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This item crackled over the wire last week while I was on vacation, but it deserves a resounding cheer from The Bench: Training to become a Catholic deacon took William Hisker from theology classes at St. Vincent College and into hospitals, nursing homes and a prison. “I found it very fulfilling,” Hisker said. “I found…

Well, the feast of St. Lawrence came and went on August 10th, but a leading figure at the Vatican has taken note: The Catholic Church increasingly relies on the ministry of permanent deacons, who must be experts in preaching the word of God and in outreach to the poor, said the prefect of the Congregation…

As you can imagine, there’s lots of mail stacked up here at The Bench from the last two weeks. This note comes from the wife of a newly ordained deacon in Los Angeles, and she takes exception to my posting and comments here. She writes: As a wife of one of the newly ordained on…

An alert reader sent this my way: some intriguing thoughts from FOB Meredith Gould: And what’s up with calling Roman Catholics to pray for “spiritual perfection in priests”? Rather ambitious, don’t you think? I think we should start with more modest goals. Praying for priests’ willingness to work well with lay leadership comes to my…
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