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Diaconate Reading List
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Official Documents on the Diaconate
- Apostolic Letter by Pope Paul VI "Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem"
- Basic Norms for the Formation of Permanent Deacons-Directory for the Ministry and Life of Permanent Deacons (Congregation for Catholic Education-Congregation for Clergy, Feb. 22, 1998)
Papal Statements
- Deacons serve the Kingdom of God by Pope John Paul II
- Address of Pope John Paul II at the Jubilee of Permanent Deacons
- Address of Pope John Paul II to the men ordained to the Permanent Diaconate
Books
- Ditewig, William T. , 101 Questions and Answers on Deacons New York/Mahwah, N.J. Paulist Press, 2004
- Keating, James, The Heart of the Diaconate: Communion with the Servant Mysteries of Christ. Paulist Press New York/Mahwah, N.J. 2015
- Cerrato, Dominic, Encountering Christ the Servant: A Spirituality of the Diaconate Paperback, Our Sunday Visitor, Huntington, IN, 2020
- Cerrato, Dominic, In the Person of Christ the Servant: A Theology of the Diaconate Based on the Personalist Thought of Pope John Paul II, St. Ephraem Press, Bloomingdale, OH, 2014
- McKnight, W. Shawn, Understanding the Diaconate: Historical, Theological, and Sociological Foundations, Catholic University of America Press, Washington, D.C., 2018
- Burke-Sivers, Harold, Our Life of Service: The Handbook for Catholic Deacons, Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, IN, 2021
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