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The AP is sitting up and taking notice of the 25 shiny new deacons just ordained in Indianapolis. This is a very good overview of the vocation with some terrific insights into its growth: After resisting the idea for more than three decades, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis has ordained its first class of…

A deacon from Sydney, Australia by the name of Elliott Casalegno sent me the following dispatch. It’s a great ground’s-eye view of what it’s like to be a part of this remarkable event. Read, and enjoy: It is my first WYD and at my age, almost certainly my last. I had heard many of the…

I’m almost finished reading Ron Hansen’s superb new novel,“Exiles”, so I was intrigued to see this profile of the author — and deacon — and to read his thoughts on his twin vocations: Best-selling novelist Ron Hansen stood in the nave of Chicago’s St. Vincent de Paul Church on a spring afternoon under the towering…

Some happy news report from our neighbors to the north, as the Archdiocese of Edmonton just ordained its first class of deacons: It was with joy and awe that the Edmonton Archdiocese welcomed its first class of permanent deacons July 4. In a moving celebration at St. Joseph Basilica, Edmonton Archbishop Richard Smith ordained 11…
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