November 29th, 2012
You can imagine my shock of dismay last week when I checked in with the office through email and was informed of Fr. Roy Bourgeois’ dismissal from the Vatican and from his religious order, the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers. If memory serves, the news was broken to me with an “fyi” and my reply went…
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November 21st, 2012
Two weekends ago I had the pleasure of being one of the 400 first time attendees at the annual Call To Action conference “Justice Rising.” Considering there were around 1,600 attendees in total at the conference, I think it speaks wonders about the conference and its outreach that one-fourth of us there were new. Progressive…
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November 20th, 2012
Oh, St. Joan, You were called by God beyond your culture’s concepts of gender to be more fully, and wonderfully yourself On this Transgender Day of Remembrance be with all those who have been killed, as you were killed for being brave enough to be themselves. Welcome them into the communion of saints and pray for…
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November 1st, 2012
By Theresa Yugar In the Roman Catholic Church, it was a kairos moment pertaining to a critique of an illogical, dysfunctional church, and gender-justice for Catholic women in a global world. From July 9th through the 11th, a group of twenty-one Catholic feminists representing diverse ages, cultures, ethnic backgrounds that included academicians and practitioners, women…
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