VATICAN II TALKS - No. 3
WOMEN IN THE CHURCH AFTER VATICAN II
The
third talk in the Vatican II Talk Series in honor of the 50th Anniversary of
the Council, co-hosted by the Community of Saint Paul and Sacred Heart Parish
in Racine took place on Friday, July 12, with over 70 people attending.
The talk titled Fifty Years Later: How Have the Promises of Vatican II to
Women Made a Difference In our World and Church?” was given by Sister
Frances Cunningham, OSF, the former Director of World Mission Ministries in the
Archdiocese of Milwaukee, who also served on the international leadership team
of the School Sisters of St. Francis for twelve years. In
conversation with those present, Sister Cunningham discussed what steps had been taken in Vatican II
with regard to the advancementof women’s participation in the Church, and the promises that
accompanied these changes. She analyzed how these promises changed
Church, while also exploring how they were or were not kept. To close,
she provided some food for thought and encouragement as to how to these promises can be
taken up at the level of the parish and local church.
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