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‘Rebel with a cause’ Pearlette Springer is new coordinator of Black Catholic Ministry, page 3. Serving the Church in Central and Southern Indiana Since 1960 CriterionOnline.com June 3, 2016 Vol. LVI, No. 34 75¢ Ignore the Church schedule and serve the people, pope Ready to serve God’s people 2016 ORDINATIONS tells deacons (Editor’s note: At 10 a.m. on June 25, six men are scheduled to be ordained priests at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis: VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Deacons are transitional deacons James Brockmeier, Anthony Hollowell, Douglas Hunter, Kyle Rodden, Matthew Tucci and Nicholas Ajpacaja called to be servants who set aside their own Tzoc. This week, The Criterion features a profile of Deacon Hunter and Deacon Rodden.) self-serving plans and are generous with their lives, Pope Francis said. A servant “is not a slave to his own agenda,” but rather always is prepared for the unexpected and responds, even if that means ignoring the parish schedule, Pope Francis the pope said on May 29 at a Mass for the Jubilee of Deacons in St. Peter’s Square. “It pains my heart when I see a schedule in the parishes—‘from this time to that time’—and then, the door is closed. There is no priest, no deacon, no layperson to welcome the people. This is wrong. Have the courage to ignore the schedule,” he said. Thousands of deacons and their families, braving the increasingly hot and humid Rome weather, attended the final Mass of the three-day Holy Year of Mercy celebration dedicated to the diaconal ministry.
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