What is the Holy Spirit speaking to you through these Holy Days, as you draw near to Jesus and seek the grace to practice resurrection? If you are in a parish with a deacon serving the community, I’d invite you to notice the role the deacon plays throughout the Triduum. As you draw your eye […]
Nearly all of Discerning Deacon’s work has emerged in the context of the pandemic, taking shape over zoom meetings and virtual liturgies and listening circles and relational meetings. The last few weeks have marked a welcome turn as we emerge to gather in person: at St. Catherine’s in St. Paul MN, at the Religious Education […]
March 16, 2022 “I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living.” Psalm 27:13 We prayed this Psalm on Sunday. Nestled between stories of God’s covenant with Abraham and Jesus’ Transfiguration it would have been easy to miss the slender verse in the flood of narratives. So […]
“It was hard to walk together…we were supposed to stay in a line, but some people walk faster, others slower, and we’re carrying those very heavy candles…” – Micaela, age 9 My daughter completed her first altar server training this Saturday. And this was one of her main takeaways: It’s hard to walk together. What […]
The Los Angeles Review of Books published a well-researched, thoughtful article this week by Sarah E. Bond and Shaily Patelen. “Recovering the Female Clerics of the Early Church” sets in context the significance of the recent archeological discoveries at Ashdod in Palestine: “Ashdod confirms that we cannot continue to tell neat stories about how women were […]
Promoting the active participation of women in Church ministries, governance, discernment and ecclesial decision making emerged as one of 12 key challenges in the first ever Ecclesial Assembly of Latin America and the Caribbean. Taking place near the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City and virtually during the last week in November, […]
“For a synodal church: communion, participation, mission” is underway. Convoked on October 10, 2021 and set to conclude October 2023 in Rome, we are right now in the midst of, perhaps, the largest consultation of people on the earth that has ever been carried out. Throughout the world people are creatively responding to the invitation. […]
Greetings friends, This past week I was on retreat at Eastern Point Retreat House north of Boston and I couldn’t help but be constantly reminded by God of the great privilege it is to be a part of growing the conversation about women and the diaconate with each of you. One morning the sunrise was […]
We have returned from an extraordinary pilgrimage to Rome, eager to share with you the hope of the synodal, listening and discerning process in which the Church is inviting us to walk forward together. Our delegation from Discerning Deacons (Casey Stanton, Ellie Hidalgo, Lisa Amman) and the commission studying the diaconate of Núcleo Mujeres REPAM […]
“A Church that teaches must be firstly a Church that listens.” Pope Francis Discerning Deacons has responded to Pope Francis’ call for a synodal church. During the summer of 2021, more than 1,500 Catholics from Canada, India and the United States gathered via video conference and in-person to actively discern the question of women and […]
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