Young Catholic Sisters Speak Out
Sisters Andrea Koverman, Leslie Keener, and Julia Walsh share their insights and hopes for the future of religious life from the perspective of young Catholic sisters.
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Small Christian Communities as Response to Eucharistic Famine with Fr. Joe Healey
Fr. Joseph Healey shares his expertise in helping develop Small Christian Communities in Africa. Read the text.
Everyone Leads with Chris Lowney
Chris Lowney discusses the future of lay leadership and ministry in the Catholic Church.
The Future of Religious Life with Jamie Manson
Jamie Manson discusses her innovative ideas about the shape and direction of religious life for the 21st century. Read the text.
The Lobinger Model with Fr. Robert Duch
Fr. Robert Duch discusses Bishop Fritz Lobinger’s model for electing community leaders. Learn about the basic structure of the model and its potential in the Catholic Church. Read the text.
Emerging Models of Ministry with Professor Ed Hahnenberg
Professor Ed Hahnenberg discusses innovative models of ministry being developed to meet the needs of the Church today. He draws on pioneering models in Christian history to show how every age innovates according to the needs of its era. Read the text.
The AUSCP Plan for Priestless Parishes with Msgr. Ray Cole
Msgr. Ray Cole discusses the plan developed by the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests for priestless parishes.
Women Deacons in the Roman Church with Gary Macy
Gary Macy, Ph.D., a church historian, discusses the evidence that women served as deacons in Rome and in the rest of Western Europe until the twelfth century. He also addresses the question of when women stopped being ordained and why.
Dr. Gary Macy, John Nobili, S.J. Professor of Theology at Santa Clara University, received both his Bachelor’s and his Master’s degrees from Marquette University where he specialized in historical and sacramental theology. He earned his doctoral degree in Divinity from Cambridge University in 1978. In 1991-2, Dr. Macy was Heroditus Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and during the 2005-2006 academic year was awarded the Senior Luce Fellowship at the National Humanities Center in North Carolina. Among other works, Dr. Macy has published The Hidden History of the Ordination of Women in 2007 and with William Ditewig and Phyllis Zagano, Women Deacons: Past, Present and Future in 2012.