Diaconal Studies

The Diploma in Diaconate Studies is a part-time hybrid programme over three years.

In the first instance, if you are considering the possibility of offering yourself for service as a deacon, you should make contact with his parish priest (or chaplain in the case of someone who is working in a college, hospital etc). Following initial discussion at local level, contact may be made with the Diocesan Director for the Permanent Diaconate. An arrangement will be made to meet with you and, where applicable, with your wife, in order to explore any questions you may have, and to decide whether it would be appropriate for you to participate in the propaedeutic period. During the initial enquiry stage, a recommendation will be sought from t parish priest, or from a priest who has responsibility for some area of ministry in which your are actively involved. Anyone wishing to participate in the propaedeutic programme which begins in the Autumn, should make his initial enquiry no later than the end of June of that year. During the propaedeutic period every effort will be made to accompany the aspirant