Good piece on this subject. It should be noted that Catholic deacons who become deacons before marriage vow not to marry and deacons who become deacons after marriage vow not to marry if their spouse dies. I would assume this would hold the same for women if they became deacons. But, I don't think we'll see this happen in our life time. The Church is in a renewal process of cleansing the sins of the 20th century liberal thinking; I doubt we'll do down this road. We'll see a more conservative church.
"Good piece on this subject. It should be noted that Catholic deacons who become deacons before marriage vow not to marry and deacons who become deacons after marriage vow not to marry if their spouse dies. I would assume this would hold the same for women if they became deacons."
The Synod of the Church of Greece just reinstituted the Order of Deaconess but it is open only to women who have never married or are widows. I believe the same was true in the early Church in the East. They will fulfill only those roles laid out in the ancient canons which this article articulates.