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Deacon News from Australia and the World
In this section we post news about deacons and news of interest to deacons. We rely on deacons to provide us with much of this news, so if there is some news to report in your diocese in Australia or you are a deacon from elsewhere and think you may have some news worth sharing please send it to us for possible inclusion.
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Deacons meet to promote mission
Representatives of Australia's 140 permanent deacons have discussed ways they "can be supported in furthering the mission of God through their ministry in the Church". The nine deacons from around Australia who form the executive body of the National Association of Deacons (NAD) met in Perth recently to explore the topic. (18/04/2013)
Join with your brother deacons for 2013 NAD Confernce
Deacon Mark Powell is chair of the National Association of Deacons (Australia). In this circular letter he invites all deacons, their wives and those in formation programs to join attend the 2013 NAD Conference in Canberra. (This information is also found on the Conference page) (18/02/2013)
Egypt: new Patriarch of Catholic Copts chosen
The Coptic Catholic Church has a new Patriarch: Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak, 57, Bishop of the Eparchy of Minya. (22/01/2013)
Note on the Catholic Church's Freedom of Institutional Autonomy
VATICAN CITY, January 16, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Here is the text of the Note given by the Permanent Representation of the Holy See to the Council of Europe regarding the Catholic Church's freedom and institutional autonomy. (17/01/2013)
Seven Men Ordained in Melbourne
Deacon Jim Curtain was present at the diaconal ordination of seven men from Melbourne Archdiocese. As Jim was incardinated last year into that diocese the total number of deacons is now eight. (15/11/2012)
Diaconate Ordinations
Seven men ordained as deacons for the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne. (02/11/2012)
Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC)
From the 9th to the 16th of September in the city of Winnipeg, Canada, the 2012 Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church took place in which participated 38 bishops from Ukraine, USA, Canada, Australia, countries of central and western Europe and South America – including emeritus bishops from Europe, the US, Canada and Argentina. Synods in the UGCC are the primary vehicle for election of bishops and establishment of ecclesiastical laws, directions and vision for the church. The synod is headed by Patriarch (Primate) also referred to as His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) who was elected and enthroned as the churches head in early 2011. (15/10/2012)
Ordination Approaches
Seven men are in their final stages of preparation for ordination as deacons in the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne. (05/10/2012)
Ecumenical Fellowship
Annual get together of Catholic, Anglican and Uniting Church deacons in Brisbane. (12/09/2012)
The Suffering Church in Vietnam
After the incidents in the Catholic community of Con Cuong, Bishop Paul Nguyen Thai Hop of the diocese of Vinh and president of the Justice and Peace Commission of the Episcopal Conference of Vietnam, gave an interview in Paris to the Eglises d'Asie agency to comment on the incidents and other subjects. (16/07/2012)
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