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When Weldon retired in 1977, Maguire automatically succeeded him as the next bishop. As bishop, Maguire created a program to train permanent deacons for parish service. He also established the Apostolate for Black Catholics. He recruited 300 lay members from the diocese to visit the sick and disabled at home or in institutions. [14]
Loverde reinstated the permanent diaconate program, and allowed seminarians to study at Blessed John XXIII National Seminary in Weston, Massachusetts, the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, and the Catholic University of America.
Unlike most clerics, permanent deacons who also have a secular profession have no right to receive a salary for their ministry, [19] but many dioceses opt to remunerate them anyway. [20] During the Mass, the deacon's responsibilities include assisting the priest, proclaiming the Gospel, announcing the General Intercessions, and distributing ...
To be ordained deacons, the latter must be at least 25 years old, if unmarried; if married, a prospective deacon must be at least 35 years old and have the consent of his wife. [81] In the Latin Church, married deacons are permanent deacons. In most diocese there is a cut-off age for being accepted into formation for the diaconate. [citation ...
McKnight wrote a dissertation on the permanent diaconate under the guidance of Father James Puglisi. The Deacon Reader and The Newman Review have published some of McKnight’s diaconate writings. McKnight is the author of Understanding the Diaconate, published by the Catholic University of America Press. [16] An excerpt states,
The deacon's ministry of the Word includes proclaiming the Gospel during the Mass, preaching and teaching. The deacon's liturgical ministry includes various parts of the Mass proper to the deacon, including being an ordinary minister of Holy Communion and the proper minister of the chalice when Holy Communion is administered under both kinds.
The diocese in 2013 included 147 parish priests, 90 permanent deacons, 16 religious brothers and 295 religious sisters. It had 96 parishes, 11 missions, a health care center, and five nursing homes. The total Catholic population of the diocese was approximately 313,115.
In 2001, Lucas established a diaconate formation program for the diocese. The five-year program prepared men to become deacons was run by the diocesan Office for the Diaconate, in cooperation with Quincy University in Quincy. On June 24, 2007, Lucas ordained the first class of eighteen men.