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Mairtin	Monday, 19. October 2009, 19:15
Posts: 1,151 Group: Members Member #206 Joined: August 16, 2008	artemis836 Monday, 19. October 2009, 17:43 The US Council of Catholic Bishops (I'm a yank ... First of all, good luck with your discernment, I will certainly include you in my prayers. One thing that puzzles me a bit is that according to http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/sc4.html The USA with 64 million Catholics has over 14,000 deacons; that works out about 220 deacons per million Catholics. GB has just under 5 million Catholics and 612 deacons which works out about 127 deacons per million Catholics, i.e. just over half the US rate. Ireland has nearly as many Catholics as GB but has only one deacon! I'd love to know who he is as the permanent diaconate was only approved for Ireland in the last couple of years, only two diocese have decided to start it and they are currently at the initial interviewing stage. So why have we been so slow in adopting the permanent diaconate on this side of the Atlantic?
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