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September 20, 2024 September 22, 2024: "The Continuing Unfolding of God's Plan" with Carolyn Wright
Carolyn A. Wright preaches for the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, encouraging us to participate in the continuing unfolding of God's plan:
"Let us deeply grasp that we are on a journey with God and others and because of our relationship with God, let us each contribute to the fullness of the realization of God’s Kingdom through our one precious life in real and substantive ways."
Carolyn A. Wright serves on the faculty of Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, Missouri and teaches in the area of spirituality and ministerial formation. She directs the Theological Field Education program and the Masters of Arts in Pastoral Studies - Catechesis of the Good Shepherd degree program. She holds a Doctor of Ministry degree in Christian Spirituality from Washington Theological Union, a Master of Divinity degree and a Graduate Certificate in Spiritual Direction from Aquinas Institute of Theology.
Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/09222024 to learn more about Carolyn, to read her preaching text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.
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September 13, 2024 September 15, 2024: "For the Sake of the Gospel" with Zulma Tellez
Zulma Tellez preaches for the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
"If all Creation is good and God is omnipresent within us and the cosmos, then salvation is available to all creation. We are to be an inclusive church by all means and see Jesus’ cross as an instrument of resurrection, redemption, mercy, and salvation."
Zulma “Zully” Tellez is a Hispanic Mexican-American woman with Sephardic roots. She is a certified Spiritual Director by Mercy Center and Master Catechist from the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Currently, Zulma is a DRE leading RCIA, Bible study, and prayer groups at St. Boniface Parish in San Francisco's Tenderloin district.
Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/09152024 to learn more about Zulma, to read her preaching text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.
8 min
September 06, 2024 September 8, 2024: “Deaf, Mute, and Disabled (NOT)” with Mary Jo Iozzio
Preaching for the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Mary Jo Iozzio offers a reflection that challenges us to expand our understanding of Jesus' healing miracles:
"Perhaps another direction for the healing was uttered, maybe it was Jesus and the crowd who began to understand the man’s manner of communication. The 'Ephphatha' challenges us to welcome the deaf, the mute, the blind, and those with physical and/or developmental disabilities as they/as we are. By Jesus’ action in a disability perspective, maybe, just maybe, the 'Ephphatha' freed the crowd from their language barriers such that they began to understand their man."
Mary Jo Iozzio, Ph.D. is Professor of Moral Theology at Boston College School's Clough School of Theology and Ministry. She earned her doctorate in Systematic Theology with a focus on Moral Theology in 1994, and a License in Sacred Theology-STL with a focus on disability in 2019 - both from Boston College.
Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/09082024 to learn more about Mary Jo, to read her preaching text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.
9 min
September 02, 2024 September 3, 2024: "The Feast of Saint Phoebe" with Rose Lue
Preaching for the Feast of St. Phoebe, Rose Lue offers a reflection on the Holy Spirit's invitation to rethink women's participation Church leadership and ministry:
"Knowing about Phoebe, the role she played in the early church, and Paul’s recognition of her, however, affirms my call and gives me hope! Hope that one day women like me who are answering the call to serve can also be recognized and be instituted as servant leaders. Hope that one day we may receive the sacramental grace the church offers."
Rose Lue is a community organizer, justice advocate, and spiritual companion. An Advanced Lay Leader in the Diocese of San Jose, California, having completed 7 years of formation along with the candidates for permanent diaconate, Rose currently leads the mental health ministry at her parish and serves on the diocesan committee for Catholic Campaign for Human Development. She is also an immigrant from the Philippines, wife, mother to three, and an active long-time member of St. Simon Parish in Los Altos, California.
Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/09032024 to learn more about Rose, to read her preaching text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.
9 min
August 30, 2024 September 1, 2024: "First Fruits" with Susana Réfega
Preaching for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Susana Réfega, offers a reflection to begin the Season of Creation:
"We are first fruits, we are the coming promise of a greater promise and hope. Only when we work together and are united with God and Creation can the first fruits of hope be born. As my children approached the first fruits on my in-laws table with eagerness, let us also begin this Season of Creation with joy!"
Susana Réfega serves currently as the Executive Director of the Laudato Si’ Movement. Susana has dedicated most of her professional life to international development and solidarity serving in different roles and organisations. She holds a PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology from René Descartes University, Paris and Master's Degree in Development, International Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid from Sorbonne University. She lives in a Colares – a small village near the coast in Portugal with her husband, her three children, a dog and two cats.
Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/09012024 to learn more about Susan, to read her preaching text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.
