I hope the Church ordains women to the diaconate because this ministry is already being performed and should be properly recognized. The Church must return to this old wisdom to help her people. Discerning Deacons’ mission is important to both men and women to help ensure a vibrant Church.

I feel called to a greater spiritual life on this earth daily. This call goes unfulfilled within the community we currently have in the Church. I stay faithful to the Church in the hope that the Holy Spirit will breathe new life into the Church so that all who are called might serve. If I were ordained a deacon, my lived faith would be more full, my community would.be better served, and the world would know that the Church is alive in the spirit. In the context of my parish, women deacons would mean our pastor would have needed support, women would be more fulfilled, and our parishioners would be better served.

Eternal Spirit, breathe upon your Church to renew her mission by ordaining women to the diaconate in order to better serve your people.