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Catholic Women Preach Cleveland Book Launch

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On Wednesday, November 20, 2024 FutureChurch hosted an in-person Launch Event for Catholic Women Preach: Raising Voices, Renewing the Church – Cycle C at the beautiful worship space of the wonderful Community of Saint Peter.

FutureChurch founding executive director and award-winning author, Sr. Christine Schenk, CSJ, offered remarks placing the Catholic Women Preach project in the larger context of women’s wisdom throughout history and in the history of FutureChurch.

And our panel of four Cleveland-area preachers offered inspiration and hope:

  • Brenna Davis is director of Education for Justice and environmental initiatives for the Ignatian Solidarity Network. She contributed preaching for 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time and is featured in the Year C book.
  • Lisa Frey served in ministry at Church of the Resurrection in Solon 30+ years. She now serves as a spiritual care coordinator for Hospice of the Western Reserve. Her preaching for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time is featured in the Year C book.
  • Vickey McBride currently serves as the chair of the FutureChurch board of trustees and is Director of Pastoral Care for the Sisters of Notre Dame in Chardon, OH. Vickey has preached 3 times for Catholic Women Preach – for the 2nd and 3rd Sundays of Lent and for the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
  • Rev. Dr. Shanon Sterringer  is founding pastor of the Community of St. Hildegard in Fairport Harbor. She was ordained a Roman Catholic Womenpriest in 2019 after a 22 year career in ministry for the Diocese of Cleveland. She contributed preaching for the Fifth Sunday of Lent and for the Memorial of St. Hildegard in 2017.

Visit https://orbisbooks.comto purchase any or all three volumes of the “Catholic Women Preach” series.

2024 Fall Event Benefactors

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With gratitude to our many supporters!

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2024 Fall Event Night Two – Award Ceremony

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The full presentation of night two (Nov. 12, 2024) of FutureChurch’s 34th Annual Fall Event, “Courage in the Spirit: Translating Synodal Talk into Action.” FutureChurch is honored to welcome our award recipients:

  • We present our 2024 Christine Schenk Award to Kayla August in celebration and recognition of her powerful living witness to the importance of women’s preaching and for her efforts to uplift the voice of the laity and marginalized in every area of Church life, leadership, and ministry.
  • We present our 2024 Louis J. Trivison Award to Deborah Rose in gratitude for her decade of joyful and prophetic leadership at FutureChurch and in celebration of her innumerable contributions to the cause of Church reform and renewal.

Deborah Rose Accepts 2024 Fr. Louis Trivison Award

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FutureChurch is honored to present the 2024 Louis J. Trivison Award to Deborah Rose in gratitude for her decade of joyful and prophetic leadership at FutureChurch and in celebration of her innumerable contributions to the cause of Church reform and renewal.

The Fr. Louis Trivison award is given to a Roman Catholic who exhibits outstanding leadership in advancing FutureChurch’s Vatican II mission or vision in one or more areas of: teaching, administration, research, publication, advocacy, and pastoral care.

Kayla August Accepts 2024 Sr. Christine Schenk Award

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FutureChurch is honored to present the 2024 Christine Schenk Award to Kayla August in celebration and recognition of her powerful living witness to the importance of women’s preaching and for her efforts to uplift the voice of the laity and marginalized in every area of Church life, leadership, and ministry.

The Sr. Christine Schenk Award for Young Catholic Leaders is given to a young Roman Catholic whose research, writing, advocacy, or ministry exhibits outstanding leadership in promoting justice in the church and whose efforts will inspire and foster a new generation of reformers and activists

Activists frustrated yet hopeful after synod punts on women deacons

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Excerpt: 

The final document did stress the importance of including the stories of biblical women in the lectionary — which made the church reform group FutureChurch happy.

Their “Mary Magdalene Goes to the Synod” project called for the including at Easter the full account of the Resurrection in John’s Gospel, which includes Christ’s appearance to Mary Magdalene and the commissioning of her to proclaim the good news to the other disciples.

Yet executive director Russ Petrus senses frustration among FutureChurch folks about how the issue of women deacons was handled.

“People are rightly upset about the ways that Pope Francis and the curia tried to pre-emptively take it off the synodal table,” Petrus told NCR in an email interview. “That it made it into the final document reflects the faithful persistence of delegates — particularly lay and women delegates — in representing the voices of the faithful who brought it up at every step in the synod process, refusing to let it be erased.”

That the final document’s paragraph on women got the most “no” votes is a “disappointment but not surprising,” he said. “It’s a sign of the clerical resistance women continue to face, even in this time of ‘synodality.’ “

2024 Fall Event Night One

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The full presentation of night one (Nov. 7, 2024) of FutureChurch’s 34th Annual Fall Event, “Courage in the Spirit: Translating Synodal Talk into Action.”

FutureChurch is honored to welcome our keynote presenter, Bishop of Lexington, KY, Bishop John Stowe, OFM Conv. Bishop Stowe’s leadership and ministry is a bright light for justice and equality in both the church and society.

And we’re excited to hear from a panel of students who wrote a courageous open letter to Pope Francis and Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith Prefect, Cardinal Fernandez, in response to Dignitas Infinita. Representing a larger coalition are: Sarah Hansman, Alyssa Duffner, Virginia Schilder, Sarah Morris, and Isabel Thurston.

2024 Fall Event Graduate Student Panel

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FutureChurch welcomes a panel of five theology and ministry graduate students to present on their open letter to Pope Francis and Cardinal Fernandez in response to “Dignitas Infinita” – the Vatican declaration on human dignity.

Sarah Hansman, Alyssa Duffner, Virginia Schilder, Sarah Morris, and Isabel Thurston represent a larger coalition of theology students, young ministers, educators, LGBTQ+ folks and allies who came together in the spring to speak up for the dignity of trans and gender non-conforming people.