The Deacon Formation Program of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe

Dedicated to

St. Francis of Assisi

 
Text Box: More Information Class Locations/Dates Formation Team Rosters Year I Year III Liturgy Teams Assignments STEP Schedule Class Assignments Year I Year III Special News/Events Sample Letter The deacon can be properly called, "The Minister of the Water and the Towel," for he models the service of Jesus to his community and the world.

“Do you realize what I have done for you?  You call me “teacher” and “master,” and rightly so, for indeed I am.  If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet.  I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.”  

 

Jesus to the Apostles, John 13:12a-15

Deacons, who are ministers of the mysteries of Jesus . . .  are not mere servants with food and drink, but emissaries of God's Church.   
From the Letter of St. Ignatius of Antioch to the Trallians