Looking to celebrate St. Phoebe Day for the first time this September? Or perhaps you’ve been a part of a celebration in the past but want to brush up on the basics? On a St. Phoebe Day 101 call, you can expect… an introduction to St. Phoebe the Deacon an overview of the history and […]
New to Discerning Deacons? You’re invited to join a Welcome Call! Connect with other newcomers, get a crash course in Discerning Deacons 101, and consider your next steps with DD. Register for this or future Welcome Calls at the link below!
New to Discerning Deacons? You’re invited to join a Welcome Call this spring! Connect with other newcomers, get a crash course in Discerning Deacons 101, and consider your next steps with DD. Our Welcome Calls are intentionally scheduled just before our Discerning Deacons Spring Quarterly Assemblies—so that those who are able and interested head over […]
In honor of the Jubilee Year, Discerning Deacons is offering a formation series equipping preachers and Ministers of the Word as they walk together and with all God’s children as Pilgrims of Hope. There are three sessions in the series. On April 9 we began with the theme: “The God Who Was Condemned and Refused to […]
Calling all those on the path with Discerning Deacons! Gather your people and turn out for our Spring 2025 Quarterly Assembly. During these assemblies, we will… Read and reflect on the signs of the times together as we get up to speed on the key developments in the Church and world pertaining to DD’s mission […]
Calling all those on the path with Discerning Deacons! Gather your people and turn out for our Spring 2025 Quarterly Assembly. During these assemblies, we will… Read and reflect on the signs of the times together as we get up to speed on the key developments in the Church and world pertaining to DD’s mission […]
During the October 2024 synod assembly, Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez, Prefect for the Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith, announced that Pope Francis would reconvene the second commission he established in 2020 following the Amazon Synod to study the possibility of women deacons in the Catholic Church. Join Discerning Deacons in prayer on February 3, […]
The deacon is to be the conscience of the Church, dragging the ambo to the streets and the streets to the ambo. –Deacon William Ditewig How are you called to reveal the face of a God who came to serve, not to be served? The Greek word diakonia describes the servant leadership of Christ which all Christians […]
The deacon is to be the conscience of the Church, dragging the ambo to the streets and the streets to the ambo. –Deacon William Ditewig How are you called to reveal the face of a God who came to serve, not to be served? The Greek word diakonia describes the servant leadership of Christ which […]
Join Discerning Deacons as we kick off 2025 and launch into action in the year ahead! Each launch call will include updates from the DD staff team on the state of the Church’s discernment about women and the diaconate and an overview of how you can plug in with Discerning Deacons’ work in the […]
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