Just as the permanent diaconate is not only for celibates, neither is it a “married ministry,” though currently most deacons are married. Rather, the permanent diaconate is a major order of ecclesial ministry open to married and to unmarried men.
Roger Bergman relates his experience of Óscar Romero, a model of grace in the midst of desolation from Bergman's personal life to his Creighton University classroom.