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The Deacon's Bench
When you encounter life’s hills…skate
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deacon greg kandra
This delightful video shows an Australian Franciscan friar, Fr. Gabriel, using his own unique skills to minister to young people. There’s a lesson here, I think, for us all. (But shouldn’t this guy wear a helmet??) H/T Roman Catholic Vocations.
“I’ve never seen the meaning of the priesthood so clearly incarnated before my eyes…” — UPDATED
By
deacon greg kandra
Shortly after I posted this item, soliciting feedback about how Jesus has changed your life, I read this piece that illustrated it, through the profound heroism and stoicism of one ordinary priest: Father Tom is one of the sweetest and holiest men I have ever known: a thoroughly priestly man with a profound sense of…
How has Jesus changed your life? This priest wants to know.
By
deacon greg kandra
A retired priest who once worked at my parish — and who many years ago was pastor to the very first deacon ordained in the Diocese of Brooklyn — has asked me to spread the word about a project he’s launched. Anyone can participate. How can I say no? He wrote about it not long…
Seattle welcomes its first married priest
By
deacon greg kandra
In Washington state, another married man has been ordained to the priesthood — and he chatted with the local paper about his exceptional journey: Tom McMichael had been a Lutheran pastor. The day after his ordination as a Roman Catholic priest, Father Tom McMichael stood in front of the altar at Assumption Church after Sunday…
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