Catholic Women Deacons? A Discernment & Listening Session
Discerning Deacons and Nucleo Mujeres encounter Pope Francis, October 13, 2021
New date!! Sunday, March 13th, 2022 | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm*
The question of women and the diaconate is a living conversation and an active discernment in our Church. In a listening, participatory and synodal Church, it is a question not only for Synods of Bishops and papal commissions, but it is a discernment for the entire people of God. The heart of this meeting will be an opportunity for women to discern, reflect, to speak and be heard about our key question:What is the Holy Spirit saying to each of us with regard to discerning women as permanent deacons?
The agenda will include a scriptural reading with a short, preached reflection by a woman, testimonies from local women experiencing a call to the diaconate and quiet and shared reflection time in table groups. Table reflections will be shared back to the full group and a synthesis of the findings will be made available to the Vatican as part of the Global Synod process.
*please arrive by 1:45 pm to check-in.
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Witness
“I know that women are being called by the Holy Spirit and women are living diakonia in creative, ordinary ways today. Now, as a mother of a toddler girl, I want to discern with the Church on how to make way for her to discern her own future calling, should the Spirit call her.”
Ana López
Spiritual Director and Theology Teacher, Los Angeles, CA
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Witness
“If women were able to serve as deacons, it would magnify the grace and love of God and make it more widely available.”
Judith Oberhauser
Retired Chaplain, St. Paul/Minneapolis, MN
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Witness
“I was not raised Catholic but converted in my adult life. As a child, Mother Mary would appear to me often…I believe Mary appearing to me as a child who knew nothing about the Catholic Church was more than her wanting me to find Christ through the Church. I believe she came to me because I was meant to do more for the Church.”
Christina Kovar
Adult Faith Formation Leader, Chicago, IL
