This year marks the 50th anniversary of the renewal of the diaconate as a permanent vocation in the Latin Church. Above, Deacon Greg Kandra blesses the faithful with the Blessed Sacrament in the ...
VANCOUVER, Wash.—Deacon Carl Anderson, whose bearded and patriarchal face adorns the Archdiocese of Seattle's new diaconate handbook, is the epitome of a permanent deacon. The 74-year-old retired ...
TOLEDO - The Toledo Diocese ordained a record number of permanent deacons during an ordination ceremony presided over by Bishop Daniel Thomas at Rosary Cathedral in Toledo. When 20 men joined the ...
For hundreds of years a man's ordination as a deacon in the Roman Catholic Church was considered a temporary status. It was as a deacon that a future priest could study, learn, pray and reflect as he ...
For hundreds of years a man's ordination as a deacon in the Roman Catholic Church was considered a temporary status. It was as a deacon that a future priest could study, learn, pray and reflect as he ...