About the Diaconate
 

Deacons, strengthened by sacramental grace, are dedicated to the people of God in the services of the Word, Sacraments, and Charity. It is a deacon’s task to administer Baptisms, to reserve and distribute the Eucharist, to assist at and to bless Marriages in the name of the Church, to take Viaticum to the dying, to read the Sacred Scripture to the faithful, to instruct and exhort the people, to preside over the worship and the prayer of the faithful, to administer Sacramentals, and to officiate at the funeral and burial services.