Five Westmoreland County men are set to become permanent deacons this weekend with the Diocese of Greensburg. Their ordination will take place at a 10 a.m. Mass Saturday at Blessed Sacrament Cathedral ...
The International Theological Commission approved a study on the diaconate during its meeting in Rome from Sept. 30 to Oct. 4, 2001. The question of women deacons has been before the commission for at ...
With dwindling vocations to the priesthood, especially in the West, the cry for women deacons is getting stronger, even while some fear a mixed-gender diaconate might serve to reinforce clericalism in ...
Kyriaki Karidoyanes FitzGerald was an 18-year-old theology student when a priest at Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School in Brookline, Mass., thrust a book into her hands. To her surprise ...
Bishop David Zubik will ordain eight men as permanent deacons for the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh on Saturday. The ordination will take place at 10 a.m. at St. Paul Cathedral in Oakland. “Their ...
Nine men — one priest and eight permanent deacons — will be ordained into the Catholic Diocese of Belleville on Saturday at St. Peter Cathedral. "I personally called these ordandi to Holy Orders in ...
METUCHEN – On May 20, The Most Rev. James F. Checchio, Bishop of Metuchen, celebrated the ordination of 15 men as deacons for service in the Diocese of Metuchen. Two of the men are preparing for ...
The 5½-year wait for Paul Patrick Márquez ended Oct. 1 before a packed Holy Spirit Catholic Church as he joined 16 other men in becoming ordained as deacons in the Diocese of Fresno. Following a ...