A documentary on the crisis around women in ministry in the SBC is available for free viewing online this week.

Deacon Alexander Marquette remembers a question then-Father Michael Izen asked during a Mass at St. Timothy Catholic School ...

Deacon Stephen Boatwright’s journey to his May 31 ordination as a priest was marked by 44 years of marriage with a loving wife, 33 years as a permanent deacon and 13 years in retirement.

Ellie Hidalgo of Discerning Deacons, which advocates for women deacons in the church, said she hopes Leo will support the church’s ongoing review of women’s participation in ministry ... journalist ...

The men put on the stole worn diagonally across the chest and the tunic, known as a dalmatic, before the archbishop handed them the book of the Gospels ... in you for some time.” The deacon commits to ...

A Kansas City church deacon, who was being investigated by the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph for a sex abuse claim in a St. Louis lawsuit, has returned to full-time ministry, according to a ...

That’s where we need you to be during your diaconate ministry.” The archbishop said deacons also ... During the ordination rite, Archbishop Aymond handed each new deacon the Book of the Gospels. “You ...

But women ordained as deacons could fill the gap ... processes and take on roles of responsibility in pastoral care and ministry.” But delegates were clearly divided on how that should happen.

"Your ministry as a deacon will at times create pain and suffering," he said ... The cardinal gave each of the deacons a copy of the Book of the Gospels, representing the expectation that they believe ...

Did Phoebe exercise the same ministry? We don’t know ... Reflections on the Church, Diakonia and Deacons,” and numerous other books on the diaconate. He is a deacon of the Archdiocese of ...

Leaders of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts on Saturday ordained five women as deacons, welcoming them into ministry as the church prepares next month to mark the 50th anniversary of the ...