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Meeting People Where They Are
Deacon Anthony Gooley
One of the great challenges of pastoral encounters in the highly secularized context in which we live is to meet people where they are and not where we would like them to be. Many of the couples who come...
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The Interior Life as a Place of Encounter
Deacon Dominic Cerrato
The following is an excerpt from “Encountering Christ the Servant: A Spirituality of the Diaconate” (OSV, $18.95) by Deacon...
Diaconal Evangelism
Deacon Donald P. Richmond
Albeit not exclusively, the Acts of the Apostles identifies deacons as evangelists. Not only did they wait on tables,...
Diakonia for the Domestic Field Hospital
Dr. Roland Millare
The great crisis, which has been unveiled during the COVID-19 pandemic, is that so many of the faithful are...
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Serving the Suffering Church: The Serenity of Surrender
Teresa Tomeo
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“We are not self-sufficient; by ourselves we flounder: we need the Lord like the ancient navigators needed the stars.”...
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Serving the Suffering Church: Planting Spiritual Victory Gardens
Deacon William T. Ditewig
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During the global wars of the 20th century people were encouraged to plant gardens in every available plot of...
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Serving the Suffering Church: The Deacon in Lockdown in New York
Deacon Greg Kandra
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A couple of times a day I have to get up from my desk, go to the window and...
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Serving the Suffering Church: Mobilizing the Power of the Holy Spirit Working through Deacons in a Pandemic
Deacon Michael Oles
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Every deacon knows that Pope Francis has urged us, the Body of Christ, to go out to the peripheries....
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Serving the Suffering Church: Helping Others See the Works of God
Teresa Tomeo
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“It is so that the works of God might be made visible through him” (Jn 9:3). As deacon couples,...
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Serving the Suffering Church: Disconnection from Those We Serve
Deacon Dominic Cerrato
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I don’t know about you, but the effects of the novel coronavirus have got me feeling a bit disconnected...
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Remain in the Battle
Deacon Joseph Michalak
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The Catechism calls it “the battle of prayer.” The saints and spiritual masters — scriptural, classical, contemporary — all...
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The Lone Deacon: Toward a Less-Effective Ministry
Deacon Dominic Cerrato
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Some of us are old enough to remember the television show “The Lone Ranger.” That program, preceded by a...
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