Deacon Greg Kandra, author of The Deacon's Bench and no stranger to self-sacrificing service, posts something wonderful and inspiring- "Behind the Walls with the Man Behind the Stole". This post and the story to which it is linked is about Deacon Donald Dashnaw's experience as a prison chaplain.
Deacon Dashnaw and many permanent deacons like him are the best reasons, the only reasons, for the restoration of the permanent diaconate.
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Year 2 Monday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Readings: 1 Corinthians 5:1-8; Psalm 5:5-7.12; Luke 6:6-11 Today is Labor Day. Somewhat ironically, our Gospel is about “working” on the ...
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It is time to introduce yet another member of my community of the heart. Yesterday I mentioned that the theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar w...
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Recently I have been asked several times about remarriage and the permanent diaconate. In the present state-of-affairs, which may eventually...
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Because my parish celebrated Mass in the evening instead of in the morning today, I was able to assist my pastor at the altar on this Memori...
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