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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As it has been for many, being in the coronavirus lockdown has meant that time has started to go a little wonky for me. I didn’t realize until this Saturday (four days into April) that it was April. This cognizance brought me to the reeling conclusion that the upcoming week was going to be Holy…
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I’ve been taking some of the pertinent highlights of our trip to Israel and Jordan and trying to discern how they relate to understandings of women in the Church and, more importantly, how those perceptions of women may have changed. (She says hopefully!) The Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth may have some hope filled…
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One morning a few weeks ago, I woke up thinking that the Covid-19 epidemic was going to change an awful lot about ordinary life in the years to come. My totally original idea turns out to be not so original. The title of this blog comes from Jonathan Tulloch in The Tablet. He connects the…
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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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As I mentioned before, my WOC companion and sister writer for The Table, Regina Bannan, and I went on a Road Scholar trip to Israel and Jordan this February. The goal of the tour was to help us understand what is involved – culturally, historically, artistically, spiritually – in a land where three dynamic cultures…
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When I get an earworm, you get to share it. The Plot Against America, the new HBO series, begins with this Depression-era song, “The Road is Open Again.” This short film like those shown in theaters at the time is hopelessly sexist and blatantly political, but, having taught this period in American history for so…
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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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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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First, anger. This is ridiculous. Cancellations and closings. Then resignation, depression, indecision, boredom.  Whatever it looks like for you. Then finding a purpose. This was the sequence for me. How about you? Wednesday a group of florists around Philadelphia took the flowers they were not going to use and decorated Rittenhouse Square. What a boon…
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