Women Witnesses Sequel Ready For Launch
Back by popular demand, a sequel to the highly successful Celebrating Women Witnesses project is now completed. The new resource contains essays and prayer services about seventeen additional “women witnesses” suggested by the women and men who loved the first packet. Subtitled “A Project to Redisover Women Leaders in the Catholic Church” the essays provide a fresh look at women of faith both contemporary and ancient, including: Phoebe, Brigid of Kildare, Henriette de Lille, Hildegard of Bingen, Joan of Arc, Mary Ward, Penny Lernoux, Perpetua and Felicity, Mary Ward, Edith Stein, Our Lady of Guadalupe, the four North American churchwomen martyred in El Salvador and a new category “Anonymous Women.” Original art by Eileen Cantlin Verbus accompanies each essay and FutureChurch is pleased once again
to partner the project with Call to Action and its 41 regional affiliates.
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More! Celebrating Women Witnesses at a Glance (brief descriptions of the seventeen women featured in the new packet |
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Packet Contents |
Original Women Witnesses Effort Thriving
In the meantime the original Celebrating Women Witness project continues to have a life of its own, with over 4000 enthusiastic participants hailing from as far away as Cork, Ireland and as nearby as Farmington Hills, Michigan. This project contains essays and prayer services about Mary of Nazareth, Clare of Assisi, Catherine of Siena, Teresa of Avila, Dorothy Day, Prisca, the Beguines, Angela Merici, Julian of Norwich, Thea Bowman, Sor Juana, Mary of Magdala and Therese of Lisieux.
Parishes, small faith communities, spirituality groups, Catholic teachers and retreat centers are sponsoring Women Witnesses prayer services, discussion groups, feminist liturgies and education days. Many publish essay excerpts each month in parish bulletins and newsletters. Others have used the resource for Black History Month, Women’s History Month and Mary of Magdala celebrations. Teachers and parents find materials especially helpful in programs for girls and young women at school and diocesan education days. In Farmington Hills, Michigan one group made posters with reflections for each of the women as a “walk around” for a community meeting.
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