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The national directory addresses the the dimensions and perspectives in the formation of deacons and the model standards for the formation, ministry, and life of deacons in the United States. It is intended as a guideline for formation, ministry and life of permanent deacons and a directive to be utilized when preparing or updating a diaconate program in formulating policies for the ministry and life of deacons. This volume also includes Basic Standards for Readiness for the formation of permanent deacons in the United States from the bishops’ Committee on the Diaconate and the committee document Visit of Consultation Teams to Diocesan Permanent Diaconate Formation Programs.
Paperback: No. 5-368, 240 pp., $19.95
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The Director’s Edition consists of the full text of the Directory plus a CD including From Pope John Paul II
- I Will Give You Shepherds (Pastores Dabo Vobis)
- The Heart of the Diaconate: Servants of the Mysteries of Christ and Servants of Your Brothers and Sisters
- The Permanent Deacon’s Ordination
From the Vatican
- Basic Norms for the Formation of Permanent Deacons (Ratio Fundamentalis Institutionis Diaconorum Permanentium)
- Decree on the Catholic Eastern Churches (Orientalium Ecclesiarum)
- Directory for the Ministry and Life of Permanent Deacons (Directorium Pro Ministerio et Vita Diaconorum Permanentium)
- Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium)
- Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World (Gaudium et Spes)
From the Bishops
- A Family Perspective in Church and Society, Tenth Anniversary Edition
A National Study on the Permanent Diaconate of the Catholic Church in the United States, 1994-1995
Director’s Edition: No. 5-698, 240 pp. plus CD, $24.95
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A basis for dialogue among priests, deacons, religious, and laity as part of the effort to foster better understanding of how the ongoing ministries in the Church relate to and complement each other. Third edition from the U.S. bishops' Committee on the Permanent Diaconate.
No. 084-2, 20 pp., $3.50
Resource Member Price $2.10
Explores the deacon's place within the Church; expectations of a deacon's ministry; diakonia; authentic charism of the deacon; considerations for formation; and process of placement and accountability. From the U.S. bishops' Committee on the Permanent Diaconate.
No. 240-3, 125 pp., $5.95
Resource Member Price $3.57
A valuable contribution to English-language literature on the historical development of the diaconate. This resource will provide a deeper appreciation of this ministry as a lifetime commitment. Includes three works of the late Karl Rahner, SJ, as well as writings of Croce, Hornef, Kerkvoorde, Kramer, and Winninger. From the U.S. bishops' Committee on the Permanent Diaconate.
No. 185-7, 276 pp., $19.95
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The permanent diaconate, restored by the Second Vatican Council, has flourished in the last few decades in many parts of the Church—with promising results. "The growth of the permanent diaconate now gives rise to a need for a certain unity of direction and clarification of concepts, as well as for practical encouragement and more clearly defined pastoral objectives." From the Congregation for Catholic Education and the Congregation for the Clergy.
English: No. 5-242, 144 pp., $9.95
Resource Member Price $5.97
Spanish: No. 5-806, 148 pp., $9.95
Resource Member Price $5.97
Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Lives (video)
Wives of Deacons: Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Lives is an informing series of interviews of six deacons’ wives. Engaging and diverse these interviews address the challenges, questions, joys, and concerns that face deacons’ wives during the course of their formation and during their ministry.
No. 5-617, 17:24 minutes, $17.95
Resource Member Price $14.36
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