How do Catholic women use their gifts in the Church? It’s complicated – by Tricia Bruce
Women comprise the majority of U.S. Catholics and the majority of lay ministers in the U.S. Catholic Church. While the ordained diaconate remains the exclusive realm of men, women engage in expansive service that overlaps core diaconal functions in word, liturgy, and charity. Many women feel specifically called to be deacons or express an openness to discerning such a call should the vocational path become available to them…(Read more)

Church needs to fully recognize the gifts of women in ministry – by Bridget Deegan-Krause
I am excited to have shared with the NACC a groundbreaking study about us – about women in ministry.
When I first read Tricia Bruce’s study through the Discerning Deacons project, when I read the careful accounts of other women in ministry, sounding so much like my own, the tears flowed. (In fact, I will warn those of you who have not had a chance to read the study, to have a box of Kleenex close by)…(Read more)

Book Review

The total breadth of chaplaincy: Wide-ranging, undefined, and uncredentialed – by Anne M. Windholz
(Book review of Spiritual Care: The Everyday Work of Chaplains by Wendy Cadge)
In Spiritual Care: The Everyday Work of Chaplains, sociology professor Wendy Cadge provides the first comprehensive study of how chaplains function across the varied sites where they serve…(Read more)

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