On February 2, 2013 we attended our most recent class at the Incarnation Community Center in Glendale. The week prior we attended a powerful Marriage Encounter Weekend held in Encino at the Holy Spirit Retreat Center. We want to blog on the call of couples who enter the diaconate formation and why some couples may leave before completing the program. In January our class discussed the departure a couple who had been on the diaconate journey with us. It is …
I attended the January 19 diaconate formation class by myself this month as Candy was needed at the Get on the Bus (GOTB) information meeting held on the same day. The meeting was at Alamany High School in Mission Hills and we followed the usual format of Spiritual Direction, Morning Prayer from the Divine Office, book reports (on a spiritual book of our choice) before lunch. Afternoon session was a prayer service, class instruction, and additional book reports. I’d like …
The January 5th Diaconate Formation Class was again held at the Alemany High School, Mission Hills. This class followed the usual format of Spiritual Direction, Morning Prayer from the Divine Office, a quiz, and lunch. After lunch there was a prayer service, class instruction, concluding with Psalms written by our fellow class participants. We thought we might explain how the quizzes are used as part of the diaconate process. There are a number of quizzes given each of the five …
More from Jay and Candy on their Diaconate journey December 1, 2012. It was our week to prepare and conduct the prayer service. It is amazing how much work you can put into an activity that is going to last a short 15 minutes! As we said in a previous Blog, our service was titled “The Gift of Prayer”. Prior to the service, we e-mailed all of our classmates and instructors and asked them to consider something that they would …
If you are interested in becoming a Deacon Couple, you are invited to attend an Information Day presented by the Office of Diaconate Formation. Here you can meet the formation staff and learn more about the formation program. Sunday, January 20, 2013 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at St. John Chrysostom Parish, 546 E. Florence Ave, Inglewood, 90301 Sunday, April 14, 2013 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at St. Maximilian Kolbe, 5801 Kanan Rd. Westlake Village, 91362 On November 17, 2012, we attended our latest diaconate …
Hi all, As we continue our journey, things are coming together. Our abilities to understand the materials and participate in the discussion is getting better. We will be leading the prayer service on December 3rd with a working title of “The Gift of Prayer” focusing on the first Sunday of Advent. Below is our summary of Saturday’s class. Comments are always welcome! On October 20, 2012, we attended our latest class, happy to see our classmates again. The morning was spent …
Hi All, As we continue our journey, things are coming together. Our ability to understand the materials and participate in the discussion is getting better. We will be leading the prayer service on December 3rd with a working title of “The Gift of Prayer” focusing on the first Sunday of Advent. Below is our summary of Saturday’s class. Comments are always welcome! On October 20, 2012, we attended our latest class. We were happy to see our classmates again. The …
On October 6, 2012, Candy and Jay Krueger attended their latest class. They were happy to see their classmates. Even though it has only been two weeks since they had last been together, it seemed much longer. The morning was spent in Spiritual Direction. Since we had a retreat two weeks ago, it had been a month since we had met with our Spiritual Directors. It was for this reason that the morning Spiritual Direction session seemed to take more …
Candy and Jay Krueger attended their third session for the Archdiocese Diaconate Aspirancy year. This session was a day long retreat and included all 103 couples who are a part of the five-year program. This was also the first time there were both English and Spanish classes for all five years. The session opened with all classes praying the Liturgy of the Hours together. The Liturgy of the Hours was celebrated in English and Spanish, offering all those in attendance …
After over a year in the application process Candy and Jay Krueger received a letter from Deacon Craig, who is in charge of Diaconate formation for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, on the eve of Pentecost (May 26th of this year), stating that they had been accepted into the program. The program is approximately 100 days in duration spread out over 5 years. On June 3rd, we had our first meeting, received the syllabus and summer reading and homework assignments. …