Deacon Council
Diaconate Formation
Diaconal Application Form (Applicant)
Diaconal Application Form (Wife)
Pastor’s Diaconate Questionnaire
En Español
Informacion del Programa Diaconal
Forma de Aplicacion al Programa Diaconal
Forma de Aplicacion para la Esposa
Newsletter
THE VOICE OF THE SERVANT | LA VOZ DEL SERVIDOR Issue 003/2026
THE VOICE OF THE SERVANT | LA VOZ DEL SERVIDOR Issue 001/2025
THE VOICE OF THE SERVANT | LA VOZ DEL SERVIDOR Issue 002/2024
THE SERVANT’S VOICE | LA VOZ DE LOS SIRVIENTES Issue 001/2024
Links
National Directory for the Formation, Ministry, and Life of Permanent Deacons in US
A Portrait of the Permanent Diaconate
Contact Us:
Deacon Email address: diaconate@yakimadiocese.org
Dirección de correo electrónico del diácono: diaconate@yakimadiocese.org
Physical Address
101 S 12th Ave
Yakima, WA 98902
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 2189
Yakima, WA 98907
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St. Joseph Parish
625 Elliott Avenue South
Wenatchee, WA 98801
(509) 662-4569
Permanent Diaconate Ministry?
The title, “deacon,” comes from the Greek word for service, “diakonia.” Through the Sacrament of Holy Orders, deacons are configured to Jesus “the Servant” who “did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45). The ordained Diaconate Ministry is the first rank of Holy Orders in the Catholic Church, whether Roman Catholic or Eastern Catholic. Permanent deacons serve God in the Church in the threefold ministry of Word, Liturgy and Charity. Permanent deacons are ordained to a life-long ministry of service.
