...

June 2019

June 17, 2019

BREAKING: Newly Ordained Priest Dies After Battle with Cancer

Many will remember this extraordinary story from a few weeks ago. Now, his earthly pilgrimage...

June 03, 2019

Wow: This 100-Year-Old Priest Has Four Sons Who Are Priests, Too

This vocation has to be one for the record books: Don Probo Vaccarini was ordained...

May 2019

May 29, 2019

‘By Focusing So Intently on Women Deacons, We Miss the Larger Challenge Facing Our Church’

Some great insight here from Pia de Solenni: In addition to their role of administering...

May 27, 2019

Ordination Update: 4 New Deacons for Rochester

Here they are, in a class photo, shared on Twitter: Deacon Edward Giblin, Director of...

May 20, 2019

Is It a Scandal to Leave the Priesthood?

A few commenters on social media were upset and even angry over the news that...

May 17, 2019

‘Please Pray for Me’: Father Jonathan Morris Asks to Leave Clerical State — UPDATED

Details: Father Jonathan Morris, a former member of the Legion of Christ who was at...

May 15, 2019

From Pentecostal Preacher to Catholic Priest

Another amazing vocation story about a married man about to be ordained to the priesthood:...

May 04, 2019

Ordination Update: 4 New Deacons for Cleveland

You can catch the ordination video at the diocese's diaconate Facebook page. I'm waiting for...

April 2019

April 24, 2019

A Decision on Women Deacons Next Month?

NCR and Phyllis Zagano suggest that just might happen: Will he or won't he? That's...

April 10, 2019

Do Religious Orders Have Permanent Deacons?

Yes, indeed. I received an email today from my Salesian priest friend Mike Mendl, eager...

March 2019

March 08, 2019

Ordination Update: 42 New Deacons for Galveston-Houston

You read that right: 42. Details: When NASA engineer Charles Pitman was furloughed again for...

March 08, 2019

Boom: Dominican Sisters Expand to Texas

Awesome news. I wish they'd come to New York: The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother...

March 08, 2019

The problems of ordaining ‘viri probati’ as married priests — and how this relates to deacons

A good analysis from Charles Collins in Crux, who looks at a proposal that may...

January 2019

January 28, 2019

The 100-year-old deacon still serving 8 Masses a week

From Patti Armstrong at The National Catholic Register: Woodrow Wilson was president, people drove their...

January 16, 2019

Vatican commission members speak out about research on women deacons

Fordham University last night hosted a symposium on women deacons that featured two members of...

January 09, 2019

Traditionalist religious group sanctioned, ordered to stop presenting their teachings as Catholic

Details: The radical-traditionalist Catholic group the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is now...

January 04, 2019

Prayer request: seminarians killed in car accident over Christmas break

The following item popped up on the Facebook page of Holy Apostles Seminary in Connecticut:...

January 03, 2019

Germany’s Cardinal Marx: ‘Further adaptations of church teachings are required’

Details from CNS: German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising called for change in...

January 01, 2019

What is a permanent deacon? Watch this superb video and you’ll find out.

Check this out, from the good people at the Archdiocese of Edmonton in Canada. The...

December 2018

December 18, 2018

Report: commission on women deacons submitted ‘a brief document’ to pope

I get asked this question a lot: "What's happening with the commission on women deacons?"...

December 10, 2018

Ordination update: 4 new deacons for Kingston, Ontario

The vocation is growing among our neighbors to the north! Details: On Friday, December 7,...

October 2018

October 27, 2018

‘Here is a happy priest’: World Priest Day 2018

This weekend, we mark World Priest Day: WORLD PRIEST DAY (WPD) has been sponsored by the Worldwide...

October 26, 2018

Ordination update: 4 new deacons for Camden

From The Catholic Star Herald: The Camden Diocese’s new clergymen: Deacon Michael G. Bortnowski, 61,...