Do Religious Orders Have Permanent Deacons? | Deacon Greg Kandra

Do Religious Orders Have Permanent Deacons? | Deacon Greg Kandra: Yes, indeed. I received an email today from my Salesian priest friend Mike Mendl, eager to share some recent statistics about his order: As of 12/31/18, the Salesians are present in 132 countries (depending on how you count “countries”).  There are 14,614 confreres (128 bishops, 14,056 professed, and 430 novices), of