{"id":16148,"date":"2012-08-21T11:27:36","date_gmt":"2012-08-21T17:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=16148"},"modified":"2016-09-30T17:05:19","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T21:05:19","slug":"film-critic-steven-greydanus-begins-studies-for-diaconate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2012\/08\/film-critic-steven-greydanus-begins-studies-for-diaconate\/","title":{"rendered":"Film critic Steven Greydanus begins studies for diaconate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Some big news from him today that you might even call a blockbuster:\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Next week I will be going back to graduate school\u2014back to seminary, in fact\u2014to pursue diaconal studies in preparation for ordination to the permanent diaconate in the Archdiocese of Newark.\u00a0 (I currently hold an MA in religious studies from St. Charles Borromeo in Overbrook, Pennsylvania. As of this year, my archdiocese requires diaconal candidates to earn an MA in theology, so\u2026back to school I go.)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I\u2019ve been discerning this vocation for a long time\u2014to one extent or another, ever since I was received into the Catholic Church. In our archdiocese, the diaconal program is limited to a single class at a time, so the program only opens once every several years. The last time I looked into it, the program was closed. When it re-opened last year, my pastor sponsored me for the program, I began the year of discernment\u2026and here I am.<\/p>\n

Obviously this means significant adjustments in my other activities for the time being, most notably my movie reviewing. For those of you who follow my work, here\u2019s what this means.<\/p>\n

First, I\u2019m\u00a0not<\/em>\u00a0leaving film criticism or going on total hiatus.<\/p>\n

For a few years, though, I\u2019ll be doing quite a bit less of it, at least through the academic year. In the summers I hope to be back at something like full strength.<\/p>\n

The rest of the time, I\u2019ll still be writing reviews for the\u00a0Register<\/em>\u00a0and Decent Films every few weeks or so. I\u2019ll try to make sure I hit at least one notable movie each month, hopefully by or before opening day as usual. I\u2019ll also continue to appear monthly(ish) in\u00a0Catholic Digest<\/em>. (If you\u2019re a paying subscriber to either or both of those publications, bless you. You help keep the lights on at Huis Greydanus.) I also hope to continue with\u00a0\u201cReel Faith\u201d in the summers\u2014something I find very rewarding, and which also helps keep the lights on\u2014assuming NET keeps bringing us back. (If you\u2019ve enjoyed the show,\u00a0let the studio know<\/a>!)<\/p>\n

This will be the modus operandi for the next few years, until, God willing, I reach ordination. At that point, I hope to come back to reviewing movies with renewed vigor as Deacon Steven Greydanus\u2026and, in a weird way, all those people\u00a0over the years\u00a0who\u2019ve mistyped my initials as \u201cDSG\u201d will be retroactively right.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read more.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Good luck, Steven (now there\u2019s<\/em> a good deacon-y name!) and know that my prayers are with you!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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