What do deacons wear

View other articles about Deacon Identity. By Deacon Bob Cropp deaconden. While in formation I remember being told that Archbishop Chaput wished that Deacons should wear clerical garb whenever they are representing the Church, which includes serving at Mass. Beside the fact that it is defined the Archdiocesean Pastoral Handbook, I can think of a number of other reasons this practice is important to the people of God.

Here are some of them. We are Deacons twenty-four hours a day. Lieutenant General George S. Patton was once asked why he insisted on soldiers wearing clean uniforms and polished boots in the middle of the war in Europe.

He replied that when a man is properly uniformed he thinks of himself as a soldier serving his nation and his conduct and performance improve as a result of this attitude. Everyone is aware that there is a shortage of priests in our country. But the very fact that our young people rarely see a priest is, itself, hindering vocations. The more our young people see other people who have made a commitment to the Church the more they will consider a commitment for themselves. Elements or characteristics of identity would include race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, physical attributes, personality, political affiliations, religious beliefs, professional identities, and so on.

Identity is something that you give yourself. Both adapt and change over time, but your identity changes less often, I believe. Personality is usually understood as a set of characteristics or traits that distinguishes one person from another.

Personality is information about you. You are not your traits. You are not your characteristics. Skip to content. This group of men was formally selected on the day the evacuation of New Orleans began as Hurricane Katrina approached. The immediate aftermath of the storm for this class would be a one year delay […].

Every now and then, I hear from deacons and deacon candidates who ask that very question. But then we get to the permanent deacon. Our famous canon c. As you know, I was a career Navy officer, and I was ordained while still on active duty. That would not have worked well! They have reviewed this decision several times; they even considered a proposal to pass a law that each of the 14 episcopal regions could have their own policies — this proposal also went down in flames.

We have dioceses and eparchies in the United States, and the pastoral situation in each is unique, and that affects how bishops deal with this. Many, many dioceses have policies in which deacons wear clerical attire.

This offers a measure of distinctiveness.