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It’s something that doesn’t happen all that often, but it just did in Washington, DC: a man ordained to the priesthood received his fifth sacrament at one church. From the Catholic Standard: For Father Andrew Davy, it seemed only fitting to be ordained a priest at the same parish where earlier in his life he…

That’s “D” for deacons. In addition to the ordination yesterday of nine men in Gary, Indiana, St. Louis also saw several ordinations: Bishop Robert Hermann ordained 11 men to the Order of the Permanent Diaconate at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 6, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, Lindell Boulevard and Newstead Avenue in the…

Some happy news for a Sunday morning: Indiana has nine shiny new deacons for the Diocese of Gary: Many are called. Few answer. Dennis Guernsey jokes he’s a little deaf, but God’s call came loud and clear in mid-life. “I feel ready,” said the 55-year-old former Marine, dressed in the light cream vestments and gold…

And the ordinations keep rolling in. Philadelphia just added more deacons to the roster: The reading from Acts, chapter 6 at the May 30 Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul was most appropriate. “… So they chose Stephen, a man filled with faith and the Holy Spirit, also Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor,…
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