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In today's newsletter:

  • Why Islip sisters are still waiting to serve as deacons

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📰 News we're reading

• Ready to be deacons, but Long Island women wait for the Catholic Church to change (newsday.com) — An Islip-based Catholic religious order is at the center of Long Island women’s frustration over the Vatican’s latest refusal to allow female deacons. Local sisters and lay leaders, including one at the Daughters of Wisdom in Islip, describe decades of preparation, dashed hopes, and continued advocacy as they push for a greater role for women in church ministry.
   

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