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Deacon Mike Hayes

@deaconmike.bsky.social

Catholic Deacon at St Chris in Rocky River, OH| Cleveland Diocese| Supporting the work of prison and hospital Chaplains, active deacons and Director of Ecumenical and Interfaith relations. FMR YAM and BustedHaloian| listen to me on DeaconsPod.com

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Living in Joyful Hope – Fr. James Kroeger, M.M.

Fr. James Kroeger of @maryknoll.bsky.social speaks with the Paulist Deacon Affiliates in today's new episode of our podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social.

Fr. Kroeger, who was a missionary in Asia for 52 years, shares details about his ministry and more.

Please listen here or at your podcast player:

13.01.2026 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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4 dead, dozens injured in Syria during clashes between Alawites and counterdemonstrators LATAKIA, Syria (AP) β€”The clashes came two days after a bombing at an Alawite mosque in the city of Homs killed eight people and wounded 18 others during prayers.

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2025 Saw Most Measles Cases Since 1992 β€” Amid Latest Measles Exposure At Newark Airport The vast majority of the more than 2,000 measles cases diagnosed in the U.S. this year occurred in patients who were not vaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown, the CDC says.

The vast majority of the more than 2,000 measles cases diagnosed in the U.S. this year occurred in patients who were not vaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown, the CDC says.

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Very interesting. Pope Leo’s former bossπŸ‘‡πŸ˜Ž

29.12.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Please join us as we chat about our year!

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Highs and Lows: Our 2025 Year In Review

In this #YearInReview episode of @deaconspod.bsky.social, the Paulist Deacon Affiliates comment on their highs and lows of 2025.

β€œThrough it all, I have seen the hand of God,” reflects @thetechydeacon.com.

The deacons also chat about which of our 2025 episodes stood out to them.

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Blessed New Year 2026 from the Paulist Fathers Our Things To Know Newsletter: "Year In Review" from Deacons Pod + Christmas Season Homilies + More!

This week's edition of our "Things To Know" newsletter:

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Matthew, Mark, Luke or John were not the first to share the news of Jesus. β€œThe shepherds returned glorifying and praising God for all they had seen and heard!” Guys on the overnight and not highly regarded brought the good news first. How will you share the good news of Christ’s love in 2026?

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Things To Know: Pope Leo's Virtue of Listening: A Conversation with Bishop Daniel Turley, O.S.A. Remembering Paulist Fr. John Lynch + Paulist Fr. Mark-David Janus on Standing for Goodness + The Story of LA's St. James Inn + More!

This week's edition of our "Things To Know" newsletter:

10.12.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Here is a snip from a recent episode of our #podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social featuring Marissa Papula, the Director of Campus Ministry at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles:

12.11.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Struck Down, Not Destroyed: Keeping the Faith as a Vatican Reporter – Colleen Dulle

A new episode of @deaconspod.bsky.social dropped today!

In this installment, the Paulist Deacon Affiliates speak with America Media's @colleendulle.com about her new book "Struck Down, Not Destroyed: Keeping the Faith as a Vatican Reporter" from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social.

Please listen here:

11.11.2025 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Three Catholic Deacons on "The Friendship Recession"

A new episode of @deaconspod.bsky.social dropped this morning!

Today, @deacondrew.bsky.social, @deaconmike.bsky.social, and Deacon Mike discuss β€œthe friendship recession” – the change in how adults maintain friendships, notably due to remote work.

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16.09.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Deacons Pod: Compassion in a Divided World – Gloria Purvis The Deacons welcome Catholic speaker and broadcaster Gloria Purvis who will deliver the ⁠2025 Gallagher Talk⁠ at the ⁠Catholic Information Center⁠ in Grand Rapids, MI in October.

Our Podcast: Deacons Pod spoke with @iamgloriapurvis.bsky.social this week and it was a seriously provocative discussion. #racism #canyoubewokeandcatholic

30.09.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Deacons Pod: Compassion in a Divided World – Gloria Purvis The Deacons welcome Catholic speaker and broadcaster Gloria Purvis who will deliver the ⁠2025 Gallagher Talk⁠ at the ⁠Catholic Information Center⁠ in Grand Rapids, MI in October.

A thought-provoking new episode of our podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social dropped this morning!

Today, @deaconmike.bsky.social and Deacon Dennis Rybicki speak with esteemed Catholic speaker and broadcaster @iamgloriapurvis.bsky.social.

Please listen here or at your favorite podcast player:

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@thepressbox.bsky.social only in journalism β€œirredentism”

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St. Patrick’s Cathedral to Unveil Mural Celebrating City’s Immigrants

β€œit will be dedicated during a mass on Sept. 21.” Will ICE have the decency to stay away? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/a...

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Deacons Pod: Consequences to Real People – Hilary Chester of Jesuit Refugee Service USA Hilary Chester⁠, Ph.D., joins Deacon Drew to discuss the U.S. government's massive cuts to international aid.

In the wake of the U.S. government's massive cuts to international aid, Jesuit Refugee Service is still serving #refugees.

In this new episode of @deaconspod.bsky.social, @deacondrew.bsky.social speaks with Hilary Chester, @jrsusa.bsky.social's Vice President for Program Operations.

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"Your Holiness, you fell to the 5th round, does that give you extra motivation?"

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In a twist, Pope Leo XIV will also be talking about the future of NBA reporting.

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@bryancurtis.bsky.social A good discussion among Chicago media types these days might be thoughts on Chicago’s biggest events: the Cubs WS win, Jordan’s Bulls, Obama’s rise and now Pope Leo XIV. If anyone’s around from the Mrs. O’Leary’s cow days or β€œSay it ain’t so Joe!” we’ll gladly listen.

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The art god @davidshoemaker.bsky.social has been hard at work on our new Press Box button.

Available soon for the low cost of zero dollars.

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Our class wrote him when we were in 4th Grade. He wrote us a nice letter back and included a picture for each one of us. I was astounded by him when I requested to interview him about one of his books years later at BustedHalo and his publicist told us that he knew our site and read it often.

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Glimpses from this week's edition of our "Things To Know" newsletter

Glimpses from this week's edition of our "Things To Know" newsletter

This week's edition of our "Things To Know":

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Inside:

- @deaconmike.bsky.social poses #FiveQuestions to #Paulist Fr. Ryan Casey

- Paulist Fr. Mark-David Janus visits @deaconspod.bsky.social to speak about his new book "Comfort and Joy: Christmas for the Soul"

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God’s love for us.
Jesus’ body and blood given to us in the Eucharist.
Morning and evening prayerβ€”even late ones.
My wife
The dog
The memories of great parents and mentors.
@PaulSnatchko and the @pauiistfathers
My diocesan colleagues
My deacon classmates.
Work that is fulfilling
And you!

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Happy Thanksgiving.

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Today I'm grateful for family, friends & loved ones.

Also: pie

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If you don’t like Turkey, it’s being cooked wrong.

It’s delicious.

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β€œOur problems stem from our acceptance of this filthy rotten system.”

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May the Virgin Mary together with her loving Child bless us. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God, that we may be worthy of the promises of Christ.

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Catholicism and the Science of History This morning, I finally got around to listening to Paul Fahey’sΒ Third Space interview with Fr. Chris Kellerman, SJ, author of All Oppression Shall Cease: A History of Slavery, Abolitionism, and the Ca...

People of faith should never fear honest and critical study of Church history.

wherepeteris.com/catholicism-...

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