One priest has informed me, inexplicably, that he will never allow me to preach at "his Mass" if I am wearing a dalmatic. Go figure. I've encountered priests who seem to feel the deacon needs to ...

It is not only a gift to be received, but a mission to be lived. The deacon, vested in his stole and dalmatic, stands before us as a man conformed to Christ — Christ who kneels to wash feet ...

But, in modern times, we have reestablished the tradition of a diaconate lived permanently. All priests are also ordained deacons, and in the most formal of liturgical ceremonies the bishop of a ...

As the dalmatic is normally a vestment of an ordained deacon, where did this tradition originate, and is it appropriate? With reference to the question about a lay crucifer wearing a dalmatic, if he ...

The diaconate dates back to early Christianity ... Each man is vested with a stole and dalmatic, a long, wide-sleeved tunic used in church celebrations. McClory described the dalmatic as a ...

On Tuesday of this week, the Catholic and Orthodox churches celebrated the feast of St. Phoebe, the early Christian woman that St. Paul introduces as a deacon (diakonos in the Greek) of the church ...

PORTLAND — Asking God to “pour out the grace of his blessing on this, his servant,” Roman Catholic Bishop Robert P. Deeley of the Diocese of Portland ordained Biddeford native and former St ...

Among them, many feel they have a calling to the diaconate, Hidalgo said, yet are limited by the Catholic Church from the office because they are women. "In a violent world with so many urgent ...

(Photo: EWTN News) After completing five years of philosophical and theological studies in Rome, Ledum was ordained a deacon on the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul — clothed in the dalmatic ...

Cardinal Victor Fernández, the prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, announced that the female diaconate will be the subject of a more in-depth study under the impetus of the ...

The Master of Arts program in Pastoral Ministries at Santa Clara University prepares candidates for the permanent diaconate in the Roman Catholic church to accompany the community of believers in ...