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And the ranks continue to grow. The diocesan paper, The Tidings, has the scoop on the “deacon couples”: Last Sunday, the feast of Corpus Christi, marked the beginning of a new life for Deacon Gustavo Catipon and his wife Elena. During Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Deacon Gus — ordained…

Me, I was finishing the second grade at St. Peter’s School in Olney, Maryland. I could never have imagined what was transpiring in Rome that day, or how it would change my life. But leave it to Doc Mac to point out something most deacons may not be aware of: today marks the 42nd anniversary…

A brand new deacon — a reader from Milwaukee — sent along the picture below of his class, ordained this past weekend. The diocesan website has a nice write-up about the candidates and their wives. Details to come in the diocesan paper soon — ad multos annos!

A thoughtful reader sent me the picture above, from the diaconate ordination for the Diocese of Orlando this past weekend. Fourteen permanent deacons and one transitional one received the sacrament of Holy Orders at Mary Queen of the Universe Shrine (one of my favorite places to worship, by the way), just a stone’s throw from…
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