Women’s Ordination
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At Last
Yesterday a bee landed on my finger. It walked over to my pink nail and checked for pollen before flying away again. It felt like a promise to my six year old self. I had driven eight hours to attend… Continue reading
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The Cost of Silence
Katie Kelaidis, finally among Orthodox, broached the subject that it seems so many Orthodox commentators are delicately avoiding except in the most vague of terms: the justification of Russia’s war on the Ukraine as a defense against forced “gay parades.”… Continue reading
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Anointing Women
On this day, where in the Christian East Christ descends to the dead, and raises Adam and Eve as a representation of raising all people, male, female, and all those who travel between those two poles of variously sexed/gendered creation,… Continue reading
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Reclaiming Our Tradition
WIT welcomes Janet O. Antico, a Feminist Catholic & advocate for women’s authority and leadership in the Roman Catholic Church as a guest poster. Janet Antico has a Masters in Theology, Concentration in Women’s and Gender Studies, Drew University (Aug.… Continue reading
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On the Occasion of my Child’s Baptism; Or, On the Importance of Women’s and LGBTQ Persons’ Ordination
Feminists have long reflected on the ways in which “Mother Church,” with its historically male clergy, has taken up the tasks historically related to women. Priests don women’s clothing as they replace women in authority, baptize children as they co-opt… Continue reading
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Mainstreaming Women’s Ministries
Kate McElwee and Katie Lacz We know the story – most recently repeated and discussed in ham-handed fashion at the USCCB meeting this month – that the Catholic Church in the U.S. is hemorrhaging people, including young people, and cannot… Continue reading
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From Fires to Lit Matches: The Status of Dissent and Women’s Ordination In Today’s Church
Guest Post! Guest Post! Christina Gebel is a freelance writer and photographer. She has an undergraduate degree in theology from Saint Louis University and a Master of Public Health degree from Boston University. She currently lives in Boston, MA working… Continue reading
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On Gender, Authority, and Gloss: A Story from College
Unsure what to write about this month, I asked around for blog post topics people might like to see me explore. Somebody suggested that I write about things that high schoolers should know before arriving at college, so I’ll run… Continue reading
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Frederica Matthews-Greene on Women’s Ordination: A Response
When an Orthodox Christian in North America begins to ask questions regarding female ordination to the priesthood, she or he is almost inevitably pointed to the work of Frederica Matthews-Greene (hereafter ‘FMG’) to help settle her or his concerns, in… Continue reading