Permanent Diaconate

  • Jerome’s Joyful Journey on Path to Ordination

    By Jordan Grantham, Catholic Outlook, February 2017 Jerome Emmanuel was admitted to Candidacy for Holy Orders at Our Lady of the Rosary Parish, Kellyville, on 11 December 2016. Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv celebrated Mass to approve his upcoming ordination to the diaconate. Jerome Emmanuel first thought about a...
  • Bishop Vincent Long’s Diary

    Sunday 11 December 2016 Celebrates Holy Mass of the 3rd Sunday of Advent with the Admission to Candidacy of Jerome Emmanuel to Holy Orders (Permanent Diaconate) at Our Lady of the Rosary Parish, Kellyville, at 11.00am. Tuesday 13 December 2016 Celebrates Holy Mass on the occasion of Graduation for...
  • Permanent deacons called to serve those on the edge

    Source: Catholic Outlook, August 2016 By Elizabeth McFarlane The life of a deacon is a life serving on the edge. Christian charitable service, for which the diaconate principally exists, extends well beyond the walls of the church to the marginalised and vulnerable. Deacon George Bryan, who was ordained to...
  • Good Shepherd Sunday on 17 April 2016

    The Fourth Sunday of Easter on 17 April this year is World Day of Prayer for Vocations. In addition to praying for your own vocation, the worldwide Church invites you to pray for those you might know whom God may be calling to a priestly or religious vocation and...