Women facing the Church's crisis - October 2018 “If one member suffers all suffer together”, Pope Francis wrote, quoting Paul in his Letter to the People of God. We have interpreted this as a request addressed to women to make their voices and their reflections heard in order to take on, together with men
Blog post from CWS member Mary Pezzulo, originally published on Patheos.com 21st October 2018 I don’t know how to tell you that you shouldn’t mock people in spiritual crisis. If you are a Christian and that is not obvious to you, I don’t know what more I can say. I don’t know how to
Do: Biskupów rzymskokatolickich, Kardynałów, wszystkich głosujących członków synodu dotyczącego młodzieży, do Papieża Franciszka Przełożone katolickich zakonów żeńskich powinny głosować na synodzie. Dwóch braci zakonnych uczestniczy w obecnym synodzie dotyczącym młodzieży z prawem głosowania, ale żadna z sióstr zakonnych nie ma prawa do głosowania. Wzywamy biskupów, kardynałów, liderów synodu biskupów oraz papieża, aby stworzyli dla
Guest post from Lillian Vogl on CWS Member Rebecca Bratten-Weiss' Blog. Originally published on Patheos.com 11th October 2018. I’ve been noticing lately that there are two deeply different belief systems found among people who call themselves “practising Catholic.” I’m going to avoid typical labels with all their baggage and call the two groups “Open
OCTOBER 7, 2018 TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SUSAN A. ROSS What a set of readings! They offer so much more food for thought and even dispute than can be digested in any one reflection: we have creation (Adam and Eve, not “Adam and Steve”), the meaning of the woman’s creation after the man
CWS member Sara Parvis has written a letter to the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors which was originally shared via the Catholic Women Speak Facebook page and can now be shared with the wider public through our website. Please read, and if you feel compelled to, sign and share widely amongst your networks.
Article from CWS member Rebecca Bratten Weiss, originally published on Patheos.com 10th September 2018 When I was an undergraduate philosophy student, I spent a summer working on an organic wheat farm in Kansas, where an eccentric and heterodox farmer was trying to start a religious commune. We spent a lot of time studying the
Muslim Holy Women - June 2018 With our June issue we begin the seventh year of our life with both continuity and innovation. The choice of a subject to look at in depth in each issue is part of this continuity and this deeper examination is now to undergo further perfecting: as many readers
Article by CWS member Mary Pezzulo, originally published on Patheos.com 13th May 2018 Let’s say there is a Lady full of Grace. Let’s say there is a Lady who is perfect– but not as the world sees. Not a perfect June Cleaver who serves hot breakfast in a flawless manicure and perm. Not some
Article from CWS member Rebecca Bratten Weiss, originally published on Patheos.com 17th May 2018 My two younger children are going through an entirely understandable Maurice Sendak phase, which means I find lines like “we’ll eat you up, we love you so!” shouted through the house, while I go about my work. I was scrubbing
