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

This reflection was published in the August 20, 2025 issue of Discerning Deacons’ newsletter The Witness. Subscribe to receive reflections like these in your email inbox every

For this week’s reflection, I want to share about the experiences of two leaders in our network—we’ll call them Olympias and Nonna in honor of

On Saturday during the midday Miami summer sun (it was hot), I stopped by my local grocery store to pick up a large sheet cake