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St Francis School of Theology for Deacons, (SFSTD), is a division of St John Vianney Seminary. The SFSTD trains permanent deacons for the Archdiocese of Denver utilizing the same professors as the seminary. The men who are ordained to Holy Orders provide service of Liturgy, Word, and Sacrament to the Church of Northern Colorado.
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. [17] An excerpt states,
He established the Office of Lay Ecclesial Ministry, the Office of Evangelization and the permanent diaconate program. In 1980, he offered support and assistance to Cuban refugees during the Mariel Boat Lift.
The permanent diaconate was formerly exclusively female, and it was in 1988, the centenary year of the diaconate, that men were admitted to the office of deacon. The offices of deacon and minister are now both open to both women and men; deacons are now ordained (they were previously "commissioned").
Other programs in the Seminary and School of Theology include a permanent deacon formation program, which assists Catholic dioceses in the formation of their deacon candidates, and a youth and vocations program, which encourages high school and college students to participate more deeply in the Church's liturgy and consider a vocation of ...
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]
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.
He established the Native Diaconate Program, ordaining 28 Native Alaskan men to the permanent diaconate. Pope John Paul II named Reverend Michael Kaniecki of the Society of Jesus as coadjutor bishop in 1984. Whelan's resignation as bishop of Fairbanks was accepted by the pope in 1985. [6] Kaniecki automatically succeeded him at that time.