April 25th, 2020
The day after I wrote my blog on spiritual communion last week, the Pope addressed it. I don’t claim there was a causal relationship, but it’s clearly an issue that deserves examining again. I also appreciate the comments I received on and off-line, especially those of my sister, who spelled out the way the Archdiocese…
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April 23rd, 2020
“Everything comes from love. All is ordained for the salvation of [humankind]. God does nothing without this goal in mind.” St. Catherine of Siena A thousand years or so, and half the width of Europe, separate Catherine of Siena from Brigid of Kildare, but I’m thinking a lot about both these women during these quiet,…
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April 18th, 2020
Those of us around this TABLE are united in our belief that women should be ordained priests in the Roman Catholic Church. We probably have many different ideas about what that actually means, how and when that should happen, whether it already has happened. I started thinking about fundamental issues when I heard the Rector…
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April 11th, 2020
There are so many wonderful things being written in preparation for this Covid-19 Easter that I am as frustrated as could be by the Spy Wednesday announcement of the new Women Deacon Commission. In Philadelphia, our Stealth Holy Week began with a HOLY MONDAY celebration of the Chrism Mass with 36,000 viewers, according to the…
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April 2nd, 2020
Hace un año exactamente tuve la oportunidad de darle vida al proyecto de Women’s Ordination Conference, Escuchando a las Mujeres (EALM); una iniciativa que buscaba recopilar las experiencias de las Latinas dentro de la iglesia católicas en los EE. UU. Cuando vi la vacante, pensé que era la respuesta a la pregunta que tantas veces…
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March 26th, 2020
Christopher White reports in the Brooklyn Tablet of March 11, 2020 that “United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres will receive the annual top prize from the Path to Peace Foundation – the major charitable organization established to support the work of the Holy See Mission to the U.N.” This article briefly describes the qualifications of…
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March 24th, 2020
A week ago now, I received one of many emails you have probably been receiving, too, canceling an event or gathering we were so looking forward to attending. The stab of disappointment came on so quickly I almost did not finish reading the entire text of one I had received. Our dear artist friends, Carey…
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March 17th, 2020
Picking up on Regina Bannan’s (my cherished companion on the trip to Israel and Jordan a week and a half ago) Table post for March 14, I would like to add my brief reflection and observation about our experience by the Western or Wailing Wall of the Temple in Jerusalem. (I did miss the rabbis…
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March 10th, 2020
The following book review originally appeared in the Fall 2019 issue of New Women, New Church. Forty years ago, Theresa Kane stood up in the Basilica Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC, to greet Pope John Paul II on behalf of the sisters of the United States and spoke the truth in love,…
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March 3rd, 2020
A couple of weeks ago, after Sunday liturgy, I attended a panel consisting of young women about their experiences, their needs and their hopes for the future of the church. These women ranged in age from early twenties to mid-forties. The one idea that has stuck with me is one woman’s call for Holy Impatience.…
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