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Diaconate Programs & Formation

Visit our Links page for a list of dioceses with Deacon-specific areas.
Discernment Resources here.
FORMATION
Diocesan/Provincial Programs
  • ​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.
  • Formation for the Diaconate, Diocese of Connecticut, 2013.  Download.
  • A New Strategy for Diaconal Ministry, Diocese of Northern California, 2015
  • An innovative formation program for busy adults. Download the brochure.
  • Province 1 School for Deacons
  • Collaborative Deacon Formation. Details.
  • School for Deacons/Center for Learning
  • Diocese of San Joaquin. More info.
  • Stevenson School for Ministry
  • Diocese of Central Pennsylvania. Details.
  • Emerging Paradigms of Collaborative Diaconal Formation
  • The Iona Initiative, 2015. Download.
Deacon Formation Fees and Expenses
Created by Archdeacon Sarah Getts, Diocese of Arizona. Nov. 2016. Download. 

Suggestions for Diocesan Deacon Program 
Deacon Edwin F. Hallenbeck, Diocese of Kansas, 2001 and 1986
Useful as historical interest. Download.
ASSESSING COMPETENCIES
The Iona Report: The Diaconate in the Anglican Church of Canada. Download.
Competencies for Deacons, Association for Episcopal Deacons. Download.
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
    Read AED Conference notes here.
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