[Sundaycommunity] Fwd: FutureChurch Weekend Bulletin - August 19, 2023

Sun Aug 20 11:12:27 PDT 2023

Inspiring indeed!  Love it!  With such companions in the Spirit, we can
remain hopeful.  Thank you.  Rosemary Gray-Snelgrove (now living in that
formerly religious, now determinedly secular city, Montreal, which retains
much of the good of a place attuned to God, but doesn't like to
characterize the work as Godly...)

On Sun., Aug. 20, 2023, 9:37 a.m. Catherine Walther via Sundaycommunity, <
sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:

> In case you don’t subscribe to Future Church I thought you might like to
> read this update. It’s truly inspiring. Blessings, Catherine
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> Date: Sat, Aug 19, 2023 at 9:19 AM
> Subject: FutureChurch Weekend Bulletin - August 19, 2023
> To: <catherine.walther at gmail.com>
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> Blessing of the Week
>
> *Image: Sr. Anita Baird, DHM (L) and Deborah Rose (R) pose for a "selfie"
> at the 2023 LCWR Assembly. *
>
> As I attended the annual gathering of the Leadership Conference of Women
> Religious in Dallas, Texas this past week, I was reminded of prophetic
> power of faith-filled women. Courageous and tough-minded, the women of LCWR
> serve as CEOs, CFOs, presidents, and more - building and guiding
> communities, organizations, and institutions to carry out the work of the
> Gospel in our broken world. While Wall Street erects and sustains
> institutions for profit, these women of the Good News build and sustain
> structures that serve those who are left behind, disdained, and excluded
> from the social, religious, political, and economic goods of our society.
> They are, without a doubt, Christ’s heart and hands in this world.
>
> Yet, surprisingly, not everyone has been pleased with the work of LCWR
> over the years. Like all good prophets, LCWR members have challenged the
> hard hearted and even called the bishops to task when they have acted
> unjustly. Most of the time though, it is not their words, but their simple
> ministry to those who are spurned that riles up the holier-than-thou class.
> Their prophetic vision for ministry to LGBTQ+ people and for women’s full
> participation in the Church and world left some bishops crying foul over
> their “radical feminist themes.” And their public support for governmental
> healthcare for all in 2008 drew such ire that certain bishops sought to
> silence them. In 2009 and 2012, churchmen, under Pope Benedict XVI,
> investigated and cracked down on the nuns.
>
> It was at the 2012 LCWR gathering, that a woman of extraordinary faith and
> vision, Sr. Pat Farrell, OSF, spoke to a hurting, wounded church. Her words
> flew far beyond LCWR participants to thousands of Catholics who had been
> saddened and angered by the accusations and the actions of the Pope’s men.
>
> In that painful moment with the doctrinal assessment looming, Farrell was
> faithful and fearless. Looking for the deeper meaning of the hurtful events
> she told us there was no “reason to be fearful of the cataclysmic movements
> of change swirling around us. We only need to recognize the movement, step
> into the flow, and be carried by it. Indeed, all creation is groaning in
> one great act of giving birth. The Spirit of God still hovers over the
> chaos.”
>
> Throughout my days at LCWR, I reflected often on the caliber of these
> Jesus-like “troublemakers.” I had the opportunity to talk with
> congregational leaders Sr. Anita Baird, DHM, and Sr. Terry Rickard,OP, both
> preachers for Catholic Women Preach, and was reminded again of why they are
> so beloved and respected by Catholics everywhere.
>
> I bumped into Sr. Sally Hodgdon, CSJ, who currently serves as the General
> Superior of Sisters of St. Joseph of Chambéry. In 2018, Hodgdon was on the
> leadership team for International Union of Superiors General and
> participated in the Synod on Young People as a non-voting member. Disturbed
> by the blatant sexism on display when it came to voting rights for male and
> female religious superiors, she was instrumental in planting seeds for
> change. As we talked, we rejoiced in the fact that our “Votes for
> Catholic Women”
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> campaign resulted in women voting for the first time at a Synod this year!
>
> Each speaker, Sr. Rebecca Ann Gemma, OP, Sr. Barbara Reid, OP, and Sr.
> Jung Eun Sophia Park, SNJM, inspired me to open my heart and mind more
> courageously to God’s call to be radical in my love for the least among us.
>
> And although I was only able to view the 2023 Outstanding Leadership
> Awardee, Sr. Donna Markham’s witness via video, Sr. Markham’s words rang
> with the same faithfulness and fearlessness as Sr. Pat Farrell’s in 2012.
> Another prophetic visionary in our church, the former director of Catholic
> Charities, USA, Sr. Donna Markham, OP, knows what it is like to be the
> target of ire of a different kind.
>
> S. Markham faced down angry congresspeople who claimed Catholic Charities
> was breaking the law with their humanitarian efforts at the border. When
> the epidemic was taking millions of lives including the lives of immigrants
> and humanitarian workers, she reached out to religious sisters who, despite
> the dangers, came to the border by the hundreds to carry out the mission.
