The institute will be not only as a place for women to gain leadership skills, but a place all people who care about gender equity can turn for assistance
Women in the Church
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Exploring domestic violence in Catholic families, and how the church can help
This week’s guest is Dr. Christauria Welland. Dr. Welland is a clinical psychologist in San Diego, and the founder of Pax in Familia, an organization dedicated to improving pastoral responses to violence in Catholic families. She recently wrote an article for America in commemoration of Domestic Violence Awareness month: “Caring for the most vulnerable: undocumented […]
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Why are people fascinated by nuns doing normal things?
A chainsaw-wielding sister is just the latest viral sensation.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Elevating women to positions of meaningful leadership in the church
Our guest this week is Kerry Alys Robinson, global ambassador of Leadership Roundtable and author of Imagining Abundance: Fundraising, Philanthropy and A Spiritual Call to Service. She recently wrote an article, “Why Catholics are called to radical hospitality in these political times” for America. Robinson told America about her work around the world with Leadership […]
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
A progressive, feminist evangelical considers joining the Catholic Church
Why exchange one brand of Christianity for another with similar hang-ups?
Posted inFaith, News
Nun officiates Catholic wedding in Canada with local bishop and Vatican’s permission
“It was also an experiment for the Catholic Church.”
Posted inFaith, In All Things
Is a living wage too much to ask the Catholic Church?
While the church relies on volunteers in many instances, certain jobs require extensive training, which must be compensated.
Posted inFaith, News
How you can join the Catholic conversation about female deacons
Their actions of several Catholic groups follow the appointment of a panel of experts set up by Pope Francis to consider the controversial question.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Women deacons, Disney and doors: Read what this Jesuit priest said in his first homily.
Parts of us are afraid and behind locked doors. Parts of our society are afraid and behind locked doors. Parts of our church are afraid and behind locked doors.
Posted inArts & Culture, Dispatches
Meet the women building a community of Christian writers
The women of the Redbird Writers Guild shared a common belief that writing with faithful trust can lead to transformation—their own and ultimately that of their readers.