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Witnesses
Fr. Gonzalo Torres-Acosta, OFM
Parochial Vicar, Immaculate Conception Church, Diocese of Raleigh, North Carolina
November 16, 2021

La ordenación de mujeres para el diaconado no es solo una necesidad urgente de la Iglesia para responder a la gran escasez de vocaciones a la vida consagrada, sino también, y más importantemente, una cuestión de Justica y una verdadera edificación del Reino de Dios, donde reconozcamos and afirmemos, como el Cuerpo de Cristo, la IGUALDAD, la dignidad y los dones que mujeres y hombres hemos recibido de nuestro Creador.

Hay muchas mujeres preparadas, fieles discípulas de Jesucristo, excelentes predicadoras del Evangelio, cuyos dones no se reconocen, no se respetan, no se valoran. La Iglesia se enriquecería mucho teniendo mujeres sirviendo en el ministerio del Diaconado.

Fr. Gonzalo de Jesus Torres-Acosta, OFM, is the Parochial Vicar Immaculate Conception Church in the Diocese of Raleigh, North Carolina

Witness
“I felt seen in my call to pastoral care, to teaching, to preaching—just as clearly as my ordained colleagues are seen in theirs. I felt valued. Not invisible. Not dismissed. I don’t know what the future holds—for me, or for the role of women in the Church. But I know this: I have hope.”
Jolaine M.J. Liupakka, PMin
Coordinator of Middle School & Confirmation, St. Thomas Becket, Eagan, MN
Witness
“If I were a deacon, I would have the support of other deacons and a community where I could draw strength through prayer and discernment. Women would have the privilege of speaking about Catholic social teaching from the ambo. I do believe women as deacons would renew the face of the Church.”
Beth Brinkmann Cianci
Volunteer with the Ignatian Spirituality Project, Boston, MA
Organization
“We are happy to be able to share about women in the Church who lead and are heard, especially for the youngest amongst us who need to hear this message.”
South Seattle Parish Family
Seattle, WA

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