> When faced with an epidemic, hostility and threats from politicians, S.
> Markham remained resolute in her determination to continue the work. From a
> lifetime of doing God’s work, she told those who gathered:
>
> *…I am no longer afraid of what may become of me in speaking truth or
> doing what I know to be right. I know you understand this and live it with
> me. We will allow absolutely nothing to prevent us from reaching out in
> compassion. This is the gift and the hope I believe we women religious
> leaders offer to our broken, angry world today.*
>
> We live in a world where living, breathing prophets and giants live and
> work among us. When we are disappointed with the bland leadership of male
> leaders, we can turn to our true teachers, the religious sisters who have
> faced down hostility, indifference, and hatred and have taught us, by
> example, how to love in the midst of darkness. I, for one, want to follow
> their lead as faithfully as I can.
>
> Co-Director
> Deborah Rose
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> This Week's Scripture
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> The Just Word "A Culture of Encounter and Women of Great Faith" with Adam
> Beyt
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> Writing for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Adam Beyt,
> Ph.D. invites us to explore the story of Jesus and the Canaanite woman with
> the help of feminist theologian Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza and the
> kingdom of God on earth; engage Catholic Social Teaching with papal calls
> to a “culture of encounter”; and embody these ideas with the help of
> theologian Nontando M. Habede and Catholic Women Preach.
>
> *Returning to the Canaanite woman, we find much to admire: her persistence
> in speaking truth to a man, requiring nerve; her wit at turning an insult
> into a challenge for Christ. We can also model how Jesus himself is
> challenged and grows from her persistence. We might note that Jesus
> demonstrates a willingness to change and reimagine what his mission looked
> like, and just how radical the basileia movement really is.*
>
> *Adam Beyt, Ph.D.*, is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Theology and
> Religious Studies at Saint Norbert College. He works on political theology,
> theological anthropology, and queer theory. He is currently working on a
> manuscript engaging the theology of Edward Schillebeeckx and the philosophy
> of Judith Butler tentatively titled *Remaking Humanity: Embodiment and
> Hope in Catholic Theology*.
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> Preaching for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Margaret Susan Thompson
> offers a reflection on persisting in pursuit of God's promise for all:
>
> *[This gospel] resonates especially with me because I’m a woman, but it
> has much to say to all of us who feel like we don’t fit into a box, and who
> sometimes feel tormented by a demon, like the daughter in need of healing.
> In other words, it speaks to us all. And so it calls us all to be dogged,
> persistent—and, like the Canaanite woman, "of great faith."*
>
> *Margaret Susan (Peggy) Thompson* is a professor of History and Political
> Science at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public
> Affairs. She is also a Senior Research Associate at the Campbell Public
> Affairs Institute, and holds courtesy appointments in the Departments of
> Religion and Women & Gender Studies. Recently, Professor Thompson’s work
> has focused on the history of American Catholic nuns. She has written and
> lectured extensively on the subject, and has an 18-lecture audio series
> available through Learn25.com. Her research is from an explicitly feminist
> perspective, emphasizing the agency and social significance of sisters to
> American religious and secular history.
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> FutureChurch Resources
> Celebrating Women of Great Faith
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> Women Witnesses for Racial Justice, is aimed at bringing Catholics
> together in community, to learn, pray, and take action for racial and
> reparative justice in the Church and in the world. The project focuses on
> racial justice through the lens of Black Catholic Women who have powerfully
> shaped Catholic tradition in ways that challenged racist structures and
> broke down racial barriers.
>
> Art by Chloe Marie Becker
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> To celebrate the 2016 Extraordinary Year of Mercy promulgated by Pope
> Francis, FutureChurch highlighted 12 women throughout the year whose work,
> ministry, and witness are models of mercy for the whole Church.Each
> resource contains a brief biography of the woman of mercy, educational
> resources related to her ministry, discussion/reflection questions, and
> resources for individual or community prayer.
>
> Art by Marcy Hall
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> Many women saints have been falsely stereotyped as passive, obedient,
> sweet and silent before male leaders. Celebrating Women Witnesses,
> FutureChurch’s resource packet contains essays and prayer services about
> historic women of faith, emphasizes how belief in the Gospel impelled them
> to resist patriarchy and lead radically counter-cultural lives.
>
> Art by Eileen Cantlin-Verbus
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