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“St. Francis of Assisi at Prayer”by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1645. Many people mistakenly think that St. Francis of Assisi must have been a priest. Nope. He was a deacon. On this, his feast, we are reminded of his spirit of diakonia in these beautiful words, from one of his letters: We must not be wise…

A newly ordained deacon sent along this news: Indiana has five new deacons (he’s one of them), and there’s a full write up (and lots of pictures) in the Catholic Moment newspaper: In a celebration that blended prayer, music, pageantry and soul-stirring symbolism, five men were ordained as permanent deacons on Sept. 20 and committed…

I stumbled across this news story during my usual Google search this morning and thought: “They buried the lede.” A Mississippi chef who is also a deacon? That’s news! Take a look: Bill Vrazel gets a kick out of those high-strung television chefs who throw fits when things don’t go their way. But Vrazel, a…

During a recent trip to Florida, I was stunned to visit a parish that had not just one deacon, or two, but six. Yes, six. The vocation in the Sunshine State is booming. And Florida Catholic looks at this trend in Palm Beach: The number of permanent deacons serving Catholics in the Diocese of Palm…
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