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DIT
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I was wondering what the deacon(s)’ at your church wear during the celebration of Mass? In my travels, it seems to vary greatly. I was wondering what they were wearing on the altar.
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QUICUMQUE_VULT
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DIT, The Deacons at my Parish wear the Alb, Deacon stole, Dalmatic, AND the Maniple. Oh almost forgot they also wear the Amice. All of this over the Soutane.
As you probably guessed this is for the Tridentine Mass. These young Deacons at my Parish are from our local Seminary. When they return to their respective Dioceses to be ordained Priests, they will all say the Novus Ordo. However they are being grounded in the old mass.
Peace
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mjdonnelly
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The Deacon at our church wears all the proper items, I just cannot remember what they are called.
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Pious
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We do not have any Deacons at my Church but the Deacons that belong to the order wear the Alb, Deacon stole, Dalmatic etc.
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juno24
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We have deacons at our parish-- I see their names listed in the bulletin-- but the only people who wear vestments are the priests and the seminary student. Everyone else wears street clothes. Should the deacons be wearing vestments, even if they are only serving as EMHC’s at Mass?
While searching to find out what deacons should wear, I found this informative site: kensmen.com/catholic/vestments.html
While searching to find out what deacons should wear, I found this informative site: kensmen.com/catholic/vestments.html
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stbruno
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Yikes, if you have deacons and they are considered Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist, then they have a serious problem. If they are participating in in the liturgy, then they should be on the altar vested doing their specific role.
usccb.org/liturgy/girm/lit2.shtml
This is the link that clearly tells you what a deacon’s role is at mass.
Mass with a Deacon
When there is a deacon present at the Eucharistic celebration, he should exercise his ministry wearing sacred vestments. (1) The deacon:
usccb.org/liturgy/girm/lit2.shtml
This is the link that clearly tells you what a deacon’s role is at mass.
Mass with a Deacon
When there is a deacon present at the Eucharistic celebration, he should exercise his ministry wearing sacred vestments. (1) The deacon:
*]assists the priest and processes at his side (unless he is carrying the Book of the Gospels, in which case, he precedes the priest);
*]ministers the chalice or the book (Roman Missal) at the altar;
*]proclaims the Gospel and, at the request of the priest celebrant, may preach the homily (see GIRM no. 55);
*]gives timely directions to the faithful and announces the intentions in the General Intercessions;
*]assists the priest celebrant in distributing Communion, especially as minister of the Precious Blood, and cleanses and arranges the sacred vessels;
*]as needed, performs the offices of other ministers when none of them are present (GIRM, 171).
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Deacon_Tony560
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I agree with stbruno. Are you sure they are ordained? The first mission of our class after ordination was to make people fimiliar with the role of the permanent deacon. (We were the first class in our diocese.)
The parish bought some deacon stoles for me and provided one alb. These belong to the church. My mother bought me a dalmatic and my wife bought me a beautiful stole with pictures of children from all over the world. A prisoner from the local women’s prison hand made a stole that is reversible green/white. Our permanent deacons wear the alb and appropiate stole. I only wear the dalmatic for very special occasions. The Easter Vigil Mass is one of these.
Each year the number of permanent deacons in the United States increases in great numbers. I urge those who may feel called to this ministry to talk to their local vocations director.
God bless
tony
The parish bought some deacon stoles for me and provided one alb. These belong to the church. My mother bought me a dalmatic and my wife bought me a beautiful stole with pictures of children from all over the world. A prisoner from the local women’s prison hand made a stole that is reversible green/white. Our permanent deacons wear the alb and appropiate stole. I only wear the dalmatic for very special occasions. The Easter Vigil Mass is one of these.
Each year the number of permanent deacons in the United States increases in great numbers. I urge those who may feel called to this ministry to talk to their local vocations director.
God bless
tony
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Detroit_Sue
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Alb, dalmatic & stole. At my husband’s assignment, he is only allowed to wear his alb & stole.
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katherine2
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alb and stole during the week and some sundays. dalmatic on festive days.
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juno24
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Thanks for the link and info. Honestly, I don’t know what they do at our church. As I said, I see their names in the bulletin, but have never seen any of them assisting at Mass. I don’t even know why we have deacons if they don’t fulfill a function set out for deacons.
Deacon Tony560:
I am not sure if they are ordained or not, to be perfectly honest-- just know that the bulletin indicates we have 3 priests, one seminary student, and 3 deacons, and gives their names. I have been attending Mass at this parish for 3 years, and have only ever seen the seminary student (a different student at different times, of course) assist at Mass. As I said above, I don’t even know why we have deacons if they don’t assist at the liturgy. All they have ever done at Mass is help distribute the Eucharist, which is why I referred to them as EMHC’s (maybe not the proper term for these 3 in particular, but that is the function they are filling). Maybe they help to fulfill other duties outside of the Mass proper (weddings, etc). I don’t know.
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Melissa
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That’s the way it is at my parish, too. I voted, however, based on what is the usual.
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deaconswife
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My husband wears alb, stole, and dalmatic. The only exception is when he is at our mission church on some summer days when its in the high nineties (the church has no AC) when he just wears the alb and stole because we’ve actually had celebrants pass out from the heat when fully vested. One Sunday after he gave a homily and mentioned in the course of it about being married a woman approached him wanting to know why he was dressed like a priest. When he explained the vestment was a dalmatic, and showed her the sleeves and said that in the latest documents deacons were supposed to wear that she said at her parish the deacon only wore the alb and sash 
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Chatter163
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Detroit Sue:
I take it that means your husband’s pastor does not permit him to wear a dalmatic. Why would a deacon be forbidden to wear the vestment that is proper to his ministry?
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alterserver_07
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Our deacon wears a dolmatic, the only one in our diocese that does. But he left us, so we have no deacon left in my town.
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Brendan
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And can a pastor forbid it??
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Elzee
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what’s a dalmatic?
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Deacon_Tony560
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Melissa said:
Those were very nice vestments. I only have one as you mentioned they are expensive. There is a group of nuns in our area that still sew although they are in their 80s. They will hand make one for about half the price of those that you had on the web site.
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Sacramentalist
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Correct me if I’m wrong, but even in the Tridentine Rite there were days when the Deacon was not allowed to wear the Dalmatic (e.g. during Advent and Lent, with the exception of certain feast days). Does the Normative Rite have these same restrictions?
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Deacon_Tony560
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The Dalmatic is worn at processions and benedictions except when these have a penitential character…Catholic Encyclopedia
So you are correct. You have a good knowledge this subject.
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