From the Mail

I regret that you must leave my parish as much as I miss Fr. Doug.  He brought me back to Mass and the FutureChurch mission will keep me there.  (from a St. Mark parishioner. Fr. Doug is the former pastor who welcomed FutureChurch to have offices in his rectory)

May this email greet the God of Peace within you!   We are Maryknoll Sisters here in the ‘bush’ of South Sudan, where we have a prayer ministry among the displaced Sudanese people. ... We came across your folder “Women Officeholders in the Early Church” and are so pleased with the input you share...  We know the information from your folder will be so helpful in educating people around us to see that gender equality is not an option but an essential part of Christianity… Theresa Baldini, m.m.,  for the Maryknoll Sisters Contemplative Community in Narus, South Sudan

I am sorry to hear of your difficulties.  As the Spirit would have it, your appeal arrived in the mail the same day as our bishops’ annual appeal.  In support of your vision and protest over the clericalism and lack of servant leadership in our diocese, I am directing my gift to you.   JC from Vestal, NY