St Jerome’s University Lectures in Catholic Experience presents Dr. Tricia Bruce - Her Place in the Church: Gender, Power, and Authority in Contemporary Catholicism-Review by Cathie Pead
Gender has long prescribed the roles of men and women in the Catholic Church, refereed formally via ordination and informally via social norms. Drawing upon hundreds of interviews, Sociologist Dr. Tricia Bruce compares the prospects and parameters of women’s leadership at two moments in the Church: following Vatican II (six decades ago) and today.
Celebrating Women and their often-conflicted roles in our Church
Voices Rising for Reform -Catholic network for Women’s Equality present at Nurturing Synodality session March 3 by Christine Way Skinner
The Synod on Synodality from an Ecumenical Perspective with Nicholas Jesson
The Synod on Synodality from an Ecumenical Perspective with Nicholas Jesson
Pope praises "courageous vocation" of those who care for sex abuse survivors.
Francis meets members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, encourages them to continue "the work of protection and prevention"
Faith in action for the abused
Public prayers for abuse victims, though well-intentioned, may appear hypocritical without concrete actions for justice. Victims need acknowledgment, support, and redress, not just prayers. Faith in action speaks louder than words alone.
Nurturing Synodality with Bill Burke: Learning to Ask the Right Questions by Christine Way Skinner
This, said Burke, does not mean we’re right about everything but that we have a sense of a call to journey together and, together, to ask the right questions.
CLC’s Christine Way Skinner joins Sr. Nathalie Becquart and Professor Catherine Clifford on panel to discuss Synodality and Adult Faith Formation by Margaret Small
“We need to listen, not to ideas but to lived faith experiences. Then we are called to discern as a community and evaluate our decisions as we journey toward deeper faith.”
St. Josephine Bakhita pray for the victims of human trafficking, and for all of us.
St. Josephine Bakhita pray for the victims of human trafficking, and for all of us.
Pope’s Prayer Intention for February 2024- the Terminally Ill
The Popes Prayer intention for February
Observing MLK Day and Black History Month by learning about the Church’s relationship to slavery and the slave trade.
Observing MLK Day and Black History Month by learning about the Church’s relationship to slavery and the slave trade. Review by Christine Way Skinner
THE STRANGE AND WONDERFUL BLESSINGS OF EPIPHANY
We envite you to enjoy this thoughtful, timely (and funny) article about Epiphany written by Christine Way Skinner, a CLC steering commitee member and recently posted on the Novalis Website.
Christine Way Skinner Interview with Dr. Catherine Clifford
Professor Catherine Clifford is one of the Canadian delegates chosen to be a voting member at the synod this fall. She is a professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at Saint Paul University in Ottawa. While in Rome, CLC Board member Christine Way Skinner, had the opportunity to interview Professor Clifford. Here is the transcription of that interview.