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<div>Here are links to inspiring talks & remarks by Mary McAleese<br>
- see attachments - see youtube video below.</div>
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<div>We need to ask the Synod to listen to her and other prophetic women’s’ voices.</div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#6A6A6A"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><b>Mary McAleese</b><font color="#545454">, </font><font color="#545454">past </font><font color="#545454"><b>President of Ireland 1997-2011</b></font><font color="#545454">. </font><b>Voices</b><font color="#545454"> </font><font color="#545454">of
</font><b> faith</b><font color="#545454"> </font><font color="#545454">–</font><font color="#545454"> </font><font color="#545454">“</font><font size="3" color="#545454"><span style="font-size:12pt;">W</span></font><font size="3" color="#545454"><span style="font-size:12pt;">e
are here to shout, to bring down our Church's walls of </span></font><font size="3" color="#202124"><span style="font-size:12pt;">misogyny</span></font><font color="#545454"> </font><font color="#545454">….</font><font color="#545454">”</font></span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001W7LoZwm3G99Y7guc48c1XM_CKoQartHwPCDVghQhwug0AXCTtJQs5AZOgnGf9mKAwhP6l6wx8Yvk6931GqVMtOBsyYlpx8-5BFWKqWmcoeGg5sRiZc-5ds-0uTq80SxST5Xje32C14LnOo_jW7lIq4dDAz7DUOME6SKlyaKvVRT51CY8IEApZMO8qxW8-qTag3r3vGeMWhEuIdGX4Di_Iu90vOfVLh0NXg2GTpayyKFVTX2WW0QvDxjJMKpIx30HVXjnMiPRSliIC4zcLJwBIWDrC5d1SDZHtuILU_FX96WXU11S3rD0Mn5TVU5KDJxj&c=5b0zAlqk88-ZO6-zXHQkj-FAYTZtvASPS-xDdGBvlnjOlf-G_nhzPQ==&ch=lfe7phjwCGIcJIsJQek7pT1s9dPytI98bOdgz8MAotFbUsx5VTBlAA=="><font size="4" color="#3F7599"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><b><u>Former
president of Ireland tells pope to develop 'credible strategy' for women's inclusion</u></b></span></font></a><br>
<font face="Georgia" size="3" color="#414141"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b>Vatican City:</b></span></font><font face="Georgia" size="3" color="#414141"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Mary McAleese, the former president of Ireland, has called on Pope Francis
to develop a "credible strategy" to include women at every level in the Catholic Church's global structure, saying their exclusion from decision-making roles "has left the church flapping about awkwardly on one wing." </span></font></span></font></div>
<div><font face="Georgia" size="3" color="#414141"><span style="font-size:12pt;">McAleese, speaking at the annual Voices of Faith event said the church "has long since been a primary global carrier of the virus of misogyny." </span></font></div>
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<div><font size="4" color="#365F91"><span style="font-size:16pt;"><a href="https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/13397/people-leaving-church-in-droves-warns-mcaleese?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=26%20September%202020&utm_content=26%20September%202020+CID_b4928d6d9a05e22b34ba998b3dddd14f&utm_source=SxTabNews_v1&utm_term=Ruth%20Gledhill"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#0563C1"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><u>People
leaving Church in 'droves' warns McAleese</u></span></font></a></span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#545454"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Watch the thought provoking opening speech of the <font color="#6A6A6A"><b>Voices of Faith</b></font> International Women's Day 2018 event by former president of Ireland <font color="#6A6A6A"><b>Mary
McAleese</b></font> as...</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#545454"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Watch Dr <font color="#6A6A6A"><b>Mary McAleese</b></font>, former president of Ireland deliver her opening address on International Women's day 2018. All videos can be viewed in
German, ...<br>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/voicesoffaithwomen/videos/dr-mary-mcaleese-the-time-is-now-for-change-in-the-catholic-church/1832022023499117/"><font face="Arial" color="#660099"><u>Voices
of Faith - Dr Mary McAleese "The time is NOW for change in the ...</u></font></a><font face="Arial" color="#222222"> </font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#222222"><span style="font-size:11pt;">“We are here to bring down our church’s walls of </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#202124"><span style="font-size:11pt;">misogyny”</span></font></span></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/voicesoffaithwomen/...mary-mcaleese.../1832022023499117"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#0563C1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;"><u>https://www.facebook.com/voicesoffaithwomen/...mary-mcaleese.../1832022023499117</u></span></font></a><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#006621"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">...</span></font></span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#545454"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Watch the thought provoking opening speech of the <font color="#6A6A6A"><b>Voices of Faith</b></font> International Women's Day 2018 event by former president of Ireland <font color="#6A6A6A"><b>Mary
McAleese</b></font> as...</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#1A0DAB"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>[PDF]</b><a href="http://www.womensordination.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/McAleese-Voices-of-Faith-Text-1.pdf"><font size="4" color="#660099"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;"><u>The
time is now for change in the Catholic Church Mary McAleese ...</u></span></font></a></span></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><a href="http://www.womensordination.org/wp-content/.../03/McAleese-Voices-of-Faith-Text-1.pdf"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#0563C1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;"><u>www.womensordination.org/wp-content/.../03/McAleese-Voices-of-Faith-Text-1.pdf</u></span></font></a></span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Mary+McAleese%2C+President+of+Ireland+1997-2011.+Voices+...+voices%2C+voices+of+faith+and+we+are+here+to+shout%2C+to+bring+down+our+Church%27s+walls+of&oq=Mary+McAleese%2C+President+of+Ireland+1997-2011.+Voices+...+voices%2C+voices+of+faith+and+we+are+here+to+shout%2C+to+bring+down+our+Church%27s+walls+of&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCDI1OTZqMGo0qAIAsAIB&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8"><font color="#0563C1"><b><u>Mary
McAleese, President of Ireland 1997-2011. Voices ... voices, voices of faith and we are here to shout, to bring down our Church's walls of - Google Search</u></b></font></a></span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#1F1F1F"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;"><b>Mary McAleese</b> grew up <b>the</b> eldest of nine children in a tumultuous time in Northern <b>Ireland</b>. Her family was forced to leave <b>the</b> area by <font face="Roboto" color="#131313">Mary
McAleese grew up the eldest of nine children in a tumultuous time in Northern Ireland. Her family was forced to leave the area by Loyalists </font><font face="Roboto" color="#131313">when The</font><font face="Roboto" color="#131313"> Troubles broke out. She
was the first Irish President to come from Northern Ireland and the first woman to succeed another woman as the eighth President of Ireland from 1997 - 2011. An outspoken advocate on many issues concerned with justice, equality, social inclusion, anti-sectarianism
and reconciliation it was no surprise the theme of her Presidency was 'Building Bridges'. Mary graduated in Law from the Queen's University of Belfast in 1973 and was called to the Northern Ireland Bar in 1974. In 1975 she was appointed Reid Professor of Criminal
Law, Criminology and Penology at Trinity College Dublin and in 1987 she returned to her Alma Mater, Queen's, to become Director of the Institute of Professional Legal Studies. In 1994, she became the first female Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Queen's University
of Belfast. In 2013 she received a master's degree and licentiate in canon law of the Roman Gregorian University</font><font face="Roboto" color="#131313">.</font>...</span></font></div>
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