@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
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.
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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.
29.12.2025 21:40 — 👍 2709 🔁 1203 💬 257 📌 133Very interesting. Pope Leo’s former boss👇😎
29.12.2025 18:49 — 👍 7 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0Please join us as we chat about our year!
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In this #YearInReview episode of @deaconspod.bsky.social, the Paulist Deacon Affiliates comment on their highs and lows of 2025.
“Through 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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Matthew, Mark, Luke or John were not the first to share the news of Jesus. “The 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?
31.12.2025 00:59 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Here 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:
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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.
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A new episode of @deaconspod.bsky.social dropped this morning!
Today, @deacondrew.bsky.social, @deaconmike.bsky.social, and Deacon Mike discuss “the friendship recession” – the change in how adults maintain friendships, notably due to remote work.
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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 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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.
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@thepressbox.bsky.social only in journalism “irredentism”
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“it 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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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?"
08.05.2025 16:20 — 👍 267 🔁 41 💬 7 📌 1In a twist, Pope Leo XIV will also be talking about the future of NBA reporting.
09.05.2025 16:48 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0@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 “Say 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.
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
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 prayer—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!
Happy Thanksgiving.
28.11.2024 17:04 — 👍 17 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0
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.
“Our 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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People of faith should never fear honest and critical study of Church history.
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