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What Is The Permanent Diaconate?
Diaconate Formation Inquiry
Discerning the Diaconate
Learn More About the Permanent Diaconate and its History
General Criteria
Deacons Transferring From Other Dioceses
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Permanent Diaconate
Click on the links below for more information.
Continuing Formation Books
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Deacon Liturgy Manual
Deacon Manual
Diaconal Ministry Covenant
National Directory for the Formation, Ministry and Life of Permanent Deacons in the United States
National Association of Deacon Directors
The Deacon Reader
ed. James Keating
Paulist Press
New York, 2006.
101 Questions and Answers on Deacons
by William T. Ditewig
Paulist Press
New York, 2004.