A man pursuing the diaconate must see his desire to serve as a true vocation.
Joseph DeGrocco
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The Ministry of the Deacon
Almost 37 years have passed since Pope Paul VI set in motion the restoration of the permanent diaconate with his apostolic letter of June 18, 1967, Sacram Diaconatus Ordinem. One year after the promulgation of that letter, the bishops of the United States began restoring the permanent diaconate in t