“If you are interested in becoming a Deacon Couple…”

A reader sent this my way: a blog post from a parish in South Pasadena, written by a deacon aspirant and his wife, describing the journey toward ordination.

From the way this is written, it sounds like she’s being ordained, too:

The summer was very active for us; homework assignments, meeting our Deacon journeying couple, Deacon Joe & Lorraine Mirzerski from St. Therese’s parish in Alhambra, and writing our candidacy letters. Jay has written to Archbishop Gomez asking that he be admitted as a candidate for the permanent diaconate. Candy has written her letter to Deacon Craig Siegman, the director of Diaconate formation, stating that Jay has her permission to enter into the program as a candidate…

…We will officially become candidates on November 2^nd in Mission Hills, when we go through this Rite of Acceptance with Bishop Salazar.

Our second year of Diaconate training started on September 7, 2013 as we returned to Alemany High School.

As we begin our second of five years in formation, we want to thank all of those who continue support and pray for us.

If you are interested in becoming a Deacon Couple for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, please contact:

Diaconate Formation Office
Archdiocese of Los Angeles
3424 Wilshire Boulevard, 2nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90010-2241

Bless them.  But I hope someone in the diaconate office makes clear, sooner rather than later, that only one of them will be receiving the sacrament of Holy Orders.