Category: deacon school
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All Saints – who are Israel
As a country, the US is deeply formed (or deformed) by dispensationalist ideology. Counteracting this is the Church’s teaching that the Church is Israel.
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Vo-Disc
Back in the 80s, VoTech was like a HS that people went to when they did not want to go to college. (Think it’s the same now?) Because of this it was often depicted as a place for lesser achieving students. I bet they are earning tons more money than most of my college friends.…
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Cutting Room Floor 3
An expanded text edited out from the “Existential Dignity” section of the Moral Theology final, focusing on Identity and the experience of Same Sex Attraction.
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Cutting Room Floor 2
An expanded text edited out from the “Social Dignity” section of the Moral Theology final presentation on “Dignitas Infinita”.
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Cutting Room Floor 1
An expanded text edited out from the “Moral Dignity” section of the Moral Theology final presentation on “Dignitas Infinita” and pastoral ministry to persons who experience same sex attraction.
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Moral Theology Final
My final for moral theology, discussing ministry to persons experiencing same sex attraction. Exploring the new declaration Dignitas Infinita, the essay calls for the pastoral workers in Catholic parishes to accompany those who are at differeing stages of their maturation exactly because they are created in the image and likeness of God.
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Sunday Reflection
Our two priests were away and the community had a Typica Service today. I was blessed to give the reflection at this service. Troparion – Tone 1When the stone had been sealed by the Jews, while the soldiers were guarding Thy most pure body, Thou didst rise on the third day, O Savior, granting life…
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Unfolding in Time
The Assignment: this is my final for Eucharistic Theology with Fr Dennis McManus. We were given a set of questions, from which pick one. The selected the option is take an image of the Eucharist in the pre-Incarnation scriptures and show how it was fulfilled in the Life of Jesus. We were required to use…
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Philip Up!
The user discusses a common misinterpretation about St Philip the Evangelist, distinguished from St Philip the Apostle with the former’s role as a Deacon outlined. They detail the three main functions of the Diaconate; assisting in works of mercy, proclaiming the Gospel, and if necessary, dying for the Truth of the faith.
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Magnitudes of Infinity
STRUGGLING WITH QUESTIONS OF Ecclesiology as I write my final paper, it seems that all things within the Theological Science are interwoven: can you discuss the Church without discussing the Holy Mysteries or the Mysteries without the Trinity, or the Trinity without the Saints, or the Saints without the Church or the Church without Prayer…
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Atonement Homily
Reposted from last year for this feast. The assignment: Drawing from the doctrine of atonement expounded by Anselm, Aquinas, and Dr Margaret Turek’s Atonement, you are to give a homily on this subject to adult parishioners. GOD HATES SIN. It’s perhaps an uncomfortable claim for we are aware that we sin although, perhaps, we tapdance…
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A Month of Typica
OUR Byzantine Catholic Parish has one priest assigned plus three others who help out from time to time. By an untimely coincidence of schedules, we are in the midst of 3 weeks without a priest to serve the Divine Liturgy. This week, in fact, we had no Deacon as well. There’s a conference in Vienna.…
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Ecclesiology Final
The Assignment was to answer these two questions (in five pages or less): What is the Church? What is the Church’s mission? IN HIS HOMILY ON 11 May 2023, Fr James Moore, OP, said, “Jesus did not leave us a book, he left us a Church!” The questions of what is the church and what…
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Ecclesiology Assignment #1
The assignment was to do a 25 min presentation on one chapter in The Church of God by Louis Bouyer. I took Part 1, Chapter 10 on the “Renaissance of Russian Ecclesiology. These are my notes. I added content based on other presentations as I synthesized the material. I had not read the entire book.…
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Acolyte
Orthoparadoxy 