--- title: Articles – Church Life Journal | service description: service | --- Search [![churchlife](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Churchlife_Aug2016_Theme/Images/church-life-journal-white-horizontal-1.png)](http://churchlife.nd.edu/) - [Essays](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays) - [Articles](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles) - [Blog](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post) - [Contributors](http://churchlife.nd.edu/contributors/) All posts filed under: ARTICLES [![](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Heart-of-the-Diaconate-crop.jpg)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/2016/04/01/review-the-heart-of-the-diaconate-by-deacon-james-keating) ## [Review: "The Heart of the Diaconate" by Deacon James Keating](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/2016/04/01/review-the-heart-of-the-diaconate-by-deacon-james-keating) Published by [Deacon Scott Dodge](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/author/deacon-scott-dodge) Deacon James Keating’s *[The Heart of the Diaconate: Communion with the Servant Mysteries of Christ](http://www.paulistpress.com/Products/4917-9/the-heart-of-the-diaconate.aspx)* is a gift to the Church. His book is fruitful reading not only for deacons, bishops, and priests, but also for anyone in or involved with diaconal formation. The author, a theologian whose daily work is the formation of priests and deacons, is uniquely qualified to write a book on what is at heart of ... Share - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [April 01, 2016](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/2016/04/01/review-the-heart-of-the-diaconate-by-deacon-james-keating) [Articles](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/topic/articles) / [diocanate formation](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/topic/diocanate-formation) / [service](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/topic/service) / [The Heart of the Diaconate](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/topic/the-heart-of-the-diaconate) / [book review](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/topic/book-review) / [Deacon James Keating](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/topic/deacon-james-keating) ### Share [![Share on Facebook](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/facebook-24x24.png)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmcgrathblog.nd.edu%2Fcategory%2Farticles%2Ftopic%2Fservice%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook) [![Share on LinkedIn](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/linkedin-24x24.png)](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmcgrathblog.nd.edu%2Fcategory%2Farticles%2Ftopic%2Fservice%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dlinkedin) [![Share on Twitter](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/twitter-24x24.png)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fmcgrathblog.nd.edu%2Fcategory%2Farticles%2Ftopic%2Fservice%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmcgrathblog.nd.edu%2Fcategory%2Farticles%2Ftopic%2Fservice%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&source=tweetbutton&text=Articles%20%E2%80%93%20Church%20Life%20Journal%20%7C%20service) [![Share on Email](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/email-24x24.png)](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fmcgrathblog.nd.edu%2Fcategory%2Farticles%2Ftopic%2Fservice%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail%20&body=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fmcgrathblog.nd.edu%2Fcategory%2Farticles%2Ftopic%2Fservice%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail) ### Categories - [Articles (91)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/topic/articles) - [timothypomalley (22)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/topic/timothypomalley) - [Jesus Christ (18)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/topic/jesus-christ) - [Scripture (17)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/topic/scripture) - [Archive (12)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/topic/archive) - [preaching (10)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/topic/preaching) ![Institute for Church Life](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Churchlife_Aug2016_Theme/Images/icl-lockup-01.png?width=318&name=icl-lockup-01.png "Institute for Church Life") ### About the ICL The Institute for Church Life animates the University of Notre Dame’s direct service to the Church through outreach in theological education, research, faith formation, and leadership development. ### Church Life Journal - [About](http://churchlife.nd.edu/about/) - [Archives](http://churchlife.nd.edu/archives/) - [Contact](http://churchlife.nd.edu/contact/) - [Contributors](http://churchlife.nd.edu/contributors/) - [Journal Submission Guidelines](http://churchlife.nd.edu/journal-submission/) ### Follow Us - - - Copyright © 2016 University of Notre Dame | Institute for Church Life