While working on the strategic diaconate initiatives project of The 4:12 Pathways for Pastoral Leadership grant, I seized the opportunity to visit the Old Ursuline Convent located in the French Quarter of New Orleans. The Convent is one of the city’s most...
Duplechain was ordained as a permanent deacon in 1996, and he is now the director of the Archdiocesan Office of the Permanent Diaconate.
In this video Deacon Andy Saunders reflects on his pilgrimage to Rome as part of the Jubilee Year of Hope declared by Pope Francis. To see the video, hear the podcast, or read the reflection click on the read more below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4iuZA4iwJk A...
Pope Francis was a deacon. Indeed, we could say that every pope is a deacon. The deacon is the lowest of the three orders of the sacrament of Holy Orders, with priest being the second order and bishop being the highest order. When you are ordained a deacon, we...
Just before the beginning of Lent, I had the privileged opportunity to go to Rome for two weeks to attend an international conference on the diaconate and then participate in the Jubilee of Deacons. It was part of the yearlong Jubilee Year celebration, Pilgrims of...
Just before the start of Lent I was in Rome on a pilgrimage. One of the churches I visited was the Pontificio Santuario della Scala Santa. It is more commonly known as Scala Santa or, in English, the Holy Stairs. Tradition tells us the staircase in the church is from...
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