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Vocation to Diaconate

Deacon Joel Brackett (kneeling) is prayed over by Bishop Anthony B. Taylor during his diaconate ordination Mass May 15 at St. Vincent de Paul Church in Rogers. (Alesia Schaefer)

Arkansas/News/Vocations 2024

Joel Brackett will be first priest ordained from Rogers

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Deacon served Jonesboro community since 2012

Bishop Taylor stands with the 20 men who were ordained as deacons June 25 at St. Vincent de Paul Church in Rogers. An earlier ordination Mass was held June 11 in Little Rock, making this the largest deacon class ever for the Diocese of Little Rock.

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Bishop Taylor ordains largest class of deacons ever for state

Deacon John Suskie

Deacon Ordinations 2022 /News

New deacon: John Suskie, Little Rock

Conozca a los nuevos diáconos de 2022/News/Noticias/Spanish

Nuevo diácono: Ramón Argueta, Conway

Marc Rios, deacon candidate and resident manager at St. John Manor, prepares the altar for daily Mass at Morris Hall in the St. John Center, May 18.

News/Vocations 2022

Pandemic didn’t stop diaconate preparations for 46 men

Deacon Mark Verkamp stands on the grounds of Sacred Heart Church in Charleston in June 2021.

A Catholic You Want to Know/News

Deacon Mark Verkamp has a strong bond with St. Joseph

Bishop Anthony B. Taylor and Father Erik Pohlmeier gather with deacon candidates and their wives Sept. 8 outside Morris Hall at St. John Center in Little Rock.

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Men move forward toward their diaconate ordination

Deacon Bud Baldwin greets parishioners after Mass Oct. 22 at St. Joseph Church in Fayetteville. Baldwin, who also serves at St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish, was ordained to the permanent diaconate for the Diocese of Little Rock in 1998.

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In 50 years, permanent diaconate a ‘raging success’ in U.S.

Deacon Danny Hartnedy, a teacher at Christ the King School in Little Rock for about 20 years, teaches religion to seventh- and eighth-grade students.

A Catholic You Want to Know/News

A Catholic you want to know: Deacon Danny Hartnedy