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August 23, 2024 August 25, 2024: "God Is My Faithful Ally" with Anna Robertson
Preaching for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Anna Robertson offers a reflection on the fullness of God's faithfulness and promise to all people - and particularly women:
"When the Church’s failures to honor my dignity threaten to undermine my sense of God’s fidelity to me, I look to the women who followed and continue to follow Jesus. They—you who are listening now—have been leading me back into trust that the fullness of God’s promises pertain to me. We do that for one another."
Anna Robertson is Director of Distributed Organizer at Discerning Deacons. In the past, she has served as Director of Youth and Young Adult Mobilization at Catholic Climate Covenant and Campus Minister for Retreats at Seattle University. She has a Master’s of Theological Studies from Boston College Clough School of Theology and Ministry and a Bachelor of Arts in Theology from Xavier University in Ohio.
Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/08252024 to learn more about Anna, to read her preaching text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.
10 min
August 16, 2024 August 18, 2024: "The Wisdom of the Feast" with Sarah Hart
Sarah Hart preaches for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, offering a reflection on the wisdom of the feast:
"And this is our call and charge; to invite all to the table, to make endless room for others, to leave no one out. Because Wisdom , in love, welcomes everyone to the feast. May we remain in Christ, and in communion with the world, and in the love of God."
Sarah Hart’s enthusiasm about all things creative means that her resume is extensive and varied. A Grammy nominated songwriter/composer, producer, recording artist, author, speaker, workshop educator and worship leader, Sarah brings the joy of her faith into all of her endeavors. She resides in Nashville, TN with her husband, Kevin. They have two amazing daughters, Rose and Evelyn.
Visit https://www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/08182024 to learn more about Sarah, to read her preaching text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.
10 min
August 14, 2024 August 15, 2024: The Assumption of Mary with Angela McCarthy
Preaching for the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary, Dr. Angela McCarthy offers a reflection on Mary's witness to us to live as a Resurrected people:
"God’s presence in the world and revelation through the person of Jesus of Nazareth, culminates in the salvation of all creation through Christ’s death and resurrection. We are called to live as resurrected people, no longer afraid of the dragons that are both real and imagined, but as people of hope knowing that we follow Mary to a glorious union with God."
Dr. Angela McCarthy is an adjunct senior lecturer in theology at The University of Notre Dame Australia based in Fremantle, Western Australia, where she earned her Ph.D. in theology and education in 2007. In addition to her extensive work in academia, publication, and editing, for many decades she has been working in her parish in liturgy and music. She has been married to John for 49 years, has 4 children and 14 grandchildren.
Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/08152024 to learn more about Dr. McCarthy, to read her preaching text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.
9 min
August 09, 2024 August 11, 2024: "Being Who and How God Created Us" with Kascha Sanor
Preaching for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, and weaving in the witness of St. Clare of Assisi, Kascha L. Sanor offers a reflection on living into our truest selves:
"When we are called on to make sacred sacrifices in order to ‘live in love’ – it is not our very self - our created self - that we are losing. It is the assumptions and projections of who we should be, the expectations and external pressures of others laid onto us by others."
Kascha L. Sanor is the Director of Social & Environmental Justice for the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph. She currently lives and works in Chicago, but is often just a few weeks out from her next trip. She received a Masters of Divinity and Masters of Social Justice Dual Degree from the Institute of Pastoral Studies at Loyola University Chicago and attended Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan for her undergraduate degrees.
Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/08112024 to learn more about Kascha, to read her preaching text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.
8 min
August 02, 2024 August 4, 2024: "On Holy Discontent" with Ariell Watson Simon
Preaching for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Ariell Watson Simon offers a reflection on God meeting us in our spiritual hunger:
"That feeling of holy discontent doesn’t mean that yesterday’s prayer didn’t work; it means that God is building a relationship of trust with you. Just like the Israelites’ physical hunger kept them looking to the heavens for manna, our spiritual hunger turns us toward God. Hunger grounds us in the everyday. It’s in this everyday hunger that God will meet us, giving us this day – each day – our daily bread."
Ariell Simon, M.Div. is a healthcare chaplain who lives, writes, and serves in central Missouri. Ariell was raised in the evangelical church, which instilled in her the value of scripture and the importance of lay ministry. After falling in love with Catholic Social Teaching as an undergraduate student at Loyola University Maryland, she entered the Catholic Church in 2011. Ariell received a Masters of Divinity from Boston College School of Theology and Ministry in 2018. She completed her chaplain residency at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, focusing on psychiatry and spiritual care.
Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/08042024 to learn more about Ariell, to read her preaching text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.
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