Marie Philomène Péan

Marie Philomène Péan

Marie Philomène Péan is originally from Haiti and a graduate from Andover Newton in the Doctor of Ministry program. She is currently serving as pastoral associate as well as a spiritual director and chaplain at the South Boston Seaport Catholic Collaborative in Massachusetts.

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St. Phoebe is depicted in an icon by Eka Fragiadaki of the Angelicon workshop in Crete, Greece. (Angelicon/Eka Fragiadaki)

I am a woman who serves like a deacon. Will I ever share St. Phoebe's title?

Marie Philomène Péan has served in pastoral care roles in her native Haiti, France and the U.S. Like many women around the world who hope and wait for a female diaconate, she looks to St. Phoebe for inspiration.

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