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The Deacon in the Parish The Deacon in the Parish His relationship to pastor and parishioners by Josef Hornef Our concern in this article will be with the deacon in the parish. We do not mean to say, however, that this is the only place in which a deacon can or should be employed: together with his wife he might work in an orphanage, an old age home or some other welfare institu- Originally published in Misce llanea Fuldensia ( 1966). This translation by M atthew R zeczkowski, O .P. The Deacon in the Parish 255 tion; he might be active outside the parish or above the parish level, as catechist in a trade school, for instance, as worker-deacon in a large factory, as deacon for the young people of the deanery or the diocese [ bei der Caritas J; he might even be employed at national or inter­ national centers. Without underrating the importance of the deacon's work in these various circumstances, we want to limit ourselves here to a consideration of the parish deacon. This seems to us to be the form of diaconate that is most basic and nearest to realization. The Deacon's Tasks in the Parish The deacon has a share in the sacrament of Orders. He is thereby received into the official priesthood (if we do not want to restrict this term to the priest who offers sacrifice ) , into the unity of this spiritual office and state. The diaconate is the first level of the sacred ministry. "By virtue of ordination priests and deacons receive a share in the unique priesthood of Christ and of the episcopacy, but to a different degree .... There is but one ecclesiastical ministry, one unique priest­ hood. The apostolic college possesses it in its fullness; in union with the apostolic college and subordinated to it the members of the priest­ hood and the diaconate possess this ministry also."' According to the words of the Constitution on the Church, the deacon should exercise the service of the liturgy, of the Word and of active charity in com­ munion with the bishop and his priests, the presbyterate. In this com­ munion the parish deacon stands together with his pastor in the front ranks. In building up the community of the people of God in the local church, Christ wants to work through the deacon too. The Council has repeatedly emphasized that every office means service. In the case of the deacon it can be said that he is called in a special way to the office of service. But the office of the priest and of the bishop is also one of service to the people of God. Even though the Council has commissioned the deacon to the diakonia [service J of the liturgy, the Word and practical charity, this still does not characterize the deacon's service; this threefold diakonia is the task of the priest and of the bishop also. The distinction arises in that the emphasis lies dif­ ferently in each case, the accent is different: in the case of the bishop there is authoritative teaching, transmission of office and direction of the diocese; in the case of the priest the offering of sacrifice and dispensing of the sacraments; in the case of the deacon the diakonia of active charity, going out from the altar. 256 Dominicana The threefold diakonia of liturgy (Eucharist ), W ord and practi cal charity forms a unity. T he deacon is called and is ordained to bring this unity into realizati on and thereby bring about the unification of the community. Even though specialization in the deacon's work is probabl y unavoidable, we must maintain the unity of the deacon's of­ fi ce in principle, and in practice too. Without the service of love, no K oinonia, no true comm unity. The service of love is intimately con­ nected with the altar, with the Eucharist, the sacrament of unity and peace. 2 It is essential that the deacon in the parish not neglect the diakonia of practical charity. The deacon, however, should not look upon social work as his private domain. In fact it is his task to arouse and keep alive in the community the diakonia of charity to which all believers are called . T o this end he needs a circle of helpers; it will be necessary to co­ ordinate the work of existing parish organizations [ V inzenz- und Elisabethen Konferenz, L egio M ariae, action 365] as well as to attract all who are ready for this service. The deacon is co-liturgist. No deacon should be permitted to ex­ clude himself from liturgical service. Indeed, he hould live from the power of the liturgy, the Eucharist. Even the deacon engaged in service outside the parish or above the parish level must be connected with a parish so that he can take part in it worship, its communion of prayer and sacrifi ce, and exercise the liturgical functions of a deacon within this community. This is important not only for hi own needs, his spiritual formation, the sanctification of his activities whatever his work may be, his relations with his pastor, but it is also important for the parish- it experiences the unity of the deacon's role only in the deacon who also stands before the people as a liturgical mini ter. It is certainly providential that the M ass with a deacon is once more generally permitted. The deacon can, therefore, "go up to the altar of God" with his pastor daily, unles perhaps he lives at a distant mission. There is no need for us to repeat here all the liturgical func­ tions of the deacon to which the Council has opened the door (see the third chapter of the Constitution on the Church ) . The scope of these functions is of a magnificent breadth, and the importance of the different functions for the life of the parish cannot be over­ e timated . The bishops' conference should draw up concrete regula­ tions to correspond to the situation in its own region. T ogether with the pastor the deacon is a proclaim er of the W ord of God . If the talent has been given him, he should preach, too, hasine The Deacon in the Parish 257 himself on Scripture and the li turgy; otherwise he m ight limit himself to reading a homily. M oreover, he can relieve the pastor in every sort of religious instruction- that could mean a great deal in certain Cir­ cumstances. Paul Winninger thinks in more restnct1ve terms. The deacon not engaged in the care of souls " will no more preach than baptize. H e is not a su bstitute for the priest, although he will assist him at the altar. Even the deacon in the parish will hardly be called upon to preach (unless he has a special gift for it), to baptize, to assist at the acra­ ment of matri mony, etc., as these things are normall y functions of the pastor." Granted that the deacon can exercise these functions only with the permission of the bishop or the pastor, why should this happen only by way of exception? Often enough, the pastor would be grateful for the help. Is it really necessary today " to avoid having the powers of the deacon approach those of a priest, so as not to risk the practi cal confusion of these two offi ces in the Church"? "After the diaconate's thousand years of ob curity in the West," Winninger says, "we must not want to make it suddenly just like the offi ce of pastor."3 The priest celebrates the Eucharist, he is the ordinary dis­ penser of the sacraments, in particular, the administrator of Penance. These activities are no busin ess of the deacon. T his distinction will be clear even to the ordinary Christian. (The Council feared no con­ fusion. ) In every sort of problem the deacon is a partner in the care of souls. The Council has made a rebirth of the diaconate possible be­ cause the deacon's tasks, which are genuinely necessary for the life of the C hurch, could have been fulfilled only with difficulty in the coming years. The care of souls, therefore, is the fin al reason for which the diaconate has once more been granted to us. There are many pastoral duties for which the deacon, a a married man, is particularly qualifi ed: adolescent and marriage counseling, wedding preparation, etc. It is being recognized more and more that family and home counseling is of special importance. What pastor is in a position to look up all his parishioners systematically? In this area there remains much to be desired ; it is a serious question on the conscience of every pastor of souls. And why hould not the deacon be the competent helper in this very instance? We need deacons for the intensification as well as for the extension of pastoral care. According to A cts 6, the apostles introduced the prin­ ciple of division of labor. We are on the verge of a similar division of 258 Dominicana ministries in order to achieve an improvement in work methods. Even though the shortage of priests is not so striking here [West Germany J as elsewhere, its beginnings at least are present; the shortage is here. H ow do we know how things are going to develop in twenty or thirty years? We cannot overlook the fact that the Church must reckon with many new types of demands for pastoral care to an ever greater extent [Telefon-SeelsorgeJ Haus der offenen Tiir].
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