Discerning Deacons recently gathered together with board members and several dedicated leaders at St. John’s Abbey Guesthouse in Collegeville, Minnesota for a few days of

Deacons and their wives who traveled from around the world to Rome for the Jubilee of Deacons, Feb. 21-23, found themselves fervently praying for the

This week marked the 33rd World Day of Prayer for the Sick.  I was not aware of this particular Commemoration – but I’m grateful for

Desire. Passion. Call. For almost 40 years I have lived out a call to diakonia as a lay ecclesial minister in the Catholic Church. As

By Lisa Amman, Deputy Director of Engagement at Discerning Deacons This week as we Celebrate the Baptism of the Lord, Jesus’ Baptism in the Jordan,

Deacons love the second day of Christmas—because on this second day of Christmas, Catholics remember St. Stephen the Archdeacon and Protomartyr. In the Acts of

An essential grace of 2024 is the undeniable movement of the Holy Spirit, whose work cannot be stopped. Through the collaboration of hundreds of synod

As a Cuban-American Catholic girl, my childhood was shaped by two Marys: La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre and Madonna of the Street, my

The final document from the Synod states: “what comes from the Holy Spirit cannot be stopped.” Today we write our Thanksgiving message with profound gratitude