Truly impoverished is the deacon who understands his ministry primarily as a liturgical ... In the ordination rite, the ordaining bishop places the book of the Gospels in the hands of the newly ...

The book is a capstone of a scholarly, practical, and ecclesiastical examination of the priesthood and ministry undertaken at Boston College ... that emerged was a deep care for holy orders, be it ...

At the end of his academic career at George Mason University in Fairfax, he went on a vocation retreat, thinking it would ...

"When you kiss the Gospel book," she asks, "what do you do about ... And over a period of time, I sensed that God was calling me to ordained ministry." Sponsor Message She considers herself ...

The book's complete title, Diacone: Quale minister per quale Chiesa?, asks about women deacons: "Which ministry for which Church?" The conference papers are organized according to four areas of ...

Ditewig, who has authored 10 books on the permanent diaconate and lay ministry, told NCR he had no intention of discussing the question of women deacons during his talk, which was to be an update ...

The U.S. church would do well to follow the example of the African church and forget about deacons and develop a catechists’ ministry.

He couldn’t have had a successful ministry without Dolores, the deacon said. “She has a sensitivity about people,” he said, explaining how she would suggest he should call “this person or ...

Leaders of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts on Saturday ordained five women as deacons, welcoming them into ministry as the church prepares next month to mark the 50th anniversary of the ...