We hosted monthly working group meetings with women and priests from around the country each month to go over our plan of work.
Springboarding from our successful Co-responsibility Conversation in the Spirit, we hosted four additional Conversations in the Spirit this year (see titles below) with synodal reports written and delivered
to Rome and USCCB. Thousands of laywomen and priests attended
with over a hundred people on every call. The Understanding the Lived Experiences of Our LGBTQ+ Catholic Siblings, Parents, Family, Priests, and Allies–Rising to the Call of Being a Listening Church had over 650 registered and over 350 attending.
- Should She Stay or Should She Go Now? How could the Church walk more closely with young women?
- Called to Serve: Catholic women’s stories of opportunities and obstacles
- Understanding the Lived Experiences of Our LGBTQ+ Catholic Siblings, Parents, Family, Priests, and Allies — Rising to the Call of Being a Listening Church
- Creatively Caring for the Most Vulnerable: Stories of Female Entrepreneurship and Hope — Immigration. The webinar featured Joanna Williams, principal executive officer at Kino Border Initiative speaking about Stories from the Border and Radical Hospitality in Action, Dr. Gina Pérez speaking about creative creation of sanctuary by being Sanctuary People, and Dr. Cecilia González-Andrieu speaking on Pastoral Responses to Immigrant Families in Need
One member attended the USCCB Laity Document Consultation and provided input.
Two members attended the National Association of Lay Ministry Conference in Chicago in May.
We are encouraging Cabrini viewings in parishes.
We are In the process of finalizing a document for clergy entitled: Pastoral Responses and Resources for Priests and Bishops Replying to Women Who Feel Called to Ministries that Exist and Ministries that Do Not Yet Exist.