{"id":3912,"date":"2021-07-26T16:40:35","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T16:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/?post_type=witness&p=3912"},"modified":"2021-07-26T16:54:03","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T16:54:03","slug":"fr-michael-hickin","status":"publish","type":"witness","link":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/witness\/fr-michael-hickin\/","title":{"rendered":"Fr.\u00a0Michael\u00a0Hickin"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘A different prism through which to meet and marvel at the truth of Jesus’<\/strong><\/h3>\n

When I think of the difference it would make to ordain women as deacons, a mother who recently lost a teenage son to suicide immediately comes to mind.\u00a0The women I know who\u2019d make good candidates for the diaconate are marked by an abundant wellspring of compassion. They belong to a different and faster moving communications loop. Their embodiment of the Word warrants a sacramental presence, as witnessed in the nascent Church.<\/p>\n

An old adage \u2013 \u201cwhatever is received is received according to the mode of the receiver\u201d (quidquid recipitur ad modum recipientis recipitur<\/em>) \u2013 finds fresh application here.\u00a0To encounter a woman deacon would offer the world a different prism through which to meet and marvel at the truth of Jesus.\u00a0The beauty of Catholicism deserves to reflect his bold collaboration with women.<\/p>\n

I just met Discerning Deacons in Minneapolis last week at the AUSCP national annual assembly. I am struck by how ecclesial they are. They\u2019re ardent, joyful searchers. They\u2019ve done and keep doing their homework. They walk with the Church while challenging her to build new on old foundations. They\u2019re professional and prayerful. I encourage anyone with questions or aspirations to find their website, engage their community and enter the discernment.<\/p>\n

If I had 30 seconds with Pope Francis, I\u2019d say of women in the diaconate, \u201cI can already see their virtue and hear their voices in our churches and in our streets.Please, Holy Father, keep opening the door and release this song.\u00a0The formation of future disciples needs this feminine energy. The time has come for women to channel Gospel wisdom in a more authoritative way, blessed and sanctioned by the Church. \u201cDo not be afraid! Just have faith,\u201d as Jesus said to the synagogue\/Vatican official in today\u2019s Gospel, (Mark 5;36). The female diaconate \u201cis not dead, only asleep\u2026.\u00a0Talitha koum<\/em>!\u201d (Mark 5:39)<\/p>\n

Fr. Michael <\/span>Hickin<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0est\u00e1<\/em>\u00a0the pastor of three parishes in Cavalier County, North Dakota, in the Diocese of Fargo,\u00a0and a member of the leadership team of the\u00a0<\/em>Association of U.S. Catholic Priests<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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