Deacon Mike Hayes

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 “the friendship recession” – the change in how adults maintain friendships, notably due to remote work.

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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

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:

@thepressbox.bsky.social only in journalism “irredentism”

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

“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...

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?"

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

@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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

Catholicism and the Science of History This morning, I finally got around to listening to Paul Fahey’s 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.

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Today, we celebrate the anniversary of #DorothyDay ‘s death. Now, more than ever, we need saints like her. Join the cause for her canonization and support outreach and educational programs about this prophetic woman.

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huge and important

"My sole occupation is love." #JohnOfTheCross #Love

This November, join me in supporting the cause for Dorothy Day’s canonization

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Each of us is called to oppose any form of violence against women and girls. We must work together to ensure that the human rights and dignity of every person are recognized.

‘Bringing us together as clergy in a more unified way’ | The Catholic Sun

Do Deacons need a uniform? Syracuse thinks so: thecatholicsun.com/bringing-us-...

"The Christian of tomorrow will be a mystic, one who has experienced something, or he will be nothing." #KarlRahner

YouTube video by anhovox Stephen Colbert | King of Glory (Liturgical Dance)

Solemnity of our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe - #catholic youtu.be/oASYa-Wkroc?...

Dare I ask, why can’t you live stream?

Bishop Woost at Theology on Tap #BishopWeek