Diaconate

The Office of the Diaconate provides general catechesis and information on the vocation of the deacon.  It conducts the selection and admission process for applicants to diaconate formation and provides, through the Athenaeum of Ohio, a diaconate formation program for the archdiocese.  The Office encourages spiritual, intellectual, personal, ministerial and communal growth among deacons and serves as a resource for placement and other personnel concerns of diocesan deacons.

Deacon Retreat 2011    Deacons are required to participate in a retreat annually.  The Office of the Diaconate sponsors such an opportunity in the Fall of each year.  Deacons may select other opportunities which are offered by outside sources as they meet their individual needs.

The men who are currently in the deacon formation program were installed to Acolyte by Bishop Foys on January 15, 2012.