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The Deacon's Bench
What? No deacons?
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deacon greg kandra
A deacon writes: Deacon Greg: I fully realize from all the testimony that Archbishop Dolan is a good man. However, (and this may be my own shortcoming) he gets off on the wrong foot with me by no acknowlegement of his deacons in his first statement. He loves his priests and religious, though. Well, I…
Quote of the day II
By
deacon greg kandra
“Part of our job here is to challenge guys to make sure they are not floating into the priesthood, to make sure they are asking the tough questions. So sometimes we say—as much as we hate to see a guy leave—when a guy leaves the seminary thoughtfully and prayerfully, you rejoice. If the seminarian has…
Dolan: “I pledge to you my love, my life, my heart…”
By
deacon greg kandra
Courtesy the Loggia-Whisperer, the text of Archbishop Dolan’s remarks this morning to his new flock: Thank you, Cardinal Egan, for your gracious words of welcome. To know you are and will be at my side is a genuine blessing indeed. Thank you, members of the media, and so many listening and watching with us this…
Quote of the day
By
deacon greg kandra
“I was at the vespers when he was installed as bishop. And there’s a part where the bishop knocks on the door. Most do it timidly. Tap, tap. Not him — ‘Bang! Bang!’ It echoed through the cathedral and let everyone know that Timothy Dolan was there.” — Rev. Steven M. Avella, a history professor…
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