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The Deacon's Bench
At the inaugural: the Tuskegee Airman who is also a deacon
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deacon greg kandra
A reader sent this my way: the surprising, largely untold story of a special guest at the Obama inaugural: Among the millions who braved the cold to watch as President Barack Obama made history by becoming this nation’s first African-American president, was a Catholic deacon who made history himself some 60 years ago. Deacon Walt…
“I’ve never seen the meaning of the priesthood so clearly incarnated before my eyes…” — UPDATED
By
deacon greg kandra
Shortly after I posted this item, soliciting feedback about how Jesus has changed your life, I read this piece that illustrated it, through the profound heroism and stoicism of one ordinary priest: Father Tom is one of the sweetest and holiest men I have ever known: a thoroughly priestly man with a profound sense of…
How has Jesus changed your life? This priest wants to know.
By
deacon greg kandra
A retired priest who once worked at my parish — and who many years ago was pastor to the very first deacon ordained in the Diocese of Brooklyn — has asked me to spread the word about a project he’s launched. Anyone can participate. How can I say no? He wrote about it not long…
Egad
By
deacon greg kandra
Doesn’t this guy ever shut up?
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