“We cannot simply delegate this task to institutes or associations endowed with a particular charism. Before the concrete faces that confront us in daily life,

On the Feast of St. Phoebe people gathered from around the world to celebrate the courage of a first century diakonos of the church in

I have been guilty of cancelling a Doctor of the Church. The Church celebrates the memorial of St. Gregory the Great today. Unlike most saints,

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At our last Discerning Deacons team meeting, co-director Casey Stanton opened us in prayer by inviting us to contemplate the image of this quilt, created

In the latest issue of Portland, the University of Portland magazine, writer and friend of Discerning Deacons Cameron Bellm reflects on an icon recently installed

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Years ago, my mom told me about a cousin of mine whom I’ve been dying to meet ever since. My mom started telling me about