Immaculate Conception Church - Discerning Deacons

Immaculate Conception is a multicultural, dynamic, and welcoming Catholic community in Seattle, founded by the Jesuit Fathers in 1904. This welcoming led us to our first St Phoebe Day celebration Mass.

On September 10, 2024, young girls and women were featured in almost all of the liturgical ministries during the mass. Dalwyn Dean, a loyal parishioner and a member of our Health and Human Services Commission ministry, offered the reflection for our community.

Some parishioners had not heard of St. Phoebe and her diaconal ministry, while others were familiar and excited to share their knowledge of her ministry with others. Overall our community was open to this celebration, and some were extremely excited to learn more! Some parishioners asked when there would be more celebrations or sessions uplifting St. Phoebe and her ministry.

Our first St Phoebe Day celebration Mass was a great success. We are proud and excited to continue learning more together and to uplift the witness and ministry of St. Phoebe here at Immaculate Conception.

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“As a college campus minister, diaconal ordination wouldn’t change how I encounter my students on the margins, but it would change how they encounter the Church through me. I wouldn’t be only Julia, their campus minister who tells them that God loves them unconditionally, but an official representative of a Church that loves them too.”

Julia Erdlen

College Campus Minister and Hospital Chaplain, St. Louis, MO

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“Restoring the diaconate in my church, to include women, supports the hopes and desires of our whole community where I see a longing for both male and female deacons to serve. As soon as I had the opportunity to become an acolyte, I became one. If I had the opportunity to become a deacon, I similarly would rejoice at the opportunity!”

Jessica Kenny

Chaplain, ConnectEd, Alta-1 College, Perth, Western Australia

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“If I were ordained a deacon, it would only be because I have accepted a call to a vocation that is equally accessible to women.“

Oblate James Holzhauer-Chuckas, ObSB

Executive Director of United Catholic Youth Ministries, Chicago, IL

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