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March 20, 2020

Conference puts women at centre stage

Kimberly Hahn, left, and Colleen Carroll Campbell are featured speakers at this years Dynamic Women of Faith conference.

There’s a long-held perception that the voice of women in the Church is one that is seldom heard. It’s why Colleen Carroll Campbell sees the importance of galvanizing that voice so that it doesn’t get drowned out.

Published in Call to Service
July 10, 2016

Mary Magdalene honoured with feast day, speaks to dignity of women

The Church will celebrate the feast day of Mary Magdalene on July 22. She was the first person to see the risen Christ and believed He was risen when the Apostles did not.

Now that the memorial to St. Mary Magdalene is a feast day, all that remains is for Catholics to decide how they will feast.

Published in Faith
June 1, 2016

Church must ‘retune’ relations with women

Simon-Pierre Arnold said ordination for women is not an option but the Church must ‘retune’ its relationship with women.

MONTREAL – The time has come for the Roman Catholic Church to rethink its patriarchal structure and build a stronger relationship with women, a prominent Benedictine monk from South America told delegates, comprising mostly nuns, at the assembly of the Canadian Religious Conference.

Published in Canada
May 26, 2016

Time to rethink role of women in Church

Women praying at St. Michael's Cathedral during a diaconate ordination ceremony in 2012. Bob Brehl it is time to rethink the role of women in Church.

Does anybody today believe men are intellectually superior to women because of their gender? The question is not about the intelligence of an individual man or woman, but collectively. Simply put: if you have the Y chromosome does it make you smarter?

Published in Robert Brehl