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Big Turnout in the Big Easy
Deacon Digest staff 0
As the Church in the United States celebrates the 50th anniversary of the restoration of the permanent diaconate, 1,300 deacons and their families — more than 2,700 people in all — flocked to New Orleans for the 2018 National Diaconate Congress, held July 22-26. In his remarks at the opening Mass of the congress, Archbishop Read More
50 Years Later: Harvesting the First Fruits
Deacon Owen F. Cummings 2
In the debates surrounding the First Vatican Council (1869-70), Blessed John Henry Newman said it takes about 100 years to receive a council. Well, we are just over the halfway mark since the end of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) and 50 years since the restoration of the permanent diaconate (1968). Vatican II was a Read More
The Deacon as Servant Leader
Father Deacon Daniel G. Dozier 1
Much has been written about the important role of the Catholic deacon as a servant leader in the parish. But as we reflect on this 50th anniversary of the restoration of the permanent diaconate, we should ask: What does it mean to be a servant leader as a deacon? What is a Servant Leader? The Read More