An Overview

If you would like to take the first step of Inquiry please click this link and fill out the pre-application form (English/Spanish) and mail your completed form to Director of Deacon Formation, Sr. Wanda Billion, MSC. The Director of Formation will contact you directly.
A Deacon's Service is Threefold:
- Ministry of Word
- Ministry of Liturgy
- Ministry of Charity and Justice
The deacon is called to participate in the Church’s ministry of the Word as Evangelizer and Teacher. He takes the message of Jesus to the market-place, especially to the poor.

In the deacon’s liturgical ministry, the Church sees a reflection of its own mission to serve as Jesus did.

The ministry of justice and charity is integral to the deacon’s service in the Church’s ministry of Word and Liturgy. Pope John Paul II said: “This is at the very heart of the Diaconate wo which you have been called: to be servant of the mysteries of Christ and, at the same time, to be servant of your brothers and sisters…”

The call to the Diaconate is a call from God. To find out more about responding to this possible call, please contact your pastor or the Director of Deacon Formation.