Egeria (also known as Etheria or Silvia) is one of a handful of early Christian women writers whose work is known to survive. She is the author of an account of her own pilgrimage to the sites of Christian interest in the Eastern half of the Roman Empire in the late fourth century, published in
Lent - the slow-down, the rhythm of peace, the deep searching, the rediscovering of the thirst and hunger for the divine, for something beyond the possible. Lent begins with dust and ashes; the ashes of last year’s palms, the memory of dust of the Judean desert where for forty days Jesus rests his body, his
The Greeks called her Mnemosyne. She was the goddess of memory, the goddess who kept the memory of human beings active, making them retain whatever she wished. We have chosen to dedicate this issue of women church world to activities which are exactly the opposite of Mnemosyne’s: to the evil art of forgetting, in its
Women Fleeing - December 2016 edition Left to themselves, trapped at the gates of Europe or of America, or fleeing from Asian countries, these migrants are powerless victims of continuous violence. In spite of themselves, these women are protagonists of one of the chapters of the Third World War, evoked by the Pope. Read Dec
Women and Canon Law - January Edition Although from the outside the Roman Curia, the body that directs the Catholic Church, appears to be made up solely of ecclesiastics – that is to say obviously men – many women work in it too. However they are invisible and have no voice when the time comes
In October 2015, Catholic Women Speak published a collection of personal narratives and theological reflections, Catholic Women Speak: Bringing Our Gifts to the Table to coincide with the Synod of Bishops on the Family. The book was published by Paulist Press in the United States and by Alban Books in the UK. 300 copies of
The foregoing is a chorus of women’s voices from many cultures, contexts, ages and stages in life. Some are published theologians, others are telling their personal stories for the first time. Though we vary widely in our perspectives and experiences, we have in common our Catholic faith and a desire to participate in the Church’s
