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Serving the Suffering Church: Planting Spiritual Victory Gardens
Deacon William T. Ditewig Comments Off on Serving the Suffering Church: Planting Spiritual Victory Gardens
During the global wars of the 20th century people were encouraged to plant gardens in every available plot of land: from small window boxes in apartments to backyards and abandoned lots. Local authorities supported these efforts by offering advice on what items grew best in certain types of soil and how to protect these crops Read More
Serving the Suffering Church: The Deacon in Lockdown in New York
Deacon Greg Kandra 1
A couple of times a day I have to get up from my desk, go to the window and check. Yes. New York City is still there. But it feels like it isn’t. Life in quarantine is like that. The world seems to have stopped, and nothing is quite what it was. For the last Read More
Serving the Suffering Church: Mobilizing the Power of the Holy Spirit Working through Deacons in a Pandemic
Deacon Michael Oles Comments Off on Serving the Suffering Church: Mobilizing the Power of the Holy Spirit Working through Deacons in a Pandemic
Every deacon knows that Pope Francis has urged us, the Body of Christ, to go out to the peripheries. In our periodic meetings, I am amazed at the innumerable ways the Holy Spirit has inspired deacons in this call to service. Each of us ministers to the People of God in ways that we hope Read More
Serving the Suffering Church: Helping Others See the Works of God
Teresa Tomeo Comments Off on Serving the Suffering Church: Helping Others See the Works of God
“It is so that the works of God might be made visible through him” (Jn 9:3). As deacon couples, parishioners are looking to us for prayers, advice, answers and direction during one of, no doubt, the most unusual Lenten seasons we’ve ever experienced. In addition to a growing list of dioceses canceling public Masses, weddings Read More