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The Office for Diaconate Formation (ODF) provides distinct ministry preparation for Catholic men discerning a vocation calling to the permanent diaconate. The ODF counsels, guides and forms men who through adult formation programs, advanced theological education or some other experience encounter Christ and seek a deeper, permanent response to a perceived call to be servants of God's people through ministry in the Church.

Diaconal ministry works hand in hand with both priestly and lay ministry as a sacrament to bring about the kingdom of God. Deacons are men with a charism and a calling to radical availability for service to the People  of God, the Church. The deacon’s vocation calls him to collaborate with the bishop and the priests in an exercise of a ministry which is not of their own but the Word of God—calling all to conversion and holiness. It is a ministry of reconciliation, of outreach to the most marginalized and those most in need of care, of education and justice. The Diaconate was not re-instituted because we have a shortage of priests or lay ministers but to relieve the shortage of ordained deacons. It was restored as “a living icon of Christ the Servant within the Church...a visible sign or sacrament of the Lord Christ himself.”

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January 21 -- Holy Hour for Life 

Holy Hours for LIfe will be held across the Archdiocese on January 21st, the Vigil of the National Day of Penance and Prayer, praying in solidarity with thousands across the country.  Unless noted otherwise, all Holy Hours for Life will take place on Thursday, January 21, 2010, at 7:00pm.  Please click on this linkfor diocesan participating parishes.  

Holy Hour for Life Bulletin Cover 

Este evento será celebrado en inglés, español o bilingue. Para ver el calendario y los lugares vaya aqui. 

January 22 – A Day of Prayer and Penance  

On January 22 all priests of the Milwaukee Archdiocese are invited to concelebrate with new Archbishop Jerome Listecki at the Respect Life Mass on the National Day of Penance and Prayer. This year’s Mass will be held at St. John Vianney Parish, 1755 N. Calhoun Road, Brookfield, WI. Services will begin at 6:30pm with a Rosary for Life led by seminarians from St. Francis De Sales Seminary, followed by the Mass at 7pm. Reception to follow.