Best Practice II – “Women in the Church:
Then and Now”
VOTF St. Joseph’s Church, Ellsworth, Maine
Another testament to VOTF’s commitment toward
revitalizing our Church is the upcoming Fall schedule
of discussions on women in the Church. The VOTF St. Joseph’s
Fall Discussion on “Women in the Church: Then and
Now” will be held at St. Joseph’s Church,
Ellsworth, Maine by the VOTF affiliate there. Their promotional
text is as follows:
A Church History Pop Quiz
- Our church accepts women. True _____ False _____
- Our church rejects women. True _____ False _____
- Our church is ambivalent about women. True _____
False _____
Not sure of your answers? This discussion
group will help us put the questions into historical
perspective.
From Mary the mother of the Lord to Mother Theresa, women
have always played a significant role in our Church.
Over the centuries, however, the roles they played varied
according to the times in which they lived. This fall
our discussion group will explore the various functions
women have exercised in our Church over the last 2,000
years. As a basis for our discussions we will use two
documents; “Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic
Church on the Collaboration of Men and Women in the Church and in the World” by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
(available
here) and Women in Christianity by Hans Küng (available at
amazon.com).
Place: St. Joseph’s Parish Hall, Time: Sundays:
9:15 - 10:15 a.m.
Dates: 29 October—Women in Earliest Christianity; 5 November—Women
in the Early Church; 12 November—Women in the Church of the Middle Ages;
19 November—Women at the Time of the Reformation; 26 November—Women
in Modernity and Post-modernity
Contact Bob McAteer at alibobm@adelphia.net.
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