Ministry to the World Seeing the order of deacons as a separate and distinct order lies at the heart of understanding this ordained ministry.

The Archdiocese of New Orleans announced Monday that a Metairie priest has been removed from ministry after being accused of abuse 20 years before he was ordained as a deacon.

More than 1,300 deacons, along with their wives and children, are expected to attend the 2018 National Diaconate Congress in New Orleans July 22-26. There are 18,000 deacons in ministry in the ...

The deacon authentically sacramentalizes this role at the liturgy to the degree that he is intimately involved with those who are most in need of the church’s ministry—the poor, the sick and ...