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“Marriage in the Lord”
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deacon greg kandra
Several weeks back, I got a nice e-mail from Deacon James Keating, Director of Theological Formation for the Institute of Priestly Formation at Creighton University, asking if I’d like to give a listen to a couple of CDs that he’s produced, one on prayer, another on marriage. I’m a sucker for free stuff, so said,…
Deacons in the Archdiocese for the Military Services
By
deacon greg kandra
Last week I posted this interesting item on deacons who serve as military chaplains in Canada. Now Roman Catholic Vocations has a follow up, with more details from the United States. The item below comes from the AMS (Archdiocese for the Military Services) website: The Archdiocese for the Military Services (AMS) does not provide a…
SSPX and married deacons: “completely unlawful”
By
deacon greg kandra
A reader who is a deacon candidate sent this along to me, and it seems worth some attention. If anyone is wondering how the SSPX feels about deacons and celibacy, take a look: In the fall of 1995, the French bishops met at Lourdes in order to confer together over the pastoral problem created by…
“The ministry of presence:” the deacon on the battlefield
By
deacon greg kandra
This caught my eye over at the blog Roman Catholic Vocations: the story of a Canadian permanent deacon who is also a military chaplain: In an environment where death and brutality is inevitably part of the process, faith and religion are too. “We’re that light in the darkness, that calm in the storm,” said Maj.…
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