Morristown Church To Talk Catholic Women's Movement

MORRISTOWN, NJ - Sister Christine Schenk, CSJ, Founding Director of FutureChurch, and

advocate for women's rights in the Roman Catholic Church, will talk on Speaking Truth with Love and Wisdom: Sister Theresa Kane and the Catholic Women’s Movement at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 26 in St. Mark Lutheran Church, 100 Harter Road.

Presented by Voice of the Faithful New Jersey (VOTFNJ), the program is free and open to all.

In 1979 Sister Theresa Kane's widely publicized greeting asking Pope John Paul II to open all the ministries of the Church to women galvanized the women's movement in the Catholic Church. Much has happened in the intervening 40 years and Sister Theresa provided leadership for the ongoing struggles, always speaking with deep faith.

Sister Christine Schenk, CSJ, founding director of FutureChurch, has also played an important role in pursuing a vision of equality and justice for women in the Roman Catholic church and in society. She provided the creative energy behind the campaign to reclaim Mary of Magdala as the Apostle to the Apostles. In 2018 her book, Crispina and Her Sisters: Women and Authority in Early Christianity, received a first place award from the Catholic Press Association. Most recently, she has written a new biography of Sister Theresa Kane, To Speak the Truth in Love: A Biography of Theresa Kane, RSM, published in November 2019 by Orbis Books.

Sister Chris will share her perspectives on this important period of contemporary Catholic history when women religious exercised unparalleled leadership in speaking out for women’s equality.

Information at: www.votfnj.org, info@ votfnj.org , or 973-267-4539.

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