Home | Contact Parish Info | Diocese Map | Clergy Assignments | Pastoral Center Offices | Local Catholic Organizations | Jobs | Links Questions About The Diaconate   Discernment   History   Permanent Diaconate Called to Serve Have you ever had a sense that you might be called to serve God through the blessings you have received? Maybe you have sensed a call to assist our priests in the daily work of parish ministry. Maybe you have become acutely aware of the many injustices facing God's people in the world, and you feel a call to try to make a difference. All Christians are called to serve, but perhaps you have felt a desire to move closer to God and His Church in order to serve others in a new and purposeful way. Is God calling you to be a permanent deacon? Contact: Deacon David Craig dcraig@dioceseduluth.org 218-724-9111 Fax: 218-724-1056 Diocese of Duluth Permanent Diaconate 2830 E. 4th Street Duluth, MN 55812 By entering into the process of discerning a vocation to the permanent diaconate, you are responding to this sense that God may be calling you. It starts simply and becomes a journey of self-discovery in service to God and His people. Perhaps this website will confirm your personal interest in the diaconate and stimulate a decision to look deeper into what is involved in becoming a deacon in the Diocese of Duluth. "As our Saviour and Master said in the Gospel: let he who wishes to be great among you, make himself your servant, in the same way as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve and give his life as a ransom for many, you deacons must do the same, even if that means giving your life for your brothers and sisters, because of the service which you are bound to fulfill." – Didascalia Apostolorum   Diocese of Duluth • 2830 E Fourth St • Duluth Minnesota 55812 • (218) 724- 9111 Copyright 2010 DIOCESE OF DULUTH All Rights Reserved.