Lay ministry is here to stay, says this theologian. But there are growing pains still to come. When faced with the question “Who are the laity?” in the mid...
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Scratching the stained-glass ceiling, an increasing number of women hold leadership positions in the church. Here’s a look at the gifts they bring and...
Find or be a mentor. Ministry associations are great, but informal groups work, too. “I’ve really found a lot of support in the older women who have paved the...
How women who work for the church keep the faith It’s lunchtime at St. Clement Parish in Chicago, and although some of the city’s best restaurants are within...
Tangled Directed by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard (Disney, 2010) Like dozens of its predecessors, Disney’s 50th animated feature film transforms a fairy tale...
The country’s cities may no longer be the epicenters of poverty. After 18 months of unemployment that has refused to budge below 9.6 percent, it will come as...
The Star of Christmas By Maria T DiVencenzo with illustrations by Elaine S. Verstraete (Winterlake Press, 2009) Opening the Christmas tree box is an emotional...
It’s OK if you don’t like beets. There’s a dish for every taste on the Catholic table. Jesus must have enjoyed eating. If his opponents...
For more than a decade, stories in the media have highlighted the problem of clergy sexual abuse of minors. Much of the recent focus has been on Europe, though...
When I heard the news that four U.S. church women, including Jean Donovan, were raped and killed in El Salvador on Dec. 2, 1980, I was a senior at Duke...
