Wow... I just read the first two chapters of Elizabeth Johnson's Truly Our Sister, better late than never, considering it was published in 2003. I sense movement, faint sounds within my mind and heart which I've allowed in now and then through the decades, in varying decibels. All I can hope is to be attentive and open, maybe even with a stance of "forgiving vigilance."
And what of other discussions of "Catholic feminism" ? Is it an oxymoron? Is there truly such a gulf between the feminist interests of celibate women religious and their non celibate counterparts in the parishes? According to a recent article published by Johns Hopkins University,
The content of Catholic feminism depends a lot on individual circumstances and the mysteries of temperament. What distinguishes, say, the successful attorney who would never tolerate an overtly sexist boss but stays firmly in the pews of a church with an all-male hierarchy from the Catholic feminist whose principles dictate a life on the institution’s margins? And how does she differ in turn from the woman whose conscience impels her to leave the church?
Interesting musings for just another Sunday in Ordinary Time.
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