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 ...

VANCOUVER, Wash.—Deacon Carl Anderson, whose bearded and patriarchal face adorns the Archdiocese of Seattle's new diaconate handbook, is the epitome of a permanent deacon. The 74-year-old retired ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X ALLENTOWN – Three Schuylkill County men were among 15 deacons ordained on Sept. 14 at the ...

WATERLOO — There will be a deacon ordination service for Dennis Hutt at 5 p.m. Sunday at the Crystal Cathedral of Faith Southern Baptist Church, 3040 Hammond Ave. Theme is “A Servant’s Call,” and ...

The Rev. Gary Milton of Boxwood Baptist Church in Mocksville will be the guest speaker. Rev. John R. Bankhead Jr. is pastor of the church at 3727 Hwy 601 S. Call 336-284-2990 for more information. Per ...

Alyssa Pedicino wrote her first letter to Pope Francis when she was 9. By that age, she had been an altar server for two years and already felt called to be a deacon, just like her dad. In her letter, ...

A Brazilian bishop has called for the ordination of women to the diaconate for service in the Amazon region. The bishop said that 2009 revisions to canon law could allow for the ordination of women ...

Next week’s ordination of 23 new Catholic deacons has been postponed after one of the candidates may have exposed the entire group to the coronavirus, Archdiocese of Newark officials said. The June 27 ...

SPRINGFIELD — Deacon David Picard, a retired Agawam business owner, has been named director of the Springfield Diocese’s Office of the Diaconate by the Most Rev. William D. Byrne, bishop of the Roman ...