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March 21, 2019 March 31, 2019: Fourth Sunday of Lent
Preaching for the Fourth Sunday of Lent, Paola Piscitelli offers a reflection on joyful reconciliation and radical welcome: "That is what God is like: he always precedes us in love and runs towards us, sinners, to embrace us and to teach us to embrace each other. This Lenten season is a good time for us to experience the richness and joy of reconciliation and welcome. May this time of Lent help us change our heart and attitude; may we be able to accept the embrace and words of the Father and may we witness the same welcome and joy to those who are excluded from our society and who do not receive words and gestures of reconciliation and joy."

Paola Piscitelli is the President of the Community of Sant’Egidio USA, the American branch of the larger worldwide movement founded in Rome in 1968. Born in Rome, Italy, Paola joined the Community of Sant’Egidio while she was attending high school. She has been a member of it since then and has become president of its American branch in 1993. As such she has coordinated the service programs and the growth of the Community in the United States through seminars, retreats, presentations and lectures. As all the members of Sant’Egidio her commitment with the community is totally volunteer.

To learn more about Paola, the Sant'Egidio community, to read the text of Paola's reflection or view the video, visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/03312019.
6 min
March 21, 2019 March 24, 2019: Third Sunday of Lent
Preaching for the Third Sunday of Lent, Kristin Heyer offers a reflection on standing on holy ground: "We don’t have to walk in the desert or witness a miraculous sight to recognize that we are standing on holy ground. As with Moses, God interrupts our ordinary lives, as well. We experience moments when something perceptibly shifts and we become aware of the sacred quality of the encounter."

Kristin E. Heyer is professor of theological ethics at Boston College. She serves as co-chair of the planning committee for Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church, a global network that fosters connections within the world church. She has also served on the boards of the Catholic Theological Society of America, the Moral Traditions Series at Georgetown University Press, and the Seminar on Jesuit Higher Education. She received her B.A. from Brown University and her Ph.D. in theological ethics from Boston College.

Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/03242019 to learn more about Kristin, to watch her video or read her text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.
7 min
March 15, 2019 March 17, 2019: Second Sunday of Lent
Preaching for the Second Sunday of Lent, Sr. Jane Wakahiu, LSOSF offers a reflection on the ways we encounter God and how we might respond to those encounters: "God meets us right where we are, and in the ordinariness of our own lives, but we too have a responsibility to pause, to listen, and to open our eyes to see what God is asking of us."
Sister Jane Wakahiu, LSOSF, Ph.D., is a member of the Institute of the Little Sisters of Saint Francis, Kenya. Wakahiu oversees the planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation’s Catholic Sisters Initiative and its Catholic Education Programs. Before
Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/03172019 to learn more about Sister Jane, read her preaching text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.
9 min
March 08, 2019 March 10, 2019: First Sunday of Lent
Preaching for the First Sunday of Lent, Sheila Kinsey, FCJM, offers a reflection that encourages to consider Jesus' temptation in the desert and to reflect upon our own desert journeys: "We are to become the presence of God for others. In our lives, we will face temptations, but God is there to guide us so that we don’t fall into sin."
Sr. Sheila Kinsey, a member of the Franciscan Sisters Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (FCJM), is the Executive Co-Secretary for the Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) Commission of the Union of Superior Generals (USG) and International Union of Superior Generals (UISG). She was appointed to the position in 2015, upon completion of her term as general councilor for her congregation in Rome. She is actively involved in issues related to poverty, human rights, refugees and migrants, anti-trafficking, peacebuilding, environment, sexual abuse and collaboration, and currently serves as the Coordinator of the UISG Campaign: Sowing Hope for the Planet.
Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/03102019 to view Sr. Sheila's video or to read her text and for more preaching from Catholic women.
8 min
March 05, 2019 March 6, 2019: Ash Wednesday
Preaching for Ash Wednesday, Christine E. Boyle, Director of Campus Ministry at St. Peter's University in Jersey City, NJ, offers a reflection on how we might enter into this Lenten season, especially in light of the clergy sexual abuse and coverup scandal: "And so as I enter my forty day journey of Lent, like many in the church, I am praying to discern a grace-led and grace-filled pathway forward. Discernment does not mean slow or passive acting; it means deliberately prayerful, and Spirit-led listening and action so I can best serve Christ and our church, as an individual and needed member of our assembly."

