
Thanksgiving: Bearing witness to women’s call to the diaconate
When Jazmin Jimenez recently shared about her call to preach she bore witness. She bore witness to the workings of the Holy Spirit that calls

When Jazmin Jimenez recently shared about her call to preach she bore witness. She bore witness to the workings of the Holy Spirit that calls

I recently returned from the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies in Rome, Oct. 24-26, with a renewed confidence of how synodality is alive

When Luke beautifully recounts how the Virgin Mary sets out on a hurried journey to a mountainous region to visit her cousin Elizabeth, he describes

One of my late father’s favorite memories of receiving welcome in the U.S. after fleeing Cuba happened around Thanksgiving early 1960s. A few nuns knocked

Pope Leo XIV recently remarked that before the Church can decide on women’s inclusion in the diaconate, we must first answer the deeper question of

Discerning Deacons Statement on Pope Leo XIV and the Diaconate For Immediate Release: September 18, 2025 Pope Leo affirmed that including women in the ordained

This week we share the powerful witness of Sr. Laura Vicuña, offered during our virtual St. Phoebe celebration on September 3. Her reflection, originally delivered

If you were one of the folks gathered with us on Zoom last Wednesday for St. Phoebe’s Feast — or one of the hundreds in

Happy St. Phoebe’s Feast Day! Today is a day to celebrate the vocation of the diaconate. More than ever, the world needs deacons and the
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