Diaconate Resources

• First Step: Aspirancy and Applying to the Diaconal Formation Program (in pdf)

• Information on the Diaconate (USCCB)

• The Deacon at Mass (USCCB)

• National Directory for the Formation, Ministry, and Life of Permanent Deacons in the United States - December 2004 (in pdf)

• Directorio Nacional para la Formacion, Ministerio y Vida de los Diaconos Permanentes en Estados Unidos - Spanish translation of above (in pdf)

• The Permanent Diaconate: Its Identity, Functions, and Prospects

• St. Lawrence: Proto-Deacon of the Roman Church

• Deacons Are Called to a Life of Holiness

• The Deacon Has Many Pastoral Functions