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An interesting nugget from Los Angeles, where three girls graduating in one Catholic high school are all the daughters of deacons. From The Tidings: When Haley Guerra graduated from St. Joseph High School in Lakewood May 28, she was able to accomplish something her deacon father had always wished for but had never been able…

It’s a busy time in the country’s cathedrals and basilicas. Worcester just ordained three new permanent deacons, and the Catholic Free Press has a lovely look at their calling: He wrote letters to his former girlfriend. But then he destroyed them. After all, he was in seminary now. But when he kept using her name…

Word is filtering through the diaconate community today that Paul McArdle, the first deacon ordained in the United States, has died.   He was 76.  I received the following comment on my blog this afternoon: My name is Fr. Mario A. Castro, I am the Pastor of Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Brownsville, Texas, where…

From the Catholic Transcript: The ordination of nine men to the permanent diaconate drew four bishops and about 25 priests, 50 deacons and 300 family members and friends to the Cathedral of St. Joseph on June 5. Archbishop Henry J. Mansell, the ordaining prelate, began the celebration by speaking of how the new deacons signify…
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