To: Salvation
I’ve wondered the same. I don’t think there’s any canonical reason why they wouldn’t, yet I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a “permanant” deacon-widower pursuing further studies and transitioning to priestly ordination.
14 posted on
05/05/2014 1:50:00 PM PDT by
Mrs. Don-o
(Her eyes, opening, looked as if they would keep on enlarging until they turned her wrong side out.)
To: Mrs. Don-o
A permanent deacon has a different goal than a transitional deacon.
I can understand the permanent deacon numbers not changing significantly.
19 posted on
05/05/2014 4:24:28 PM PDT by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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