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Moving forward with Roots & Wings
Discerning Deacons was thrilled to be invited to serve as exhibitors at the Raices y Alas (Roots and Wings) conference of the National Catholic Council
May 4, 2022
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Never Underestimate the Power of the Spirit
On Monday, April 4th nearly 50 college students from across the Archdiocese of Philadelphia gathered at La Salle University for a cross-campus listening session as
April 27, 2022
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The night shall be as bright as day
What is the Holy Spirit speaking to you through these Holy Days, as you draw near to Jesus and seek the grace to practice resurrection?
April 13, 2022
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Discerning Deacons is Received in Chicago!
Nearly all of Discerning Deacon’s work has emerged in the context of the pandemic, taking shape over zoom meetings and virtual liturgies and listening circles
April 6, 2022
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DD making waves at Religious Education Congress!
March 30, 2022 Discerning Deacons recently hosted a booth at the annual Los Angeles Religious Education Congress. This year’s annual conference drew about 5,000 in-person
March 30, 2022
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A Prayer for Synodality
A Prayer for Synodality, 2022. Advent candle wax, colored pencil, watercolor on translucent paper, mounted on bulletins from a Taizé prayer service. This work
March 29, 2022
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Reflecting on Women Deacons
On Sunday March 13th, 120 men and women gathered in an upper room – at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota to reflect on
March 23, 2022
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The God Who Sees
March 16, 2022 “I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living.” Psalm 27:13 We prayed this
March 16, 2022
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Making Good Trouble – with Hope!
Last week an extraordinary virtual synodal conversation took place across the Americas. Pope Francis listened to Catholic university students from North, South Central America and
March 2, 2022
Featured Event
Download a Worship Aid Click here to register for the Zoom liturgy. We invite Catholics to gather virtually to pray for the intercession of St. Phoebe, listen to powerful testimonies from Catholic women engaged in diaconal ministry, and express our collective hope that the Church would “receive them in the Lord,” just as St. Paul […]
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Click here to watch a video of the event. In this second event in a series of educational webinars hosted by Discerning Deacons, Deacon William T. Ditewig, Ph.D., the author of several books on the diaconate, and the former executive director of the Office for the Diaconate at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks […]
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Today we release a short introduction to two women seeking ordination to the diaconate in the Boston region: Philomėne Pèan and Kelly Meraw. Both of them are working in full time positions to serve members of their communities and churches, and feel a longing to be ordained as deacons. This would, they say, be a […]
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In an address to deacons and their families in Rome on June 19, Pope Francis’ first point of emphasis was the distinction of the diaconate from the priesthood — that deacons are ordained “not unto the priesthood, but unto a ministry of service.” “This difference is not insignificant,” he said. “The mere fact of emphasizing […]
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Can women receive sacred orders? Let us consult several authoritative sources. Canon 1024 of the Code of Canon Law states, “A baptized male alone receives sacred ordination validly.” In 1994 Pope John Paul II said, “I declare that the Church has no authority whatsoever to confer priestly ordination on women and that this judgment is […]
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Today we release a short introduction to two women seeking ordination to the diaconate in the Boston region: Philomėne Pèan and Kelly Meraw. Both of them are working in full time positions to serve members of their communities and churches, and feel a longing to be ordained as deacons. This would, they say, be a […]
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