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New deacons a ‘blessing’ in their witness, service, says archbishop Newly ordained permanent Deacons Diep T. Nguyen and James J. White IV process with fellow deacons after a June 12 ordination Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul, at which celebrant Archbishop Nelson Pérez described permanent deacons as ministers of the church among "the family, the workplace and the neighborhood." (Sarah Webb) By Gina Christian • Posted June 14, 2021 Nine men were ordained to the perma...

Posted May 4, 2021 Nine men who will be ordained permanent deacons for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia next month made a profession of faith and signed a solemn Oath of Fidelity before Bishop Timothy Senior, rector of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, who presided at a Liturgy of the Word in the seminary’s Immaculate Conception Chapel April 26. All ordained ministers to the diaconate, priesthood and episcopacy take the oath before ordination. In signing the oaths, the men declare publicly th...

Some Harvard student athletes whose senior year seasons were canceled by the coronavirus pandemic are making plans to use their final year of collegiate athletics eligibility at other universities after obtaining their Harvard degrees. When the Ivy League canceled the fall sports season in July, some student athletes waffled between taking time off and continuing their Harvard education. The Ivy League has since canceled the winter sports season, and the spring sports season remains in flux. Se...