Father Roy Donovan, Association of Catholic Priests, is calling on the Irish bishops to halt the introduction of the permanent diaconate in Ireland until women can be included. An interesting intervention! It’s not often one finds such publicly passionate advocacy of women’s ministry in the Roman Catholic church.
https://www.ncronline.org/news/world/irish-priests-call-diaconate-pause
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Gill has been a missioner in Nigeria, Romania and various parishes in England. She was ordained a 'distinctive' deacon in 1991. In this capacity she was warden of the College of St Philip the Deacon in Exeter diocese, and founder member of the CofE Network of Distinctive Deacons https://cofedeacons.org. She has also written the story of her own call, Deacon by Design. https://www.waterstones.com/book/deacon-by-design/gill-kimber/9781910719794
She's passionate about the diaconate and, now retired, continues to support those who are called to this ministry.
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