by | Sep 1, 2016 | Laity, Family and Life
An open letter to Bishop Kevin Farrell, newly appointed as head of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life Dear Bishop Farrell: Congratulations on your appointment as the head of the newly established department for the Laity, Family and Life. We are pleased to...
by | Aug 28, 2016 | United States of America
by Rene Reid Reproduced with permission from OMG journal In an address to the Synod bishops in October 2015, Pope Francis contrasted the hierarchy to that of the powerful of this world and concluded that it must be understood as an “upside-down pyramid,” with the...
by | Aug 28, 2016 | CCRI News
On 17 August 2016 Jamie Manson wrote an article in the National Catholic Reporter on the subject “Stop shaming women for seeking equal power in the church” There were many comments. Here Clyde, one of the CCRI Strategy Team, responds: Why place so...
by | Aug 23, 2016 | Strategy Team Notes
Present: Kirit Macwan, Mary Beth Stein, Clyde Christofferson, and Rene Reid Here is the summary of our Strategy Team meeting today: Opening prayer (Mary Beth) Following our newsletter of last week, it was agreed to send a personalized group email to organizational...
by | Aug 22, 2016 | United States of America
Thomas P. Doyle, J.C.D., C.A.D.C. ANNUAL SNAP CONFERENCE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS June 24 to 26, 2016Revised August 16, 2016 (Reproduced with permission) In the original presentation I followed the basic format suggested for speakers at Alcoholics Anonymous and other Twelve...
by | Aug 15, 2016 | Newsletters
To all interested in seeing the Church evolve into the values of Vatican II: There are many things we can do together to continue to call for the reform of our Church Join us in making a selfie video Using your cellphones or computers, we invite you to create a...
by | Aug 8, 2016 | CCRI News
by | Aug 2, 2016 | CCRI News
(Vatican Radio) In the course of a dialogue during a meeting with the participants in the Plenary Assembly of Superiors General, which took place in May, Pope Francis expressed his intention to “establish an official commission that could study the question” of the...
by | Jul 24, 2016 | Responses to Newsletters
Dear Rene and other co-signatories, These are important questions you raise (Newsletter, 12 July 2016) that I’ve been trying to get my head around for perhaps a decade or more, even discussing them quite a number of times with Bob Kaiser. In our country (Australia),...
