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An excellent article that, unfortuantely, it all too familiar to the many women who serve the church. http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/search/article/1398705
An excellent article that, unfortuantely, it all too familiar to the many women who serve the church. http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/search/article/1398705
Wife, mother, blogger, Catholic ministry. I love to garden even when it goes wrong. Same with writing (and we know it can go wrong.) Believing that God is present in all of it.
The girls and I were running late for church this morning since my husband was called into work last minute. We managed to find a parking spot in our church parking lot, which at this Mass is unusual! As I walked across the lot to the front door, I happen to notice a van…
So my kids are in the kitchen carving thier pumpkins and I came online to look at the right way to roast the seeds when I decided….hmmmm….I wonder if there are any fun videos about Halloween and Catholicism! Of course there are and they come from that rediculously available and creative website www.BustedHalo.com! Such a…
Each Palm Sunday, Catholic churches around the world The Passion passage from one of the Gospels is read. We remember by re-reading the Gospel. Roles are assumed; Jesus, Narrator, Speaker, Chorus. The Narrator reads as an observer and chronicler of sorts, the Speaker speaks the other roles, the Priest is usually Jesus while the Chorus is…
Here are some quotes that stuck out to me when I was reading the Popes impromptu and no holds barred interview. I will link it at the bottom so you can read it yourself. Let me know what you think!“…a single tree falling makes a sound, but a whole forest growing doesn’t.” What we do…
It is hard to know what to say about this. I am conflicted in as much as I am very pleased and have a great deal of respect for the decision that this Pope has made. I want to think it is a good and honest one. I believe it is drawn from humility…I will…
http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=13347Wonderful article that engages people who have stopped going to church and why! Finally, people may feel that someone notices and someone cares and it does matter if you show up at your parish. A must read for any person who is involved in ministry, in thier parish or who simply want to know that…
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You know I just want to say that I’m a bit surprised that the woman in the article was surprised that this happened to her. Its not like she didn’t know that the Catholic Church tends to treat women as second class citizens. Also, she knew that it was against the rules to preach, but did it anyways. That brings up the question. . . do you follow the authority of the church always or only when you don’t think that its stupid. That is a big question I feel right now in the Catholic church and something that the Vatican really needs to address. That all said, I honestly don’t think that this woman was treated unfairly. Who I do think are treated unfairly, are the nuns in the faith. They work so hard and are rewarded by the Church so little. It really annoys me that some Sisters have to ask their families to help supply them with the necessities of daily life.
The Catholic Church teaches that following ones own conscience holds primacy. I think it was a matter of conscience for the priest that encouraged her to preach. We have a wealth of well educated women who would be a great gift to share thier insights. So I don’t think it is a black and white issue. But I agree that our nuns are being treated very badly and that is starting at the Vatican. Thanks for your comment Nina!