{"id":26540,"date":"2013-09-30T09:54:20","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T13:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=26540"},"modified":"2015-03-13T16:38:36","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T20:38:36","slug":"making-history-in-st-patricks-see-irish-archdiocese-ordains-its-first-permanent-deacons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2013\/09\/making-history-in-st-patricks-see-irish-archdiocese-ordains-its-first-permanent-deacons\/","title":{"rendered":"Making history: In St. Patrick’s see, Irish archdiocese ordains its first permanent deacons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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History was made in the Archdiocese of Armagh yesterday when the Primate of All Ireland ordained the first five Catholics to become permanent deacons in the ancient see of St Patrick.<\/p>\n

Welcoming the five men, all married with children, into the ministry, Archbishop of Armagh Cardinal Sean Brady described it as an occasion of \u201cgreat joy\u201d.<\/p>\n

Addressing 700 family members, priests and the Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh, Dr Eamon Martin, described the five as bridge builders between the laity, priests and bishops.<\/p>\n

He told them that as married fathers and grandfathers \u201cyou will continue as ordained men to make a living in the world\u201d.<\/p>\n

Archbishop Martin said they were in a \u201cunique position\u201d as \u201ca particular point of contact with the lay faithful in your workplaces and in the community\u201d.<\/p>\n

Juggling full-time jobs, families and their ministry will be demanding, the five acknowledged, but they have been told that their first priority is their wives and families, second is their work to support their families and third is their ministry as deacons.<\/p>\n

One deacon, 46-year-old John Taaffe from Drogheda, has three children ranging in age from nine to 21, and he is also grandfather to one-year-old Jordan.<\/p>\n

He said that he had re-found his faith in 1999 after being a non-practising Catholic for years.<\/p>\n

He currently works as the co-ordinator of the Irish Bishops\u2019 Drug Initiative. He became an addiction counsellor after his conversion and sold his sales and marketing business to pursue this dream.<\/p>\n

The first ever permanent deacons, who are either lay single or married men, to be ordained by the Irish church began ministry in the archdiocese of Dublin in 2011.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Congratulations, brothers, and welcome! \u00a0Ad multos annos!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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