Women deacon?

[michael_quinlan]

That’s not very Christian, or even Catholic. Though I;ve always wanted to be taller.

All kidding aside, please read other excerpts I have e-mailed. Institutions that have made use of the death penalty or torture have allowed great evil in. We need to pray for their souls and those of their victims. Pope John Paul II started down this road in 2000 apologizing before the world for the ay the Catholic Church treated the Jews. I was never more proud to be a Roman Catholic then at that moment.

 

[quiet52]

from “Wikipedia”:
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) (Congregatio pro Doctrina Fidei), previously known as the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, and sometimes simply called the Holy Office is the oldest of the nine congregations of the Roman Curia. Among the most active of these major Curial departments, it oversees Catholic doctrine. The CDF is the modern name for what used to be the Holy Office of the Inquisition.

for more on the Inquisition:

catholiceducation.org/articles/history/world/wh0029.html

 

[Seatuck]

I looked on my diocese website and found links to the parish here so I’m pretty sure its a Roman Catholic church. Does it being a Latin rite church make any difference? Sorry I’m kinda clueless about these things

What you describe does not sound acceptable. We do not have women deacons or women who are permitted to do as you describe. I would write to my Bishop if I witnessed such a thing in my church.

 

[Snowy]

Does it being a Latin rite church make any difference?

I think that all the Catholic churches in the world except for a few “Eastern Catholic” ones (from places that used to be part of the Ottoman Empire) do the Latin rite.

 

[Deacon_Ed_B]

This thread has gone a long way from its original question. To answer the original question and to try to pull the responses back to that issue, lets return to it.
Answer: No there were no ordained women deacons. It is not an ordained ministry for women within the Church.
Prayers & blessings
Deacon Ed B

 

[jwinch2]

My apologies for dragging up this old thread, but the topic of female deacons came up today in a class that I was in and the statement was made that the possibility is under investigation by Rome. So, here are my questions:

1. does anyone have anything authoritative discussing why the deaconesses in the Bible were not ordained to the deaconate in the sense that we understand it today?
2. Has there been any official Church teaching on the impossibility of ordaining women to the deaconate?
3. Does anyone have anything official on whether or not Rome is truly discussing female deacons?

Please don’t take this the wrong way, but there was plenty of speculation above and while I agree with some of the interpretations presented, there was nothing authoritative cited to support the arguments made. With that in mind, I am hoping for something ‘official’ on the topic rather than more unsubstantiated opinion.

 

[Irishgal49]

Then if this was in a Catholic Church, I would definitely report it to the bishop.

It sounds like someone was playing “let’s pretend” I am pretty sure that you cannot wear vestments of a priest…sounds like you should tell your priest and if he doesn’t act, then your Bishop.

 

[JimR-OCDS]

Pretty darn sure I was. I’ve been attending for a couple of months.

Check again and make sure it’s a Roman Catholic Church.

There are some who call themselves Liberal Catholic Church or Reformed Catholic Churchm and they’ll put the words Liberal and Reformed in small print before the heading.

Jim

 

[jwinch2]

My apologies for dragging up this old thread, but the topic of female deacons came up today in a class that I was in and the statement was made that the possibility is under investigation by Rome. So, here are my questions:

1. does anyone have anything authoritative discussing why the deaconesses in the Bible were not ordained to the deaconate in the sense that we understand it today?
2. Has there been any official Church teaching on the impossibility of ordaining women to the deaconate?
3. Does anyone have anything official on whether or not Rome is truly discussing female deacons?

Please don’t take this the wrong way, but there was plenty of speculation above and while I agree with some of the interpretations presented, there was nothing authoritative cited to support the arguments made. With that in mind, I am hoping for something ‘official’ on the topic rather than more unsubstantiated opinion.

Never mind, I’ve started a new thread on it since this one is so old.

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?p=9316014#post9316014

Peace,