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	Diaconate - redeemer.com
		The Diaconate is a ministry that reaches out to people in Redeemer's congregation who are in crisis or challenging circumstances and offers help in assessing their needs and working together to find solutions.
		Unlike elders, who are responsible for teaching the Gospel, administering healing prayer, and overseeing the church, the officers of the Diaconate (deacons and deaconesses) focus on extending mercy and compassion.
		The Diaconate is funded entirely by the donations of individuals at Redeemer.
	www.redeemer.com /care/diaconate (836 words)

	DISTINCTIVE DIACONATE
		A 100 page study on the history of women in the diaconate in the New Testament and in the patristic and medieval church was written and is being revised for more extensive publication.
		Currently she is chaplain to the staff of the Anglican Communion Office and a member of the Primates= Task Group on Theological Education for the Anglican Communion and convener of its Target Group for Vocational Deacons and Licensed Lay Ministers.
		Distinctive Diaconate News (2 issues a year) shares information about developments in the diaconate in the Church of England, the Anglican Communion, and other churches with whom we are in dialogue.
	www.distinctive-diaconate.org.uk (0 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Deacons
		diaconate to the organization of those primitive Hellenistic Christian communities, which in the earliest age of the Church had all things in common, being supported by the alms of the faithful.
		diaconate was commonly regarded, possibly on account of the knowledge of music which it demanded, as a state that was permanent and final.
		diaconate are worthy of the office and then he invites the clergy and people to propose any objections which they may have.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/04647c.htm (4355 words)

	The Diocese of Monmouth (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A vocation to the local diaconate may be discerned by an individual in response to God's call, or by a local worshipping congregation, or by the priest of that community.
		The Co-ordinator for the Local Diaconate shall develop a general curriculum for all those involved in local diaconal training in consultation with the Bishop, which shall cover all those areas of study which are considered (a) essential to the formation of a local deacon, and (b) desirable in a comprehensive course of training.
		It is an integral part of the discipline of the local diaconate, that a local deacon will normally only exercise his or her order in the parish to which he or she was ordained, and with the consent of the incumbent thereof.
	www.churchinwales.org.uk /monmouth/info/diaconate2.html (1015 words)

	A Brief History of the Permanent Diaconate
		Some hold that the very origin of the diaconate is recorded in the New Testament – in the sixth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles.
		Among the reasons for restoring the diaconate advanced during the council, was that this step would help alleviate the shortage of priests in various parts of the world.
		On the contrary, the central fact about the diaconate is that it is an integral part of the three-fold hierarchy of Orders, with its own intrinsic reason and right to exist, quite apart from the circumstances of a particular era and place which may give it special timeliness.
	www.deacons.net /Articles/A_brief_history_of_the_permanent_Diaconate.htm (1720 words)

	Diocese of Corpus Christi - Permanent Diaconate Formation Program (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Diaconate, restored after 1500 years by the Second Vatican Council, is rooted in the experience of the New Testament Church.
		In that way, diaconal families are on the " cutting edge" of where the Church is moving today, rediscovering the importance of ministry within and flowing from the home, the domestic Church.
		The diaconal assembly is a voice in the diocese, sharing with the bishop the concerns of the People of God.
	www.goccn.org /diocese/depts/pdiacon/about.asp (1338 words)

	Clarification on ITC Study on Diaconate
		George Cottier, O.P. The International Theological Commission (ITC) announced that its recent document on the diaconate excludes the possibility of the ordination of women to the diaconate.
		The Commission of theologians, even if it does not have the role of pronouncing with the authority, which is characteristic of the Magisterium, presented two important indications which emerge from study of the matter.
		The study was produced at the request of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
	www.ewtn.com /library/CURIA/ITCDIACO.HTM (554 words)

	The Diaconate - In Tribute to Deacon Charles Appel
		As the presbyters (priests) were eventually assigned duties to act on behalf of the bishop, the deacons became increasingly the servants of the priests.
		By the end of the fourth century the deacons became increasingly associated with the eucharistic function as the priests' assistants and therewith the liturgical function of the diaconate became paramount to the exclusion of their charitable functions which were eventually taken over by laymen.
		By the Middle Ages the diaconate in the Western Church was widely regarded as irrelevant, or merely as a step on the way to the priesthood.
	www.byzantines.net /epiphany/diaconate.htm (2509 words)

	Anglican Communion: The Hanover Report
		He was a keen advocate of a restored diaconate, and carefully collated the responses of all churches to the paragraphs in the Lima document on this subject.
		While the nature of the diaconate is not an issue which lies at the centre of the faith, the restoration and reinvigoration of the diaconate affects the structure of the whole church's ministry.
		A revitalized diaconate can be a means for equipping the laity to become serving leaders in their various callings and for mobilizing them to become effective agents for the transformation of worldly structures and institutions.
	www.anglicancommunion.org /documents/lutheran/hanover.html (8450 words)

	Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington Vermont, The Permanent Diaconate
		It was restored as a permanent and public ministry in the Roman Church as a result of a decision made by the bishops at the Second Vatican Council.
		The restoration of the permanent diaconate was authorized in the United States in 1968.
		The aims of the diaconate are to enrich and strengthen the works of service being performed by the Church, to enlist a new group of devout and competent married and single men in the active ministry of the Church, and to aid in extending needed charitable and liturgical service to the faithful.
	www.vermontparishes.org /diaconate (948 words)

	Apostolic Letter Containing Norms for the Order of Diaconate (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Candidates for the permanent or transitional diaconate and for the priesthood are to receive the ministries of lector and acolyte, unless they have already done so, and are exercise them for a fitting time, in order to be better disposed for the future service of the word and of the altar.
		Before ordination candidates for the diaconate shall give to the ordinary (the bishop and, in clerical institutes of perfection, the major superior) a declaration made out and signed in their own hand, by which they testify that they are about to receive the sacred order freely and of their own accord.
		The rite of admission for candidates to the diaconate and priesthood and of the special consecration of holy celibacy is to be published soon by the competent department of the Roman Curia.
	home.comcast.net /~sjchurch/deacon/peacemaking/letter.html (2388 words)

	Diocese of London - Distinctive and Transitional Diaconate
		The diaconate is one of the three historic orders of ministry in the Church: deacons, priests and bishops.
		In general, where it is permissible for the president to delegate specifically diaconal functions to another minister (including Communion by Extension), these should be entrusted to the deacon where one is available.
		A priest is also a deacon, and it will be appropriate for a deacon to give special attention to the specifically diaconal ministries to which the priest, by virtue of his or her priestly responsibilities, has a need to share.
	www.london.anglican.org /Regulations/diaconate.htm (662 words)

	Events
		While the Diaconate is one form of Christian service, it is an authentic form of ministry in itself, distinct from but related to the ordained priesthood.
		The formation and preparation of candidates for the Diaconate in the Diocese of Cleveland is on a part-time basis over a period of four (4) years.
		Proper understanding of the Diaconate and positive support on the part of the wives and the children of the candidates are essential to a satisfying and successful diaconal ministry.
	www.dioceseofcleveland.org /diaconate/Information.htm (2184 words)

	Catholic Explorer :: Diaconate is looking for a few good men
		ROMEOVILLE—The Office for the Diaconate recently announced that in November it plans to host three orientation sessions for men and the spouses of those men who are married.
		Deacon Joe Dalpiaz, director of the Office for the Diaconate, said it is the first time the office is holding one session in the northern, central and southern areas of the Joliet Diocese for men interested in the diaconate.
		The aspirancy path, or trial period, is expected to take one year for the discernment of one’s call to the diaconate and prepare for the admission of candidacy.
	www.catholicexplorer.com /explore4325/atd/diaconate-is-looking-for-.shtml (968 words)

	Catholic Culture : Document Library : Restoring the Permanent Diaconate (Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem)
		It is the function of legitimate episcopal conferences to decide, with the consent of the Roman Pontiff, whether and where the diaconate is to be established as a permanent rank in the hierarchy for the good of souls.
		In the case of married men, care should be taken that only those are promoted to the diaconate who have lived as married men for a number of years and have shown themselves to be good heads of their own homes, and whose wives and children lead a truly Christian life and have good reputations.
		Institution of the permanent diaconate among religious is a right reserved to the Holy See, which alone is competent to examine and approve the votes of general chapters in the matter.
	www.catholicculture.org /docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=789 (2203 words)

	Diaconate Office, Diocese of St. Cloud
		The Diaconate, restored as a permanent order of ministry by the Second Vatican Council as part of its renewed vision of the church, brings back to the church the full complement of active Apostolic ministries.
		Following the Second Vatican Council, the Permanent Diaconate was restored as an ordained ministry in the Church.
		In the United States, the Diaconate was restored in 1968 and has grown to almost 15,000 deacons with 2,500 men in formation to become deacons.
	www.stcdio.org /Diaconate/Index.htm (870 words)

	Welcome to The Diocese of St. Augustine
		Deacons promise obedience to the bishop at their ordination and thus they are committed, morally and according to canon law, to serve the church under the direction of the Bishop of Saint Augustine.
		Note that men between the ages of 35 and 40 must be able to assure the Diaconate Vocations Board that family and work commitments will permit their faithful participation in the training and formation program, and in ministry once ordained.
		The Second Vatican Council decreed that the diaconate, when it was restored as a permanent order in the hierarchy, could be opened to "mature married men," later clarified to mean men over the age of 35.
	www.dosafl.com /index.php?page=ministries/permanent_diaconate (2141 words)

	Diocese of Kansas City ~ St. Joseph: Diaconate
		Diaconate formation in the diocese was restored in 1998.
		Although at this time women are not ordained to the diaconate, they share in diaconal ministry in a variety of ways.
		The importance and the contribution of deacon wives ought not to be underestimated.
	www.diocese-kcsj.org /Diaconate/faq.htm (1859 words)

	Diaconate and Discernment
		The Canons of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America specify requirements for ordination to the diaconate.
		Inquirers for the Diaconate should contact The Rev. Brian Nordwick at brian@edecr.org.
		Students from the Diocese of Northern California who wish to attend the School for Deacons must be admitted to postulancy by the Bishop.
	www.sfd.edu /Diaconate.html (227 words)

