A deacon is a clergyman in the Catholic Church who is not called to the priesthood. Most of them are married. Here's a little bit about deacons in the Catholic Church from Wikipedia:
Deacons can administer the sacrament of Baptism and serve as the church's witness at the sacrament of Holy Matrimony, which the bride and groom administer to each other. Deacons may preside at funerals, the Liturgy of the Hours, various services such as Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament and they may give blessings. They cannot give absolution, anoint the sick, or say Mass. In the liturgy, it is proper for the deacon to proclaim the Gospel (in fact, a priest, bishop, or even the Pope may not proclaim the Gospel if a deacon is present) and distribute Holy Communion. Transitional and permanent deacons both have the faculty to preach the homily by right of their ordination unless the priest presider retains that ministry to himself in any particular liturgy.
So basically, a deacon can do everything a priest can do except for the exceptions above.
Anyway (where am I going with this, I know), the blog I found is called The Deacon's Bench. The writer is Greg Kandra, a Roman Catholic deacon serving the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, and a 25-year veteran of CBS News. Kandra's day job is writing for the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. He lives with his wife in Queens.
How awesome is the Brooklyn deacon logo?
Anyway, if you're interested, here are some stories linked from The Deacon's Bench:
An Orthodox Jewish Cowboy? Yup.
Why Non-Catholics Like Catholic Schools
"The Media: At the Crossroads Between Self-Promotion and Service."- By Pope Benedict
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