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Local deacons serve as bridges in wake of tornado, floods
Bishop W. Shawn McKnight once wrote that deacons “should work to connect the people of God with their local leader, the bishop, and the Church with the needs of the poor … drawing Church leaders, ordinary believers, and people on the margins of society closer together.”
-Catholic Missourian
Recent natural disasters have affirmed this for several deacons of this diocese the crucial role they bear in building bridges among God’s people.