Deacon Adrian Gomez, 21 March 2024 Deacon Adrian Gomez takes me back to the dawn of the reinstitution of permanent deacons in the Western Catholic Church… a dream that emerged in the concentration …| Liturgy on the Margins
4 posts published by elizabethyoungrsm during August 2025| Liturgy on the Margins
28 August 2025 I love making plans for a shared meal. At our parish dinners, whenever we have a clergy visit, although we all plan individually, we always seem to have an abundance of everything. That is what I am expecting for this upcoming Feast of St Phoebe, the 3rd of September. We firstly putContinue reading "Preparing for the Feast"| Liturgy on the Margins
Deacon Gary Stone, 21 August 2025 Deacon Gary Stone was the first Deacon that I interviewed for this blog. See his story here. With his great experience and prayerful insight, he is now making an important call for peace, compassion and courage to address the devastating situation in Gaza and to bring hope to allContinue reading "Deacon calls for Peace, Compassion and Unity in Gaza"| Liturgy on the Margins
Deacon Adrian Gomez, 14 August 2025 The Diocese of Parramatta has been featuring various people’s stories for Vocations Awareness Week. How exciting to see that Deacon Adrian Gomez, who has a…| Liturgy on the Margins
Australian Catholics Exploring the Diaconate, supported by Catholic Religious Australia, invite you to the St Phoebe webinar for 2025: Inspired by St Phoebe and the Mystics Join Casey Stanton (Disc…| Liturgy on the Margins
Recently, we have emailed out this letter far and wide to parishes in Australia. Please feel free to take up this invitation yourself, in your own context, or speak to the parish leaders who may ha…| Liturgy on the Margins
Vicky Gonzalez Burrows, 19 June 2025 There is so much to the ministry journey of Vicky Gonzalez Burrows, even as a young woman, that it is hard to do it justice. Suffice to say that she has been an…| Liturgy on the Margins
Cecilia Tan, 29 May 2025 Cecilia, who has shared her story on this blog before, has offered this powerful poem and its explanation to continue the conversation after the death of one Pope and the n…| Liturgy on the Margins
Peter and Robyn Presdee, 15 May 2025 On Good Friday this year, we lost a dear inspiration, member and friend to us in Australian Catholics Exploring the Diaconate. Deacon Peter Presdee previously open up his story for us, as did his wife, Robyn Presdee, on this blog. They have also been most generous in ourContinue reading "A Eulogy for a Dear Departed Deacon"| Liturgy on the Margins
Deacon Peter de Haas, 8 May 2025 The Gulf Savannah Parish, in Far North Queensland, was in the grip of a severe drought. Deacon Peter de Haas, together with his wife Angela and adult daughter Alici…| Liturgy on the Margins
Deacon Francisco José García-Roca López, 1 May 2025 Today I am privileged to share the story of a deacon from Spain, who kindly offered to write about his experience of call and ministry. He original words were in Spanish, and Google Translate has helped to make this translation to English possible. ¡Muchas gracias, Francis! MinistryContinue reading "A Deacon’s Story from Spain"| Liturgy on the Margins
Are you inspired by this diaconal discernment and moved to contribute your gift of prayer? If so, it is very welcome. Perhaps you aren’t able to be involved in other ways, but feel the movement of …| Liturgy on the Margins
