Tuesday, July 19, 2005
WIFE OF MINNESOTA CATHOLIC DEACON TO BE ORDAINED
A reader who lives near the parish sent in this link. CBS Reports:
"Right now, I'm getting ready to be ordained a priest next year and this July, to be ordained a deacon," Nicolosi explained.
Some women have already been ordained priests and bishops in Europe. For that, they were excommunicated, but continue to practice Catholicism, they said, with support from other clergy who have chosen to remain anonymous.
Next week, those women will fly to Canada to ordain seven other women deacons and priests. One of the women will be Regina Nicolosi.
What does a deacon do when his wife decides to be ordained? And if he approves of his wife's actions, what does his pastor do?
Her leap of faith could leave the lifelong Catholic on the outside of a church in which she believes. Regina Nicolosi fully expects to be excommunicated from the Catholic Church, but said that will not keep her from practicing her faith.
She expects to hold mass in her house and to keep attending services at her church in Red Wing, Minn.
Will her husband give her communion after her ordination?
Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us!
