The National Directory for the Formation, Ministry, and the Life of Permanent Deacons in the United States (Ascension)

National Directory for Permanent Deacons

Second Vatican Council, Decree on the Catholic Eastern Churches ( Orientalium Ecclesiarum ). In Vatican Council II: Vol. 1: The Conciliar and Post Conciliar Documents , ed. Austin Flan nery (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1996)

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PDG (1984) Bishops’ Committee on the Permanent Diaconate, NCCB, Permanent Deacons in the United States: Guidelines on Their For mation and Ministry, 1984 Revision (Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1985)

St. John Paul II, The Permanent Deacon’s Ordination , Address to the Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for the Clergy (November 30, 1995) St. John Paul II, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation I Will Give You Shepherds ( Pastores Dabo Vobis ) (Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1992) St. John Paul II, Encyclical On the Permanent Validity of the Church’s Missionary Mandate ( Redemptoris Missio ) (Washing ton, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1990) Second Vatican Council, Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy ( Sacrosanctum Concilium ). In Vatican Council II: Vol. 1: The Conciliar and Post Conciliar Documents , ed. Austin Flannery (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1996) Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy and Bishops’ Committee on the Permanent Diaconate, NCCB, The Deacon: Minister of Word and Sacrament, Study Text VI (Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1979)

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United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

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