Call to be a Deacon?

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Respect and obedience to the teachings of the Catholic Church is mandatory for the wife of a deacon.

Jim
 
What do you mean. She went to confession so she could take the Eucharist. Is this not enough?
 
It’s confusing because in your op you said your wife was evangelical.
 
If you’re both in full union with the Church, then the only thing left is to contact the dioceses office for the Diaconate, and apply.

The interview and discernment process will help you to know if you are being called.

It may be God merely wants you to go through the discernment process as He did for me.

Either way, it’s a win-win experience.

Jim
 
I do know one deacon whose wife was unsupportive, but willing to let him become a deacon. Her attitude was, "this is his vocation, so don’t expect any participation from me.’ She was a lapsed Catholic as well.
 
Then she would’ve had to have lied to the interviewers.

They won’t take risks with a wife who is not in favor of her wife becoming a deacon.

Wives have to make sacrifices for their husbands when they enter their various ministries.

Sitting in the pew alone at Mass every week and holiday, is a big factor which wives say they had to sacrifice.

In other words, his vocation becomes a hers in being a wife pf a deacon.

Jim
 
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yankeesouth said:
It’s confusing because in your op you said your wife was evangelical
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That what she tells me. She goes to her Evangelical Church Sunday mornings, then goes with me to mass Sunday evenings. It confuses me too. Please pray for her.
 
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The two vocations are completely different. They always will be. If you feel a call to be a deacon that’s great, good for you, but dont think of it as a substitute for a priest or as a priest with benefits. It’s it’s own call. No one can or should tell you what your call is from some words. Keep praying and see a spiritual advisor and talk to your priest. Also a deacon. A call to a vocation is not a quick thing like a text message from God and you are done, it takes time and a lot of patience. Keep praying (I suggest adoration if you can) and God will reveal His plans to you in due course. He does want you to know, but His time is not our time, so pray and find out more information and see where things go. Let Him lead you, don’t try to lead Him. You can read some books/leaflets on discernment too, your parish should have them. God bless you
 
Does my MA in Theology from Fuller Theological
Seminary count for anything with the CC?
 
Then you need to be Confirmed, then have your marriage blessed before you can even consider application for the Diaconate.

If God wants you there, you’ll both get through it.

Jim
 
Something isn’t adding up here. Too many contradictions in this thread.
 
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Well, in post 7 you said of your wife, “she’s an Evangelical struggling with me returning to the Catholic faith.” Now she’s attending Mass and receiving the Eucharist.
 
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Did you learn the tenets of the Catholic Faith there?
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Not in great detail as I would of liked. I did learn the formation of the 2000 year history of Christianity, which today helped me come back to the CC.
 
Not possible. I do know of a Catholic who started there, to complete a graduate program. But they are an Evangelical school. Don’t know why the gentleman chose them, actually, since Catholic University of America and others have low residency programs and would be far better choices for a Catholic.
 
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Well, in post 7 you said of your wife, “she’s an Evangelical struggling with me returning to the Catholic faith.” Now she’s attending Mass and receiving the Eucharist.
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I know it sounds confusing. How you think I feel. Though she goes and participates in mass, she says she’ll do both. She even argued with the Priest over this. He told her she can’t attend both churches.
 
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Not possible. I do know of a Catholic who started there, to complete a graduate program. But they are an Evangelical school. Don’t know why the gentleman chose them, actually, since Catholic University of America and others have low residency programs and would be far better choices for a Catholic
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Well originally I went there to be an Evangelical Minister. These Credentials open doors to be a Pastor at many churches, except the CC I guess.
 
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