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A Dream Suggestion
One expressed aim of this Synod is “to inspire people to dream about the Church we are called to be.” (Vatican Handbook 1.3). As the
February 23, 2022
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It is Hard to Walk Together
“It was hard to walk together…we were supposed to stay in a line, but some people walk faster, others slower, and we’re carrying those very
February 16, 2022
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Sensing the Synodal Spirit Moving in Creative Expressions
Pat Ball, Guest Contributor for Discerning Deacons Last week was such an exciting and enriching week for me. I felt the Holy Spirit hovering and
February 9, 2022
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Inviting US & Latin American Catholics to Walk Together
Valuing the role of youth in our Church and society as agents of transformation. Accompanying victims of social and Church injustice with recognition and reparation.
February 2, 2022
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Reclaiming Catholic History for our Daughters
Last week I presented the ministry of Discerning Deacons to seniors at Flintridge Sacred Heart High School at La Cañada, California. Thanks to an invitation
January 26, 2022
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[Webinar Recording] Discerning Deacons Serves the Synod: How Can US and Latin American Catholics walk together on this synodal journey as one Church?
The Recording is available! February 9, 2022 Webinar – English As we seek to go on the synodal path here in the US, Mauricio López, director
January 21, 2022
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Women Deacons in the News
The Los Angeles Review of Books published a well-researched, thoughtful article this week by Sarah E. Bond and Shaily Patelen. “Recovering the Female Clerics of
January 19, 2022
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A year-end Discerning Deacons examen
A year ago we (Casey Stanton and Ellie Hidalgo) and Luke Hansen were in the midst of shepherding and participating in a virtual retreat/workshop: discern,
December 29, 2021
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Catholic Women Deacons? A Discernment & Listening Session
New date!! Sunday, March 13th, 2022 | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm* The question of women and the diaconate is a living conversation and an active discernment in
December 8, 2021
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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