Voices
Bronwen McShea is a historian and the author of three books, including Women of the Church: What Every Catholic Should Know (Ignatius Press, 2024). This essay is adapted from the 2025 Teilhard de Chardin Lecture that she delivered on March 20, 2025 for Loyola University Chicago’s Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage.
FaithFaith and Reason
Catholics suffer from widespread ignorance of important, historical precedents of both female and lay ecclesial leadership.