In our private Facebook group, members of Catholic Women Speak discuss topics of interest across the wide spectrum of Catholic life and faith, ranging from pastoral and personal insights and struggles to reflections on prayer and spirituality, and theological and ethical questions. Our membership includes women from many different backgrounds and cultures, including a
In July 2019 the Diocese of Dubrovnik in Croatia organised a Theology Summer School on the theme of "Theology and Plurality". They invited four tutors to give lectures and run workshops during the week—Professor Željko Tanjić of the University of Zagreb, Professor Carmelo Dotolo of the Pontifical University Urbaniana in Rome, Professor Pantelis Kalaitzidis
Tina Beattie has written a blog for Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church (CTEWC) on the recent document produced by the Vatican's Congregation for Catholic Education - 'Male and female he created them: Towards a Path of Dialogue on the Question of Gender Theory in Education': GENDER THEORY AND CATHOLIC EDUCATION - CTEWC BLOG
This is the text of a talk given by Tina Beattie at a gathering of Andante - the European Alliance of Catholic Women's Organisations - at the Carmelite Monastery in Snagov, near Bucharest, on Thursday, 25th April, 2019 I am delighted to be back with this wonderful group of women, imagining a future in which
Editor Lucetta Scaraffia and her all-female editorial team have announced that they are suspending publication of the monthly women's magazine, Donne Chiesa Mondo (Women, Church, World) published by the official Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano. Lucetta has been a good friend to Catholic Women Speak and a brave spokesperson for women in the Church. She contributed to our first book
February 2019 In the common perception abuses have transformed what used to be the most delicate expression of love, the caress – maternal, comforting, or as a farewell to the dying – into an expression in itself suspect and virtually obscene, thereby creating scandal, in addition to violence and pain. In this issue we
In October 2018, women from around the world gathered in Rome for events and activities organised by Catholic Women Speak. We recorded interviews with 14 of these women speaking about their vocations, their faith and their cultures and contexts. You can watch the videos here. https://www.youtube.com/embed?listType=playlist&list=PL-E5fYO4-QjOI6aBNnqMUzTVx0OMI6xce&layout=gallery
Sheila Pires of Radio Veritas South Africa interviewed Tina Beattie about CWS. You can listen to the interview here, starting at 7 mins. into the programme. We are telling stories, not spreading ideologies … If you self-identify as a Catholic woman, you are welcome in this space. … We’re
PUBLIC STATEMENT BY CATHOLIC WOMEN SPEAK AND VOICES OF FAITH (Il testo italiano—preghiamo clicare qui) We have read with unease the article “Migrants show the West the real face of motherhood, Vatican official says,” written by Elise Harris and published in Crux on November 11, 2018. As reported in the
We are happy to collaborate with our Italian sisters—Donne per la Chiesa— and with Women's Ordination Conference in writing a letter to those women who have been invited to participate in the forthcoming Synod on Young People, Faith and Vocational Discernment. There is widespread dismay among many Catholic women that, while this year members of