Christine E. Boyle is the Director of Campus Ministry at Saint Peter’s University in Jersey City, NJ. She is a proud alumna of the University of Scranton (B.A. History) and the Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara University (M.Div). She resides in the Jersey City area with husband and family. Outside of work, she is involved in a local women’s prayer group and her parish. ‍

Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/03062019 for Christine's text, to learn more about her, and for more preaching from Catholic women.
10 min
March 02, 2019 March 3, 2019: Eighth Sunday In Ordinary Time
Preaching for the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jaclyn Newns offers a reflection on imaging "God as a vine grower and gardener admiring us, proud of us."
Jaclyn Newns is a spiritual director and retreat consultant based in the Philadelphia area. As a campus minister at Saint Joseph’s University, she supports students through faith-sharing communities (CLC) and weekend retreats grounded in encountering Ignatian spirituality through the arts.
Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/03032019 to learn more about Jaclyn and to read her text and for more preaching from Catholic women.
8 min
February 22, 2019 February 24, 2019: Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Preaching for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary time, Sister Rhonda Miska, offers a reflection that reveals the true meaning of Jesus' sayings in today's gospel and presents a new way of understanding and acting upon them in our own time: "2,000 years ago Jesus called for his followers to act with love, in joyful resistance, in creative non-violence. Today Jesus offers the same, beautiful, demanding life-affirming call to all of us…Today, how will we respond to Jesus’ challenge."
Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/02242019 to learn more about Sister Rhonda, to read her text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.
7 min
February 14, 2019 February 17, 2019: Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Preaching for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jennifer Owens-Jofré Preaches offers a reflection on hope. "How might we practice hope in the face of disheartening circumstances?," she asks.

For her, practicing hope is bound up in our work to partner with God in bringing about the Kin-dom here and now: "Let us become a people of radical Christian hope. Let us place our faith in the Kin-dom that is to come. Let us embrace our charge to partner with God in bringing that Kin-dom about, in the here and now."

Jennifer Owens-Jofré recently completed her doctoral studies at Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA. Currently, she serves as Visiting Assistant Professor of Constructive Theology at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary through a Postdoctoral Fellowship with the Louisville Institute.

Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/02172019 to read Jennifer's text and for more preaching from Catholic Women.
6 min
February 08, 2019 February 10, 2019: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Preaching on the readings for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary time, Neomi De Anda focuses on "what Latina theologians call 'lo cotidiano,' the everydayness, of today’s Gospel." What does such a reading mean for leadership in the Church? What does it mean for our everyday lives of discipleship?"

Neomi DeAnda, a Tejana scholar/activist and Catholic Lay Marianist, was raised between El Paso and Corpus Christi, Texas. She currently serves as Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Dayton. She holds a Ph.D. in Constructive Theology.

Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/02102019 to learn more about Dr. De Anda and to read her preaching text, and for more Catholic women preaching on the Sunday Scriptures.
6 min
February 01, 2019 February 3, 2019: Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Preaching for the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Louise Lears, SC offers a reflection inviting us to allow Jesus to free us from that which holds us captive -- including our own prejudices: "Yet, Jesus was doing just what he was anointed to do. He was opening the eyes of those before him to their racism and nationalism. He was trying to set them free of their captivity, reminding them that God’s love extends to everyone – and so should theirs."

Louise is a native of Baltimore who entered the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati at age 35. She has ministered as a chaplain, mission leader, professor, and medical ethicist in Albuquerque, Colorado Springs, St. Louis, Baltimore, and now Cincinnati. She earned a Master’s in Theology (St. Mary’s Ecumenical Institute in Baltimore) and PhD in Health Care Ethics (St. Louis University). Elected to the Leadership Council of her congregation in 2011, she is currently serving a second term. She has a passion for social justice and the inclusion of women in all the ministries of the Church.
Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/02032019 to learn more about Louise, read her text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.
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