[sinkspur]

I do have a question about you being a deacon, sinkspur. I have been lurking on FR for many years, and I had it in my mind that you were ordained a transitional deacon many years ago, but then received dispensation to marry. Is that correct? If so, you are not currently in an active diaconate ministry - is that right?

After a long period of back-and-forth, Rome lifted my laicization a little over two years ago, and I resumed ministry as a permanent deacon. Actually, that's happening more and more; priests who were laicized and whose wives die or have their marriages annulled have also been returning the priesthood.

[old and tired]

After a long period of back-and-forth, Rome lifted my laicization a little over two years ago, and I resumed ministry as a permanent deacon.

Congratulations!