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About
Bishop Vásquez
Contact & Location Info
Directories
Diocesan Staff
Priests
Deacons
Our Diocese
Coat of Arms
College of Consultors
Deanery Information
History
Leadership
Our Mission
Presbyteral Council
Priests' Personnel Board
Offices & Ministries
Archives
Black Ministry
Canonical and Tribunal Services
Catholic Charities of Central Texas
Catholic Foundation
Catholic Schools
Catholic Services Appeal
Catholic Spirit
Cedarbrake Catholic Retreat Center
Chancellor
Communications
Consecrated and Apostolic Life (Religious)
Diaconal Ministry
Encountering Christ Campaign
Ethics and Integrity in Ministry
Evangelization and Catechesis
Facilities
Finance
Fine Arts Council
Hispanic Ministry
Human Resources
Immigration Legal Services
Information Technology
John Paul II Residence for Priests
Legal Services
Life, Charity and Justice
Life, Marriage and Family
Minister to Retired Priests
Missions and Discipleship
Office of the Bishop
Parish Business Services
Pastoral Juvenil
Priestly Life and Formation
Restorative Justice
Risk Management
Stewardship and Development
Vicar for Priests
Vicar General
Vocations
Worship
Young Adult Ministry
Youth Ministry
Quick Links
Catholic Services Appeal
Career Opportunities
EIM / Report Abuse
Encountering Christ Campaign
Event Photos
Find a Mass/Parish
Media Relations/Inquiries
Pastoral Manual
Priests
Special Collections
Diaconate Reading List
Diaconal Ministry
Welcome
Basic Requirements for Admission to the Diaconal Formation Program
Diaconal Formation
Diaconate Reading List
Discernment Resources
Qualities and Characteristics of a Deacon
Project Stephen
Taking the Gospel into the Community
Continuing Education & Post Ordination Formation
Diaconate Resources
Deacons (Active, Retired and Deceased)
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)
National Directory for the Formation, Ministry and Life of Permanent Deacons in the United States (Second Edition)
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
Publications
The Deacon
(formerly Deacon Digest)
A Portrait of the Permanent Diaconate: A Study for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops 2020-2021