On Saturday 06 February 2010, in the archdiocese of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, history was created when the 20 men ordained as permanent deacons. A permanent deacon is somewhat different from a transitional deacon in that a permanent deacon will remain a deacon all his life, while the transitional deacon will move on to become a priest. It is the first time in the history of the archdiocese of Port-of-Spain, that so many men have entered the diaconate program and have been ordained as permanent deacons.

Live The Faith

The word Catholic means universal; and a basic aspect of our Catholic faith is that of spreading it or rather sharing it with others. One of the real beauty of our faith is to come to Jesus Christ in a real and powerful way. It can be equated to that of a priceless treasure or a pearl of great price. The great thing about this experience; the beauty of this treasure; the real value of this pearl of great price is that there is more than enough of it to be shared with the whole world. In fact, the Catholic faith attains its real value when it is shared with others.  The Catholic faith is something that is alive - in fact very much so - and active.

For us as Catholics, it is not enough for us to have a sentimental outlook to Mary. We must know and understand why she is important on our journey towards of salvation's destiny. Jesus certainly knew she was important because he left it for the last moment of his life to say to us behold your mother. In his dying breath he said on the cross at Calvary, "Woman behold your son." Then the disciples of Jesus loved, he said "behold your mother." Whenever someone says something in their dying breath, it is because what they have just said is important. The same holds true here for Jesus when his dying breath he gives us to his mother and his mother to us.

What does it mean to be Catholic? What does it mean to be a Catholic particularly in our world today? A world that is so filled with darkness; a world that is so filled with pain; a world that is embroiled in sin. What does it mean to be Catholic in the world today? To begin with, I must say that the very spirit of God seems to be at work in a weakening the Catholic Church. I find it very interesting that within the last few months, there has been this burning desire in me to do a lot more with this site -- FullyCatholic.com.