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## [The Deacon and the Family: Mercy's Presence](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/2016/06/06/the-deacon-and-the-family-mercys-presence)
Published by [James Keating](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/author/james-keating)
> *Through Baptism, the Family of the Church is missionary by nature and increases her faith in the act of sharing that faith with others, above all, with her children. The very act of living a life of communion as a family is the primary form of proclamation. In fact, evangelization begins in the family, which transmits corporeal as well as spiritual life. . . . The family is thus an agent of pasto...*
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## [The Deacon as an Agent of Social Change](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/2016/05/02/the-deacon-as-an-agent-of-social-change)
Published by [Michael Connors, C.S.C.](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/author/michael-connors-c-s-c)
My assignment, “The Deacon as an Agent of Change in the Community,” is a daunting one, to say the least.\* I tried to refuse the great honor of tackling this topic, suggesting some better qualified people to speak to the dynamics of social change, informed by Catholic Social Teaching. One of several liabilities I bring to this task is that not only am I not a deacon myself, but the theology and pra...
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