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All you holy women, pray for us
Venerable Henriette DeLille, founder of the Sisters of the Holy Family, a community of African American women, pray for usSt. Gertrude the Great, writer and
November 16, 2022
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Hagar’s tears are seen by God
When I was first asked to preach on the topic of ending violence against women for our St. Phoebe Prayer Service on Nov. 3, I
November 9, 2022
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Remembering a diaconal giant, my dear friend Rita Chairez
It’s All Souls Day and each of us carry in our hearts loved ones whose lives and memories we cherish. My own heart aches to
November 2, 2022
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Ignatian Family Teach-In: Rooted and Renewing
We’ve just returned from a dynamic 25th Anniversary Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice in Washington, DC, October 22-24. The event drew some 2,000 students and campus ministers
October 26, 2022
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A Bonus Year + Weaving Webs
Pope Francis announced on Sunday that what we thought would be the culmination and conclusion of a two year process – October 2023’s Synod Assembly in Rome
October 19, 2022
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Discerning the Diaconate at Notre Dame
My classmate Sophie McDevitt Funari and I are third year students in the Master of Divinity program at the University of Notre Dame, and on
October 18, 2022
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When the peripheries welcome the universal Church
It’s been said that Church councils can take up to 100 years to mature into their fullest expression. A seed of a vision is planted
October 12, 2022
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Becoming a Church that listens and discerns together
The second phase of the global synod is underway and by October 18th we’ll have guidelines from the Vatican about the next leg of this
October 5, 2022
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What is Synodality?
Ellie and I attended the Leadership Roundtable’s Catholic Leaders Summit last week. This annual gathering brings together diocesan leaders, clergy, university presidents, theologians, Catholic non-profit
September 28, 2022
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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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