Compendium on the Diaconate

Compendium on the Diaconate by Libreria Editrice Vaticana and United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. perfect edition. ISBN: 9781601375032.

The Compendium on the Diaconate: A Resource for the Formation, Ministry, and Life of Permanent Deacons explores how bishops, along with their helpers, the priests and deacons, have taken up the service of community, exercising the divinely established ecclesiastical ministry on different levels. The Church is ministry, service, diaconia, and it is called to be of service to the many aspects and sectors of the Church. This volume is a collection of fundamental texts for understanding the roots of the diaconate, understanding its ministerial specificity and its potential for development in todays world as well as the Churchs pastoral care.