Next weekend, I will have been ordained deacon for one year! Reflecting on the year past and the coming weeks has been interesting and from what I have heard from others, I am not the only one wrestling with what this milestone, which comes parallel to the ordination of my peers to the priesthood, means … Continue reading Approaching my Peers’ Ordination to Priesthood
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Protect the essentials at all costs: time for God; time for your family; and time for your ongoing training.
Pope Francis says commission on women deacons did not reach agreement Gerard O’Connell May 07, 2019 Pope Francis with reporters aboard his flight from Skopje, North Macedonia, to Rome on May 7, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) In a press conference on the flight from Skopje to Rome, Pope Francis revealed that the commission he set up … Continue reading ROMAN CATHOLIC WOMEN DEACONS? NOT YET
Celebrating the Feast of St Peter and St Paul with this wonderful sonnet by Malcolm Guite. Peter is my mate - I was deaconed at Petertide 26 years ago. I love this icon too: it was the one we chose for the Anglican holiday club which we were able to hold in an Orthodox parish … Continue reading EACH DENIAL IS UNDONE BY LOVE: a sonnet for St Peter
CofE Network of Distinctive Deacons 