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Deacons hold 10th sunrise service praying for an end to violence

For the last 10 years, the Black deacons of Chicago have led sunrise services near around the start of the school year to pray for an end to gun violence in the city. They gathered again and continued praying on Sept. 12, this time not on Oakwood Beach but in the parking lot of St. Katharine Drexel Church, 9015 S. Harper Ave., because of social distancing.

New deacons to be ordained for archdiocese

Cardinal Cupich will ordain 27 men as permanent deacons to serve in the Archdiocese of Chicago in two Masses on Sept. 26 at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel, 7740 S. Western Ave. Two men were ordained in August.

Meet the 2019 deacon class

Cardinal Cupich ordained 23 deacons on May 11. The group includes 16 permanent deacons who completed four years of formation. Married men may be ordained permanent deacons; single men who become permanent deacons must make a commitment to celibacy. Permanent deacons often work outside the church in addition to their diaconal ministry.

Couple delivers Christmas toys to kids in Guatemala

For the past 10 years, Deacon Freddie Palacios and his wife, Zoila, have been putting smiles on the faces of poor children living in their native Guatemala by delivering wrapped toys for Christmas.

Deacons collecting cleaning supplies for Florence recovery

When natural disasters strike around the country a group of “second responders” mobilizes in the Archdiocese of Chicago, sending out utility buckets filled with much-needed cleaning supplies to affected areas.

Black deacons hold annual Mass for peace

Participants pray to end violence and promote peace during the ninth annual Sunrise Prayer Service and Mass at Oakwood/41st Street Beach, 4100 S. Lake Shore Drive, on Aug. 25.

Evangelizing, caring for others at core of deacons’ vocation, nuncio says

The core vocational work of permanent deacons is to evangelize and care for others, not to perform office duties, the apostolic nuncio to the United States said July 22 to more than 1,300 deacons attending the 2018 National Diaconate Congress in New Orleans. In his post-Communion remarks at the opening Mass of the five-day gathering, Archbishop Christophe Pierre noted that St. John Paul II had declared that the “service of diaconal ministry finds its identity in evangelization.”

Archdiocese’s permanent deacon program turns 50

The order of deacons started in the earliest days of the church, when the original apostles called on men from the community to help them serve the community of believers. But the order of permanent deacons — those not in formation to become priests — fell into disuse by the fifth century. Fifty years ago, it returned, and the Archdiocese of Chicago has been one of the leaders in diaconate formation ever since.

Meet the 2018 deacon class

Cardinal Cupich will ordain 19 new deacons for the Archdiocese of Chicago on May 12.

Deacons start program to reduce stigma around mental illness

A new program that launched in April at Holy Name Cathedral aims to both raise awareness of mental illness and reduce the stigma associated with it.
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