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If you have a moment, wander over to The Deacon’s Studio and have a look-see. Brooklyn deacon and artist Bernard Deschler (a.k.a. “Boinie”) periodically posts his art (including some sly cartoons) that offer a different slant on the church, faith, holy days and life in general. The work above appeared under a posting headlined: “This…

Some happy news from the Bluegrass State: the Archdiocese of Louisville will be adding 14 more deacons to its ranks at the end of this week. The local Catholic paper, the Record, has the news, for the record, including brief biographies of the men about to be ordained. My prayerful good wishes go out to…

A deacon from Illinois wanted me to know they’ve been busy ordaining more men in Belleville — and no, they aren’t priests. From the Belleville Messenger: Seven men were ordained permanent deacons July 26 at St. Peter Cathedral in Belleville in a more than two and a half hour event that filled the cathedral not…

August the 10th marks the feast of a great deacon and martyr of the Church, St. Lawrence. He famously died while being burned to death on a grill. (Significantly, the feast day which precedes his, St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, or Edith Stein, also commemorates a martyrdom by fire — hers, in Auschwitz.) Below…
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