Restoration of Permanent Diaconate in Vancouver

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This announcement was made a couple weeks ago, but I notice nobody has shared the news here in CAF, so here goes.
The Archdiocese of Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada) has recently decided to restore the Permanent Diaconate. Up to now, deacons ordained in the Archdiocese have been single, celibate, men on their way to being ordained as priests. This change opens up the role to the general population of men, men who would like to play a larger role in the church, but who are not planning to become priests.

There is more information on the Archdiocese’s website:

rcav.org/About_Us/Default.aspx?id=5458
 
Its an excellent program by the Archdiocese. Archbishop Michael Miller is really something. He’s supportive of the FSSP parish, he has a wonderful Catechist training program as well as a wonderful Parish Religious Education Program, he’s spearheading the Theology of the Body program in Canada (I don’t think there’s any other diocese thats doing what RCAV is doing with TotB), and now this. Despite being a very secularized metropolis, the Roman Catholic Church is very much alive and vibrant in the Lower Mainland.
 
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