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Formation: resources Application Overview Interested in Becoming a Deacon?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steps in the Discernment Process

  • Discuss your vocation with your family and friends
  • Make an appointment with your pastor to discuss your vocation and ask him to write a letter to the Bishop endorsing you as a worthy applicant
  • Contact the Diaconate Office to be placed on the mailing list
  • Attend Inquiry Nights offered by the Office of the Diaconate
  • Join a "Discernment Circle." This is a group of men and their wives who meet monthly to pray and discuss vocational issues.
  • And PRAY

 

 

Application Overview

Steps in the Discernment Process

Levels of Admission
General Criteria for Deacon Applicants
Steps to Ordination
Documentation Required for Candidacy
Process for Advancement to Ordination
Advancement to Ordinand & Ordination