Vatican II Class: The Reconsideration of Orders by the Council

The third class and discussion in the class RELS 64/REL 82 at Stanford, this session's lecture is by Prof. Gary Macy, Santa Clara University, with response by panelists Sr. Gloria Marie Jones and Deacon John Kerrigan. The topic is the Council's reinstatement of the deaconate as an ordained ministry in the Catholic Church.  The discussants argue that there is growing interest in the installation of women as deacons.