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My classmate and pal Anthony Martucci had the presence of mind to actually use his camera while we were on retreat this weekend. Below are a couple choice shots. Thanks, Tony! Below is the lower chapel, where we celebrated mass Saturday.  And below is the main church, where we had benediction and Sunday mass. Not…

Well, it didn’t look exactly like the picture above (which was taken a year ago) but Huntington’s seminary on Long Island is about the same, and we did have a nice dusting of snow on the ground for my weekend diaconate retreat. Now, I’m back. A good time was had by all. For the retreat,…

They don’t get nearly enough attention, but the wives of deacons often play a critical role in their husbands’ ministry. Now, some wives and widows in Connecticut have embarked on a ministry of their own. From the Catholic Transcript newspaper: “We couldn’t wait to come here and present these quilts to you,” said Sharon Tartaris,…

More and more deacons are finding themselves serving as police chaplains — and an Illinois newspaper has a case in point: When police respond to a serious accident or a terrible crime, who responds to the resulting grief? Often, that job falls to a police chaplain. Shock and grief were in abundance on the afternoon…
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