Deacon Digest

For more than 28 years Deacon Digest has served the Catholic Church as the United States’ only national publication for permanent deacons and their families.

Through our relationship with the National Association of Diaconate Directors (NADD), the National Diaconate Institute for Continuing Education, and various deacon formation and ministry programs throughout the country, we able to provide timely and meaningful formation and enrichment for deacons in their ministry. Supported by the work of the Benedictine monks of St. Meinrad Archabbey and the staff of Abbey Press Publications, Deacon Digest addresses wide-ranging issues from international, national and local perspectives.

In January 2012 we will introduce a new editorial outline, based on the National Directory for the Formation, Ministry, and Life of Permanent Deacons in the United States, focusing on the areas of INTELLECTUAL, SPIRITUAL, PASTORAL, and HUMAN formation. This new editorial vision will allow us to provide a more diverse and forward-thinking support to deacons as seek to serve God and the Church more effectively.

The Deacon Digest Team:

Publisher..............................Phil Etienne
Managing Editor....................Br. Silas Henderson, O.S.B.
Consulting Editor..................Jim Alt
Associate Editor...................Br. Francis de Sales Wagner, O.S.B.
Graphic Design.....................Mary Bolin
Advertising............................Tara Edwards
Production............................Trudy Esarey
Website Manager..................Greg Tate
 

The Deacon Digest Editorial Advisory Board

This distinguished panel of experts in the field of diaconal ministry provides input for the editorial team of Deacon Digest. 

Rev. Bede Cisco, OSB,
is a monk of Saint MeinradArchabbey. He served as the first director of deacon formation for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and has continued as their director of deacons and deacon formation.

Deacon Gerald DuPont
serves as President of NADD, the National Association of Diocesan Directors. He is the director of the Archdiocese Galveston/Houston Diaconate Program.

Bishop Robert Morneau
has served for many years on the Deacon Digest advisory board, and is a well-known author and speaker.

Deacon Tim Reilly
serves in Green Bay’s Resurrection Parish and is Director of Administration for the diocese.

Rev. Julian Peters, OSB,
a monk of Saint Meinrad, is Director of the Permanent Deacon Formation Program at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology. Recently he served in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis as administrator of the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul and director of liturgy for the Archdiocese.