Anchorage church names parish hall in honor of deacons

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 4:54 pm By Deacon Greg Kandra

How cool. This may be a first: The deacons of the Anchorage Archdiocese took center stage last month when St. Patrick Church named its parish hall “Deacons’ Hall” in honor of past, present and future deacons of the archdiocese. The Sept. 7 ceremonies, which included Mass with Anchorage Archbishop Roger Schwietz, honored the many deacons who have served the archdiocese. Since 1981 the archdiocese has ordained 25 deacons. These men have served along with eight other deacons who were originally ordained... Read more

Kansas Senate candidate: Catholics should not be Democrats

Last updated on: September 30, 2016 at 5:02 pm By Deacon Greg Kandra

Details: Steve Fitzgerald, a Republican candidate for the Kansas state Senate, is defending his comments last week that Democrats should not be Catholics, saying was trying to tell a Catholic group in Kansas City about the need for the Democratic Party to change. Fitzgerald, who is challenging state Sen. Kelly Kultala (D-Kansas City), said he told a meeting of the Polish American Club that he believes the country needs two strong political parties, and that the Democratic Party’s national platform... Read more

Anchorage church names parish hall in honor of deacons

Last updated on: October 16, 2012 at 5:45 am By Deacon Greg Kandra

“I forgot to call out the deacons”

Last updated on: October 16, 2012 at 5:42 am By Deacon Greg Kandra

My new blog neighbor, Lisa Hendey, posted the following today: This past weekend, I learned an important lesson while giving my keynote address at the Archdiocese of San Antonio’s Catholic Formation and Leadership Conference. I’ll admit I was nervous going into the talk. I’ve spoken to crowds this size in the past, but there’s something about sticking the word “keynote” into the title of a talk that ups the ante. And this — probably unbeknownst to my hosts — was my... Read more

Missing from the synod: deacons

Last updated on: October 16, 2012 at 5:36 am By Deacon Greg Kandra

An interesting observation from John Allen at NCR: Here’s a rather striking omission at the synod: So far, nobody’s said anything about deacons. In the abstract, suppose somebody told you that there’s a corps of 40,000 Catholics out there ready to go to work for the New Evangelization, who have received something like five or six years of hard-nosed formation specifically to equip them to preach the gospel in the modern world, and who can represent the church in an... Read more

No soup for you: Ohio Catholic charity upset about Ryan photo op

Last updated on: September 30, 2016 at 5:02 pm By Deacon Greg Kandra

Details: The food had been served, the patrons were long gone, and the cutlery cleaned when Rep. Paul Ryan, his wife, three kids and photographers pulled up Saturday at a St. Vincent de Paul food kitchen in Youngstown Ohio. Ryan and his wife put on aprons and washed several pans that already appeared to be clean, and then were off to the airport. Now, the Republican vice presidential candidate is in hot water over the impromptu campaign “photo op.” The... Read more

“Let us build a house where love can dwell…”

Last updated on: September 30, 2016 at 5:02 pm By Deacon Greg Kandra

Those words from “All Are Welcome” herald the start of the diaconate ordination in Richmond last weekend, and you can see that and more in the video below. I like how the wives are involved, processing in with their husbands and joining them at communion. Read more

The Irish Catholic who is Romney’s “unseen weapon”

Last updated on: September 30, 2016 at 5:02 pm By Deacon Greg Kandra

From the Independent newspaper: Not many people in America have heard of Peter G Flaherty II. And to this quiet and unassuming Irishman, that’s exactly how it should be. If Mitt Romney wins the presidential election next month, observers say it may all be down to the deft political handling of the soft-spoken lawyer from Boston, one of the most important members of the Romney campaign, and a leading light in the Irish-American community. Hailed recently by The New York Times as Mr Romney’s... Read more

Sweet video: Cardinal Dolan visits his parish church in Rome—UPDATED

Last updated on: September 30, 2016 at 5:02 pm By Deacon Greg Kandra

And he won over the crowd as only he can. Take a look at the CNS video, below. And read more about the church here. UPDATE: CNS has a piece about the Cardinal’s visit: On Oct. 14, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, who became a cardinal in February, took formal possession of his titular church in characteristically ebullient style, literally embracing as many of his new flock as he could, and punctuating the observances with his trademark... Read more

And the Catholic empire at Patheos continues to grow…

Last updated on: September 30, 2016 at 5:02 pm By Deacon Greg Kandra

A big shout-out and welcome to our newest blogger, Lisa Hendey! Check out her new place, the nicely named “A Good Measure.” Lisa will be familiar to scads of Catholic blog readers for her website CatholicMom.com. She’s also a terrific speaker and ardent advocate for all things bloggy and social media-y. I saw her in action at the Catholic Media Conference in Indianapolis last June. She is the Princess of PowerPoint. Welcome! Read more