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Deacons celebrate diaconate anniversaries - Apr 21, 2023 Five deacons will celebrate their 30th anniversary as deacons on Monday, April... |
Deacon John "Bo" McAllister, 75, dies Aug. 3 - Aug 5, 2022 Deacon John “Bo” McAllister died unexpectedly at the VA Hospital in Little... |
June 4 2023 Deacon Recommitment Mass in Rogers St. Vincent de Paul Church - Rogers |
July 9 2023 Deacon Recommitment Mass in Little Rock St. John Catholic Center |
Sep. 16 2023 Deacon Recommitment Mass in Jonesboro St. John Newman University Parish - Jonesboro |
The Minister to Deacons Office has responsibility for post-ordination continuing formation for the ordained permanent deacons and their spouses in human, spiritual, intellectual and pastoral areas. The principal function of the permanent deacon is to collaborate with the bishop and the priests in the exercise of a ministry of word, liturgy and service. It is not of a deacon's own wisdom but of the Word of God, calling all to conversion and holiness. ("Directory for the Ministry and Life of Permanent Deacons," 1998) Under the direction of the bishop, the minister to deacons is guided in his ministry through diocesan norms with the intent and content of the “Directory for the Ministry and Life of Permanent Deacons of the Congregation for the Clergy” and the “National Directory for the Formation, Ministry, and Life of Permanent Deacons in the United States.” See also: Diaconate Formation Office.
At his address to the permanent deacons of the United States ("The Heart of the Diaconate Servants of the Mysteries of Christ and Servants of Your Brothers and Sisters," Sept. 19, 1987), St. John Paul II said this about the ministry of the permanent diaconate: It "is the Church's service sacramentalized ... This is at the very heart of the diaconate to which you are called: to be a servant of the mysteries of Christ and, at one and the same time, to be a servant of your brothers and sisters."
Deacons celebrate diaconate anniversaries - Apr 21, 2023 Five deacons will celebrate their 30th anniversary as deacons on Monday, April... |
Deacon John "Bo" McAllister, 75, dies Aug. 3 - Aug 5, 2022 Deacon John “Bo” McAllister died unexpectedly at the VA Hospital in Little... |
June 4 2023 Deacon Recommitment Mass in Rogers St. Vincent de Paul Church - Rogers |
July 9 2023 Deacon Recommitment Mass in Little Rock St. John Catholic Center |
Sep. 16 2023 Deacon Recommitment Mass in Jonesboro St. John Newman University Parish - Jonesboro |