Elizabeth Seton—who overcame innumerable obstacles to pursue her vocation—was the first native-born citizen of the United States to be named a saint.
Women in the Church
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: A church of stories, a story of church
Natalia Imperatori-Lee draws upon a variety of sources to develop an ecclesiology that is shaped by narratives as much as dogmatic theology.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Jesuit superior general: Synod must discern ‘signs of the times’ through eyes of young people
Arturo Sosa, S.J., the superior general of the Jesuits, identified three “signs of the times”: secularization, the digital world and multiculturalism.
Posted inFaith, News
Jesuit, Dominican, Franciscan leaders see no reason why women shouldn’t vote at synod
Several questions at the synod briefing Oct. 15 regarded the presence of women and their lack of a vote.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Young Jesuit grad at the synod: justice for migrants is personal
The church must go out and encounter young people “in detention centers, at the borders.”
Posted inFaith, News
Why can’t women vote at the Synod on Young People?
Last week, a group of protestors, mostly women, gathered to call for women to be allowed to vote in the Synod on Youth, Young People and Vocational Discernment—a right that, some experts say, there is no canonical reason to deny.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Synod 2018 Day 6: Young people aren’t just spectators, ‘they’re part of the parade’
According to cardinals from India, Canada, and Madagascar, one thing is clear, “the church has a great future with these young people.”
Posted inFaith, Last Take
V Encuentro: Young Latinos and women are ready to lead. Will the church make room?
Young adults are ready and willing to take on responsibility for and within the church. And many already have.
Posted inFaith, News
Women’s Catholic leadership program, GIVEN Institute, officially launches
A Catholic women’s leadership organization, the GIVEN Institute, which aims to encourage and train young women in leadership roles in the church and society, officially launched Sept. 12.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
As the church faces another crisis, look to women for help
It is time for us to understand how this keeps happening and to stop it. We women are being called to shake things up.