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Ordained to Serve: A Deacon's Journey to the Altar – Deacon Joel Rogers – 07/07/2026
A Front-Row Seat to Holy Orders Deacon Joel Rogers sits down with Bo Bonner to reflect on his June 27 ordination to the permanent diaconate for the Archdiocese of Dubuque, celebrated at the Cathedral of St. Raphael in Dubuque. Rogers describes the liturgy as "the church on full display," beginning with a procession of nearly a hundred deacons and priests into a packed cathedral.
Inside the Ordination Rite Rogers walks through the key moments of the liturgy: the reading from Acts 6 on the calling of the first deacons, the promises made by the men being ordained, and the deeply emotional moment…
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