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The Deacon's Bench
Little Rock’s big class
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
This picture appears this week in the diocesan paper of Little Rock, Arkansas Catholic, celebrating the largest diaconate class ever. The item notes: For the first time, the diocese is hosting formation classes in Spanish as well as English. The class includes 52 men and their wives — 22 in the Spanish class and 30…
“Seminarians learned from their parents how to live and how to love”
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
This story caught my attention for a variety of reasons — not least, because the event in question involved my old parish, where I served almost 40 years ago (gulp) as an altar boy. The archdiocese sponsors a special day for seminarians and their families, and this year it took place at St. Patrick’s, in…
Getting out of Dodge
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
Scott Dodge, that is. And if you visit his dandy blog, you will get a lot out of it. He’s got plenty of news, and ample spiritual food for thought. If his name seems vaguely familiar, I blogged about him several weeks back. He’s a deacon in Salt Lake City. I’m always thrilled to find…
“I think we need to look at deacons differently”
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
Out in Wyoming, a local paper just published this interesting look at the Church of the West (West of the Mississippi, that is) and how it’s preparing for the future: The three men in black sat together on what traditionally has been their only “day off.” Days off are rare now, but it’s all part…
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