Discerning the Call to the Diaconate

Testimonies by Catholic Women

Compiled by Discerning Deacons in January 2025 in response to an invitation to submit materials for consideration by the commission headed by Cardinal Giuseppe Petrocchi tasked with study of the question of women deacons.

In the last days, God says,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams.

Even on my servants, both men and women,
I will pour out my Spirit in those days,
and they will prophesy.

–ACTS 2:17-18

Image: Adoramus te, Casey Murano

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Share your prayers and hopes for our Church’s discernment, as we seek to bear collective witness to the movement of the Holy Spirit. If you are a woman serving in ministry today who is ready to be received as deacons in the Church, share your call story.

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