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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 permanent diaconate Saturday, June 12 on what Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez called “a great day of blessi...

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 that they believe all that the Catholic Church teaches and they promise to be faithful to that teachin...