Pádraig McCarthy draws our attention to a statement "Women in the Church: Reading the Signs of the Time" from a meeting of about 100 Catholic women religious in India. The story is carried on globalsistersreport.org

Association of Catholic Priests

Annual General Meeting 2019

Wednesday, 30 October, 2019

2.00 p.m.

The Bounty
Athlone

A conference on Climate Change AND the Church OR Climate Change IN the Church?
Saturday 9 November 2019 from 10.00 to 13.00
The O’Fiaich Library, 15 Moy Road, Armagh, BT61 7LY

Chris McDonnell writes in the Catholic Times about John Henry Newman.

Sharon Tighe-Mooney was stunned to read that Pope Benedict XVl had made the ordination of women a more serious "crime" than sexual abuse of children! She devoted herself to research the reasons for this and has published a very clear and readable book; 'What About Me? Women and the Catholic Church'
Sharon will address this topic on Monday, 14 October, 2019 at the Mercy International Centre, 64A Baggot Street, Dublin 2: 7.30pm to 9.15pm  

An extract from a report in americamagazine.org by Luke Hansen SJ dealing with the ministry women exercise in the church in the Amazon region.
“since there are few priests, women baptize children and preside at marriages .... Sometimes we also have to listen to confessions. Of course, we cannot give absolution, but we place ourselves in a position of humbleness, listen to the person and give a word of comfort, perhaps before death.” - Alba Teresa Cediel Castillo, M.M.L.

Robin Gomes, in www.vaticannews.va/en/, reports on Pope Francis' comments at Mass this morning.

Eist Audio recorded the talks at the Women and the Church symposium, hosted by the ACP, on Saturday, 05 October, 2019 in DCU, Dublin. Principal Speakers were Sharon Tighe-Mooney and Mary McAleese in conversation with Gerry O Connor.
Recordings available from www.eist.ie 

The Principles for a Charter of fundamental rights and responsibilities for Catholics were articulated by the Ordinary Synod of Bishops in 1971. Its final document was entitled “Justice in the World.”  
The International Church Reform Network (ICRN) has been working on a modern version of these Fundamental Rights.

Chris McDonnell, in the Catholic Times, lets us know that it is good to have dreams to aim for ... that when "memories begin to fracture .. the dreams we once had remain."
"a Synod called to listen to the voices of South America, is in session. It will have repercussions for the whole Church. Not only will it consider issues specific to that community of our Church, but it will tell us a story of how our dreams are shaped and cared for. We must listen, we must respond, we must care for each other."