RESOURCES:
Diaconate Programs & FormationVisit our Links page for a list of dioceses with Deacon-specific pages.
DISCERNMENT
VIDEO: Intro to the Diaconate
The Diocese of San Joaquin has created a 35 minute video on the Diaconate. Featuring interviews with deacons, postulants and their bishop. A helpful resource for new formation classes. Watch. Late in life Changes: Discernment & Ordination in his '70s
Robert Runkle, Nov. 2017. Read. Discernment Process, by Diocese
Beyond Ourselves: What Deacons Teach Us Diocese of Atlanta, Pathways Magazine, 2011. Issue devoted to Deacons. Download. FORMATION
School for Deacons/Center for Learning
Diocese of San Joaquin. More info. Academy for Vocational Leadership Three-year program of preparation leading to the diaconate or the priesthood. With the Dioceses of Eastern Michigan, Michigan and Western Michigan, based on the Iona Initiative. Deacon Formation Fees and Expenses Created by Archdeacon Sarah Getts, Diocese of Arizona. Nov. 2016. Download. A New Strategy for Diaconal Ministry, Diocese of Northern California, 2015 An innovative formation program for busy adults. Download the brochure. Formation for the Diaconate, Diocese of Connecticut, 2013. Download. Emerging Paradigms of Collaborative Diaconal Formation The Iona Initiative, 2015. Download. Suggestions for Diocesan Deacon Program Deacon Edwin F. Hallenbeck, Diocese of Kansas, 2001 and 1986 Useful as historical interest. Download. ASSESSING COMPETENCIES
Steps Toward Ordination, Diocese of El Camino Real, 2014. Download.
Guidelines for assessing diaconal competence with a portfolio - pg 41-42 EN ESPANOL - RESOURCES IN SPANISH
Instituto de Liderazgo, a lay formation program for Latino leaders in the Diocese of Los Angeles. Curriculum materials are available below. For future class dates and fees, visit liderazgoepiscopal.com. Discerniendo la Llamada: Una guía de entendimiento a las comunidades de fe
Diaconía: Una declaración teológica FOR PURCHASE
Growing in Ministry: Formation for Diaconal Service
Louise Williams, 1999 Monograph Series, 16 page pdf. $2.00 Description / To Purchase Guidelines for Deacon Programs Edwin F. Hallenback, Ed., Second Edition, 2002, 36 page pdf. $2.00 Description / To Purchase Deacons in the Episcopal Church: Guidelines on their selection, training, and ministry Edited by Ormonde Plater; NAAD, 1991. 26 page pdf. $2.00 Description / To Purchase Deacon as Learner and Mentor for Today's Church John W. Willets; NAAD Monograph Series; 2005. 9 page pdf $2.00 Description / To Purchase |
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OPEN SPACE NOTES on Formation from the Archdeacon/Deacon Director's Conferences
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