CWC 2018- March 10, 2018!
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Kerry Robinson: Empowering women isn’t a favor to them, but the Church
According to Kerry Robinson, who’s long been a leading voice in the Catholic Church in the United States, women should be in positions of leadership in the Church, not because they deserve it, but because the Church would benefit fully from what women have to offer.
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Prayer for International Women’s Day
Prayer for International Women’s Day
Women are a reflection of the glory of God. Today we honor the women of all times and all places:
Women of courage.
Women of hope.
Women suffering
Women mourning.
Women living fully.
Women experiencing joy.
Women delighting in life.
Women knowing the interconnectedness of the human family.
Women honoring the sacredness of the relational, the affective.
Women quietly tending the garden of human flourishing.
Women boldly leading the transformation of unjust global structures.
Women seeking Wisdom.
Women sharing Wisdom.
Women receiving Love.
Women giving Love.
Women: life-giving.
Women: the image of God.
Loving God, we celebrate your faithfulness and love. On this day we commit ourselves to the promotion of the full humanity of all women everywhere. We know that whatever denies, diminishes, or distorts the full humanity of women is not of God.
Help us to be faithful to your call to love.
Amen.
Women’s Retreat led by Sister Cheryl Clemons
Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph
Women’s Retreat led by Sister Cheryl Clemons.
World needs women, not for what they do, but who they are, pope says
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The exploitation of any person is a crime, but the exploitation of a woman “destroys harmony” in the world, Pope Francis said.
Commenting on the Genesis story of God creating Eve, Pope Francis told people at his early morning Mass Feb. 9 that the creation story emphasizes how the world needs the qualities women have.
Men and women “are not the same, one is not superior to the other, no,” the pope said. “It’s just that men do not bring harmony. She is the one who brings that harmony that teaches us to caress, to love with tenderness and who makes the world something beautiful.”
Web Series on Diaconate and Women
Rita Ferrone participated in a roundtable discussion on women and the diaconate, sponsored by the Fordham Center for Religion and Culture and America Media. They filmed the discussion and have made it into a web series that will be available both on the website of the Fordham Center, and at America Media’s website.
Hundreds of women gather for conference
By Ruby Thomas, Record Staff Writer
More than 500 women from around the Archdiocese of Louisville filled St. Patrick Church in Eastwood for the second Catholic Women’s Conference Nov. 5.
The event, themed “Encountering God’s Mercy,” was organized by the Office of Lifelong Formation and Education and the Office of Multicultural Ministry (OMM) and made possible through contributions from the Catholic Services Appeal.
The day started with a welcome from Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, followed by a keynote address by Lavinia Spirito, founding author of the Catholic Way Bible Study Program and an attorney who practices in Lexington, Ky.
Spirito opened her keynote address by telling the women that the Year of Mercy provided a “wonderful opportunity to hone in on the idea of God’s mercy.” Often times, she said, people believe God is merciful, but are not quite sure what that means or what it means in their lives.
Spirito shared with the congregation what she believes mercy is not. Mercy isn’t merely the dispensing of justice, she said.
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Registration is CLOSED
We are no longer taking registrations but there is still room for more women to join us Saturday. Walk-ins will be welcome Saturday morning beginning at 7:30am. You must bring a check or cash in the amount of $30 for payment as a walk-in.
3 days
Only three days left until our 2016 conference.
Registration will begin at 7:30am and the conference will begin at 8:30am. Don’t forget to carpool with a friend.