Tag: marriage
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The Georgia Martyrs

Georgia Martyrs! Bishop Parkes, on Monday, January 27, 2025, received word from Rome that Friar Pedro de Corpa and his fourCompanions were declared martyrs who died from hatred of the faith (odium fidei) in September of 1597 at three different Guale missions in Coastal Georgia here in what is now the Diocese of Savannah. They…
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The Married Permanent Deacon’s Two Vocational Callings

A deacon is an ordained minister of the Catholic Church, serving as a sacramental sign to the Church and the world. Deacons perform functions of Word, Sacrament, and Charity, and may be married. Serving the diocesan Church, they hold dual vocational callings—to the diaconate and to family—requiring sacrifices and discernment.



