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At the “calling of the candidates,” Miguel Echevarría of St. Catherine of Siena Church, Kennesaw, joins his fellow deacon candidates in the center aisle of the Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta, during the Feb. 7 diaconate ordination as his wife, Maria, left, looks on. (Photo by Michael Alexander) Just in time for Lent, the…

I stumbled on this inspiring story of a deacon in Florida Catholic, which focuses on his ministry as part of the diocese’s annual fundraising appeal: Now-Deacon Walt Skinner served his church as a youth minister for many years, but that wasn’t enough. “I always felt there was something more God was calling me to do,”…

You may remember the sad story of Deacon Adam Crowe, who died suddenly, just a few months before his scheduled ordination to the priesthood. A reader alerted me to this touching tribute from a local paper in upstate New York: Deacon Adam Crowe was counting the days until his ordination as priest. “But God had…

The Archdiocese of Atlanta ordained a fresh batch this weekend, and if you visit Padre Vic’s blog, you can see a nifty slide show of the whole event. Above, the boys before vesting. Visit the link to see the “ontological change” — which included a change in wardrobe. (Nice dalmatics, guys.) Ad multos annos! God…
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