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CANCELLED: Monthly Holy Hour for Vocations-March 19th

Posted on March 17, 2020 in: Vocations, Canceled Events

CANCELLED: Monthly Holy Hour for Vocations-March 19th

This Holy Hour is cancelled as a precaution to halt the spread of the Coronavirus.

Join us March 19, 6 pm. at St. Joseph Church, Chester as we pray for men to answer the call to be instruments of God’s grace as priests and for women to answer the call to consecrated life. 

April Holy Hour for Vocations will take place April 23, 6 pm. at St. John, Cromwell

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Annual Report Finds There Are ‘Not Enough’ Deacons Being Ordained in the U.S.

Posted on June 24, 2025 in: News, Vocations

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The number of ordinations of permanent deacons in the United States has decreased by nearly 200 from 2023 to 2024, according to a recent survey. The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University published the survey results in its 2025 report “A Portrait of the Permanent Diaconate in 2024.”  According to the report, 587 men were ordained to the permanent diaconate in 2023, but in 2024, the number fell to 393. The report was created in collaboration with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (US...

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