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More and more of the secular press is hopping on the deacon bandwagon, and writing about this vocation. The latest comes from the Diocese of Pittsburgh, specifically New Castle, Pennsylvania: Years ago, a local banker began studies to become a Catholic priest but did not finish. “It was not my vocation,” said John Carran of…

Well, I married one — a lovely lass named Siobhain, whose great grandmother arrived at Ellis Island with little more than a handbag and a determined attitude. And yesterday, for my first baptism, I baptized one — another determined little lass named Margaret Flanagan. It was a wonderful moment for me (and, I hope, for…

Intriguing news clattered over the wire a short time ago: the prestigious Pontifical College Josephinum, the only Pontifical Seminary in North America, has announced the establishment of the Institute for the Formation and Ministry of the Permanent Diaconate at its historic campus in Columbus, Ohio. As the press release puts it: Rev. Christopher J. Schreck,…

Animal lovers everywhere have lost a special soul: the founding abbot of The Monks of New Skete, Father Laurence Mancuso has passed away, from complications of injuries suffered in a fall. He was 72. The fabled Monks of New Skete pioneered a sane and loving way of raising dogs, and their hilltop monastery in upstate…
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