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A Deacon’s Diary: Goodbyes have found me.

A Deacon’s Diary: Goodbyes have found me.

by Steve Molvarec, SJ | Sep 22, 2022 | A Deacon's Diary, Religious Life, The Jesuits    ~ Approx. 5 mins

This is the sixteenth installment of A Deacon’s Diary. In the fifteen installment, Steve heard his first confessions. I. It was a summer of firsts (and lasts).  First Mass(es). First confessions. First blessings. First weddings. First days and weeks as a priest.  Last...
A (No Longer) Deacon’s Diary: From the other side of the confessional

A (No Longer) Deacon’s Diary: From the other side of the confessional

by Steve Molvarec, SJ | Aug 8, 2022 | A Deacon's Diary, Sacraments    ~ Approx. 5 mins

This is the fifteenth installment of A Deacon’s Diary. In the fourteenth installment, Steve got ordained a priest! I. In the late afternoon, dimness and brightness play on the western windows of the church.  The room is filled with a golden near-twilight and I’m glad...
A Deacon’s Diary: So when is the actual moment when we’re priests?

A Deacon’s Diary: So when is the actual moment when we’re priests?

by Steve Molvarec, SJ | Jul 14, 2022 | A Deacon's Diary    ~ Approx. 9 mins

This is the fourteenth installment of A Deacon’s Diary. In the thirteenth installment, Steve prepared for his priestly ordination. I. For the third time this year, I was prostrate on the floor of a church.  This time, it was a plain, beige, linoleum floor.  I was...
A Deacon’s Diary:  The Final Countdown

A Deacon’s Diary: The Final Countdown

by Steve Molvarec, SJ | Jun 9, 2022 | A Deacon's Diary, Liturgy, Religious Life, The Jesuits    ~ Approx. 8 mins

This is the thirteenth installment of A Deacon’s Diary. In the twelfth installment, Steve wasn’t sure if he was excited for his impending ordination. I. I get up early-ish and sit at the blue-clothed dining table in the half-light of morning.  Unfussy in my pajamas...
A Deacon’s Diary: “Are you excited for your ordination?”

A Deacon’s Diary: “Are you excited for your ordination?”

by Steve Molvarec, SJ | May 19, 2022 | A Deacon's Diary    ~ Approx. 4 mins

This is the twelfth installment of A Deacon’s Diary. In the eleventh installment, Steve’s hopes for a purgative Lent flew by in a whirl of activities. I. Ordination to the priesthood is almost exactly a month away.  It seems like yesterday that it was three or six...
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