It's a NADD, NADD world

You may have noticed things have been quiet around these parts.  I spent Friday in Nashville at the annual convention of the National Association of Diaconate Directors (NADD), where I gave a talk on social media and the ministry of charity.

It was a great event, with a couple hundred deacons and deacon directors mulling around.  I got to rub elbows with a few celebrities (see below) and attend mass at Nashville’s beautiful Cathedral of the Incarnation (a remarkable liturgy with two bishops and six deacons!).  My thanks to NADD for their wonderful hospitality, and especially to Deacon Ron Deal of Nashville and his extraordinary team who made everything proceed flawlessly.

Nashville’s Cathedral of the Incarnation

With Louisville Archbishop Joseph Kurtz

With Deacon James Keating and Jim Alt (former editor and publisher, Deacon Digest)