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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
FRACKVILLE – With the ceremonial laying on of hands, Deacon Paul Spotts was elevated to the priesthood Tuesday during a service in St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church. Metropolitan ...
METUCHEN – Seated feet apart in the first pew of the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi, four men faced the Bishop of Metuchen and listened as he encouraged them to “stay with Jesus.” The four men, ...
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 ...