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by bcadmin | Oct 22, 2022 | Archdiocese of Kansas City, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Deacons, Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, News, the pro-life movement | 0 |
A bold vision to form a brotherhood of permanent deacons for pro-life ministry became a reality this fall when Kansas City Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann signed a decree approving the clerical association Deacons of Hope.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 29, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Deacons, NAC, News, Ordinations, Pontifical North American College | 0 |
Ordaining deacons on the feast of the archangels, Bishop Austin A. Vetter of Helena, Montana, told the men to be like them — “not angels but true messengers of God, proclaiming with your whole selves the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 8, 2022 | CARA, Catholic News Service, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, Church in the US, Deacons, News, Poll | 0 |
In the Catholic Church, permanent deacons “are entrusted with the unique responsibility of bringing Christ to every corner of society,” said the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 24, 2021 | Deacons, Jose Luis Rodriguez, News, Ordinations | 0 |
JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ, 43, said he had his own plans, “but I told the Lord, if you want me to be a deacon, show me the way, and he did so, because every year (in the formation process) he reaffirmed that was the way through the scrutiny,” an evaluation of his formation with diaconate program leaders.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 30, 2021 | American seminarians, Cardinal Wilton Gregory, Catholic News Service, Deacons, News, Ordinations, Pontifical North American College, Vatican | 0 |
Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington ordained 21 men from the Pontifical North American College to the diaconate Sept. 30 in St. Peter’s Basilica.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 8, 2021 | CARA, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, Church in the US, Deacons, News | 0 |
The U.S. Catholic Church in 2020 had 18,075 permanent deacons serving in ministry, a decrease of 118 deacons, less than 1 percent, from the previous year.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 4, 2021 | Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Deacons, Faith and Science, News, Space, Space exploration | 0 |
Deacon Gary Nosacek doesn’t hesitate when he gets to take his ministry outside the walls of the church. His most recent adventure July 11 found him floating weightless at 35,000 feet — wearing his clerical collar no less.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 21, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Deacons, Diocese of Rome, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
A permanent deacon whose ministry is focused on service to the poor and hurting is an antidote to clericalism within the church because it illustrates that “to love is to serve and to serve is to reign,” Pope Francis said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 7, 2021 | Archdiocese of Miami, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Deacons, Florida, News, rosary | 0 |
Deacon Michael Plummer has vowed to constantly pray the rosary in honor of Mary and to call on her for help in the protection of life.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 1, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Deacons, Diocese of San Diego, News | 0 |
Deacon Albert Graff, who turned 102 Jan. 23, explains the secret to his longevity in two words: “Never retire.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 4, 2020 | Archdiocese of Chicago, Cardinal Blase Cupich, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Chicago, Church in the US, Deacons, News | 0 |
27 men were ordained on Sept. 26 during two Masses at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel in Chicago. Cardinal Blase J. Cupich celebrated the first Mass, and Auxiliary Bishop Robert G. Casey, archdiocesan vicar general, celebrated the second Mass.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 24, 2020 | Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron, Archdiocese of Detroit, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Deacons, News, Sacraments | 0 |
The Archdiocese of Detroit is seeking to contact anyone who may have received invalid sacraments after a priest of the archdiocese learned his own baptism as an infant 30 years ago was invalid.
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