Sensing the Synodal Spirit Moving in Creative Expressions

Pat Ball, Guest Contributor for Discerning Deacons Last week was such an exciting and enriching week for me. I felt the Holy Spirit hovering and whispering in so many ways, some of which have been mind blowing. I sensed the Spirit in my bones the day I read in the National Catholic Reporter that Loyola […]
[Webinar Recording] Discerning Deacons Serves the Synod: How Can US and Latin American Catholics walk together on this synodal journey as one Church?

The Recording is available! February 9, 2022 Webinar – English As we seek to go on the synodal path here in the US, Mauricio López, director of the Pastoral Center for Social Action and CELAM Networks, will share his insights and reflections from the first Ecclesial Assembly of Latin America and the Caribbean — an unprecedented […]
A year-end Discerning Deacons examen

A year ago we (Casey Stanton and Ellie Hidalgo) and Luke Hansen were in the midst of shepherding and participating in a virtual retreat/workshop: discern, dream and scheme. In the center of this Advent time of reflecting, praying, journaling – we were invited to dream. How might we grow the conversation and serve the discernment […]
Catholic Women Deacons? A Discernment & Listening Session

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 […]
Called to Serve – Two Women’s Witness

Today we release a short introduction to two women seeking ordination to the diaconate in the Boston region: Philomėne Pèan and Kelly Meraw. Both of them are working in full time positions to serve members of their communities and churches, and feel a longing to be ordained as deacons. This would, they say, be a […]