In the Vineyard :: February 22, 2021 :: Volume 21, Issue 4
As we begin this Lenten season we have gathered together some resources that you might find useful:
Watch Father James Martin, SJ as he discusses – What is Lent? (watch the video here.)
“A French nun who has become the first woman to hold a voting position at the Vatican said Wednesday (Feb. 10) that her appointment is evidence the ‘patriarchal mindset is changing.'”
Associated Press in America: The Jesuit Review
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In the Vineyard :: February 8, 2021 :: Volume 21, Issue 3
“It (motu proprio, Spiritus Domini) removes a major excuse that men have used to keep women at a distance from the altar of the Lord. But it doesn’t require them to give us anything we don’t already have. Changing canon law in this way doesn’t force ordained men to get used to working with women. At best, it nudges them toward recognizing that they should want to.”
‘The Charlotte Diocese is not alone. While Pope Francis preaches an accompaniment for all spiritual seekers and castigates clericalism … seminaries in the U.S. continue to graduate priests for ordination who look not to Francis, but to Pope John Paul II for inspiration. It is a quiet, awkward and uneasy kind of schism in church practice and discipline.”
National Catholic Reporter
