Reparation and the Diaconal Heart
Amy 4 weeks ago
By Deacon Dominic Cerrato, Ph.D. In 1917, amid the devastation of the First World War and the quiet suffering...
Dear Readers: A Special Message
Amy 2 months ago
It is with great anticipation and joy that NADD, The National Association of Diaconate Directors, has taken on the...
Publisher Announcement
<a href="https://the-deacon.com/archives/byline/scott-richert" rel="tag">Scott Richert</a> 5 months ago
Dear Subscriber: Seven years ago, the Catholic Church celebrated the 50th anniversary of the restoration of the permanent diaconate...More Features
The Deacon in Desolation
<a href="https://the-deacon.com/archives/byline/deacon-dan-brooke" rel="tag">Deacon Dan Brooke</a> 6 months ago Comments Off on The Deacon in Desolation
Listening to and sharing with others are beautiful parts of the diaconate ministry. However, opportunities to live out our... Read More
Non-Communicants in the Communion Line
<a href="https://the-deacon.com/archives/byline/father-paul-turner" rel="tag">Father Paul Turner</a> 6 months ago Comments Off on Non-Communicants in the Communion Line
The purpose of the Communion rite is the distribution of Communion. Yet, at any given Mass, a priest, deacon... Read MoreColumnists
Look Back in Love
<a href="https://the-deacon.com/archives/byline/deacon-robert-t-yerhot" rel="tag">Deacon Robert T. Yerhot</a> 6 months ago Comments Off on Look Back in Love
As a psychotherapist, I discovered that many of my patients had what I would now call an unhealthy memory.... Read More
Text and Context
<a href="https://the-deacon.com/archives/byline/deacon-steve-kramer" rel="tag">Deacon Steve Kramer</a> 6 months ago Comments Off on Text and Context
In October 2005, I completed my doctoral degree in preaching and communication. Since that time, I have been blessed... Read MoreMore Columnists
A Deacon’s Muse
<a href="https://the-deacon.com/archives/byline/father-deacon-robert-klesko" rel="tag">Father Deacon Robert Klesko</a> 6 months ago Comments Off on A Deacon’s Muse
In Eastern Catholic churches of the Byzantine rite, the “deacon doors” on either side of the iconostasis, if not... Read More
Finding a Priesthood in the Diaconate
<a href="https://the-deacon.com/archives/byline/deacon-dominic-cerrato" rel="tag">Deacon Dominic Cerrato</a> 6 months ago Comments Off on Finding a Priesthood in the Diaconate
One of the more overlooked treasures of our vocation as deacons is the way we participate, truly and uniquely,... Read More