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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Going Golden: Fifty Years of Renewed Diaconate Jun18 by Deacon William T. Ditewig, Ph.D. It was just fifty years ago today that the Order of Deacons was renewed as a ministry to be exercised permanently in the Catholic Church. Fifty years ago today, 18 June 1967, Blessed Pope Paul VI acted on the 1964 recommendation of … Continue reading ROMAN CATHOLIC DIACONATE: GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
CofE Network of Distinctive Deacons 