	Diaconate Office- Diocese of Buffalo
		A strong tradition attested already by St. Irenaeus and influencing the liturgy of ordination, sees the origin of the Diaconate in the institution of the "seven" mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles (6:1-6).
		Up to the fifth century the Diaconate flourished in the western church, but after this period, for various reasons, it experienced a slow decline which ended in its surviving only as an intermediate stage for candidates preparing for priestly ordination.
		The Council of Trent disposed that the Permanent Diaconate, as it existed in ancient times, should be restored, in accord with its proper nature, to its original function in the Church.
	www.buffalodiocese.org /diaconate (330 words)

	The Permanent Diaconate - Mons. González Nieves
		It seems to me that in order to better understand the peculiarity of the diaconate within the Church, it is first of all necessary to re-examine a few points about the mystery of the sacramental apostolic ministry, because in it is to be found the diaconate.
		The diaconate is re-instituted at this time in history, not to replace the presbyterate, not to threat the laity, but to act as a herald: the angel of Evaghelismos, that is to say of Annunciation.
		The diaconate is not an artificial arm: it is a living arm in whose veins flows the blood of Christ the Servant, the Son of the Lord's servant.
	www.vatican.va /roman_curia/congregations/cclergy/documents/jub_deacons_20000219_nieves_en.html (6439 words)

	Diaconate
		The order of the diaconate is an ancient order of the Church re-instituted as a permanent office by Pope Paul VI at the suggestion of the Second Vatican Council (1963-65).
		While every priest is ordained a deacon as a necessary step towards ordination to the priesthood, ordination to the diaconate does not have to be transitory.
		Many are ordained to what is called the permanent diaconate and serve as deacons the rest of their lives.
	www.dioceseofbrooklyn.org /ministries/diaconate (86 words)

	diaconate
		Sacramental ordination to the diaconate is a sharing in the ministerial priesthood of Jesus Christ and in the Church's ministry of service.
		The diaconate is one of the three ordained ministries in the Roman Catholic Church.
		When Pope Paul VI restored the diaconate, he spoke of the need of the deacon to be the “interpreter of the needs and desires of the Christian communities, the animator and promoter of the Church’s service and a sign or sacrament of Jesus Christ himself who came not to be served but to serve.”
	www.delawarestmary.org /diaconate.htm (781 words)

	Diocese of Winona - Office of The Diaconate
		Indeed it is appropriate and useful that men who carry out a truly diaconal ministry in the Church, whether in its liturgical and pastoral life or whether in its social and charitable works, should "be strengthened by the imposition of hands which has come down from the apostles.
		She will need to carefully consider the impact of diaconal ministry on herself, and on her marriage and family.
		Since the age at which a man may enter formation for the diaconate can, and does, vary so widely it is virtually impossible to construct a program in advance for assisting children to accommodate to their father's new role.
	www.dow.org /diaconate.html (2462 words)

	Faith and Ministry Formation
		The permanent diaconate is an important mission for the enrichment of the church and it is the duty of all the church to participate in the formation process.
		She is also strongly encouraged to participate as often as possible during her husband’s formation process to help give her a better understanding of the role of the deacon in the Church and community he will be serving.
		She must be included in the screening process as well as in the formulation of the diaconal assignment.
	www.oakdiocese.org /faith/permanent_deacon_formation.htm (944 words)

	Diaconate Office
		At his address to the permanent deacons of the United States ("The Heart of the Diaconate Servants of the Mysteries of Christ and Servants of Your Brothers and Sisters," Sept. 19, 1987), Pope John Paul II said the permanent deacon's ministry "is the Church's service sacramentalized...
		This is at the very heart of the diaconate to which you are called: to be a servant of the mysteries of Christ and, at one and the same time, to be a servant of your brothers and sisters."
		The Diaconate Office also conducts regional orientation workshops for all the new pastoral and finance council members twice a year.
	www.dolr.org /offices/diaconate.php (175 words)

	Changes in the Permanent Diaconate
		To be fair, the majority of these deacons probably received their formation in the early years of the diaconate.
		There was a priest on the advisory board for the permanent diaconate in his diocese.
		Many deacons interviewed for this story were concerned that the diaconate might become too "liturgical" as the shortage of priests intensifies.
	www.deacons.net /Articles/Changes_in_the_Permanent_Diaconate.htm (2269 words)

	Diocese of Joliet
		For a variety of reasons, the diaconate then began to be conferred only on those preparing for the priesthood.
		The renewal of the diaconate as a permanent order in its own right was called for both by the Council of Trent and by the Second Vatican Council and implemented by Pope Paul VI in 1967.
		Wives of married aspirants are required to attend the first 7-week course, “Ministry and Spirituality of the Diaconate.” Participation in a 3-hour spiritual formation session held on four Sunday afternoons throughout the year and attendance at a weekend retreat is required of aspirants and wives.
	www.dioceseofjoliet.org /diaconate/formationProgram.asp (1135 words)

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