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Women in Church Leadership Most Catholics, including Catholic bishops and priests, do not realize that many important stories of our foremothers in faith are excluded from our lectionary. For instance, the full story of Mary Magdalene’s Easter proclamation of the Risen Christ is NEVER heard on Easter Sunday (John 20: 1 – 18). Thus, Catholics […]
Women In Church Leadership There are many scholarly articles and resources that can help illuminate how our foremothers in faith are omitted in our lectionary. On this page we try to offer some of the most notable. Important Scholarly Resources Women in the Bible and Lectionary by Sr. Ruth Fox, OSB (text) The Lectionary: A Canon […]
Women in Church Leadership Most Catholics, including Catholic bishops and priests, do not realize that many important stories of our foremothers in faith are excluded from our lectionary. For instance, the full story of Mary Magdalene’s Easter proclamation of the Risen Christ is NEVER heard on Easter Sunday (John 20: 1 – 18). Thus, Catholics […]
Women in Church Leadership Expanding the Lectionary: A Synodal Dialogue & Discernment During all the phases of the synodal process, faith-filled Catholics across the world concurred regarding the pressing need to re-envision women’s roles in the life, ministry, and governance of the Church. In the October 2023 synod synthesis, participants agreed it was “urgent to […]
Why Expand the Lectionary to Include More of Our Foremothers in Faith? During all the phases of the synodal process, faith-filled Catholics across the world concurred regarding the pressing need to re-envision women’s roles in the life, ministry, and governance of the Church. In the October 2023 synod synthesis, participants agreed it was “urgent to […]
Rev. Lindsay Hardin Freeman joins FutureChurch to offer this beautiful time of reflection on the Women of Lent and Easter: Mary and Martha of Bethany; Mary, the mother of Jesus; and Mary Magdalene. Accompany them as they each offer gifts: sheltering Jesus, standing with him at the Cross, and witnessing the greatest miracle of all […]
Many Catholics are interested in what will be happening with the Synod on Synodality as we go forward this year and into the next meeting in Rome in October 2024. We will keep you informed with current articles and gatherings that may be of interest to you. This is a big process and we’ll need […]
There has been no posting of a press briefing today. Tomorrow we expect to receive the “Letter to the People of God” that was drafted and approved a few days ago. Can We Get Real? There has been much written about the way the synod has closed its doors to the media. It is next […]