Today’s topics: Preparing for the Permanent Diaconate

Summary of today’s show: The preparation for the permanent diaconate is long process involving discernment of a vocation, years of education and formation in the Catholic faith, and a culmination in ordination to Holy Orders. Mike Curren, Fran Burke and Franklin Mejia are three of the men preparing to become deacons in September and they join Scot Landry to discuss their individual calls to ordination, their discernment along with their families, and the commitment they make to the Church on top of their commitments to family and careers.

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Today’s host(s): Scot Landry

Today’s guest(s): Mike Curren, Fran Burke, and Franklin Mejia

Links from today’s show:

• Archdiocese of Boston Office of Permanent Deacons
• Permanent Diaconate Office web site
• Program #0050 for Wednesday, May 18, 2011: Cursillo
• Program #0105 for Wednesday, August 3, 2011: My Brother’s Keeper