Catechesis and Evangelism in your parishes?

[Maurice_Mulliga]

In our parish we have a small group studying the scriptures, meeting once amonth under the direction of Sr.Mary Horn O.P. a Dominican nun,who hopes to fulfil on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee, the O.P bit of her title by preaching at our Parish Mass.
She tells us why women did not continue as they were in the early Church in some cases as leaders in the Breaking of Bread and prayer life, was for economic reasons. Women were able to earn more to support the male leaders. In fact she cited a case where not to many years ago in our diocese, teaching nuns were paid 70 pounds a year while their male counterparts, the Brothers were paid 200. The reason, the brothers had to employ housekeepers etc. and the nuns could earn more by teaching music and elocution.
Maybe the Church has stifled the full richnest of the Holy Spirit, could be why we have such agrowth of Evangeletical Churches. In John Fuellenbach, SVD book, Church, Community for the Kingdom, which I’m reading just now, he says Paul and Luke regard prophets as important members of the christian community, second after the Apostles(1cor12:28). In Acts13:1:2 , five people are called “prophets and leaders”. Where are the prophets recognised today in the Church? We need a Ministry that enables the charismatic , impulsive prophecy to flow so that our evangelistic ministries are able to flourish.God bless you all
Maurice Mulliga

 

[Sillara]

In our parish we have a small group studying the scriptures, meeting once amonth under the direction of Sr.Mary Horn O.P. a Dominican nun,who hopes to fulfil on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee, the O.P bit of her title by preaching at our Parish Mass.

Actually, that is not permissible, at least not preaching the homily during Mass. The only ones permitted to preach the homily are priests and deacons; no one else, lay or religious, is allowed. Being in the Order of Preachers does not mean you must preach AT MASS.

Just my opinion (and this does not touch on female “ordination”, which has other reasons for being wrong):
I tend to think that one of the reasons St. Paul wrote that women should keep quiet in church has to do with the fact that men do not learn well under women. Some of the above posters have mentioned that if you want men to come to a class, it should be taught by a man. Women will learn from men or from other women; men do not learn as well from women. It’s just the way it is.

 

[cricket36]

I tend to think that one of the reasons St. Paul wrote that women should keep quiet in church has to do with the fact that men do not learn well under women. Some of the above posters have mentioned that if you want men to come to a class, it should be taught by a man. Women will learn from men or from other women; men do not learn as well from women. It’s just the way it is.

Actually, I don’t believe that is the case. How do you account for women university professors, teachers, even in seminaries? I believe the real reason is that much of the Christian Education materials are geared toward women. That is the problem…