Women take reins

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severely pushing the envelope…

i would not consider this anywhere near orthodoxy, or in the correct terms, orthopraxy…
 
Beneath the Roman Catholic Church’s glass ceiling, a gathering crowd of women is gaining power and loosening the rigid structures of a centuries-old, male-centered hierarchy.

Sounds more like the first paragraph of an editorial and not a news article- But I have seen much worse in the media.

Standing side by side with the Rev. John Pedigo, Jeanine Jensen leads prayers and joins in accepting bread and wine brought to the altar for the consecration. It’s just one of her many duties as paid pastoral associate.

I would guess this is a liturgical abuse, does she also raise the host and chalice alongside the priest as well?

Until the priesthood is opened to women, such jobs offer the best opportunity for making an impact.

Still, hope remains among many – even some priests – that the doors to priesthood will open to women someday as the natural progression of their increasing numbers in decision-making positions.

When are these people ever going to realize that it will NEVER happen. At least in the Roman Catholic Church!
 
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When Bishops begin to stand for and teach the truth, and maybe I should add when they require the same of their priests as well.
 
This article seems to mix administrative tasks with ministerial tasks and speaks about them as if they are equivalent. It’s not clear to me if the confusion is intentional or the result of ignorance. Probably both. The fact that some priests don’t like reporting to women is a cultural issue which affects the Church. But it does not have any bearing on whether or not there should be women priests. This article suggests that it does.

Standing side by side with the Rev. John Pedigo, Jeanine Jensen leads prayers and joins in accepting bread and wine brought to the altar for the consecration. It’s just one of her many duties as paid pastoral associate.

I’m not sure if this is meant to be understood literally or figuratively. But it does sound like an abuse.

In any case, I would say that the author of this article is pushing an agenda. Do we know if Robin Evans is Catholic?
 
I wonder if the “journalist” is overstating it. It’s possible she’s doing both acolyte and lector duties at the same Mass. The Mass I attended last night was perfectly liturgically correct and I suppose a journalist could still manage put a spin on the Pastor handing off the cruet of wine and the container of hosts to the acolyte beside him as “joins in accepting the bread and wine” if the journalist had a particular slant in mind. And reading the 1st and 2nd readings or the Prayers of the Faithful could be interpreted as “leads prayers”.

I have to say, my natural tendency is to distrust journalists first. Then distrust everyone else 😉
 
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Here’s an article in today’s paper that may be of interest to conservative Catholics. Do you think this is pushing the envelope or within the boundaries of orthodoxy?
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Well, if the febrile scribblings of our journalists is any guide, the implied trend is decidedly unorthodox. However, the title of the piece says it all: “Women taking reins in Catholic churches.” The author does not appear to understand churches, much less catholicism. This particular piece is a specimen of the daily sensationalism that turns ratcatching into a blood sport. Count to ten, then use the paper to start a fire.
 
I attended a professional meeting of DREs in our diocese today, all but 3 of the 60 plus attendees are women, 3 are sisters. In my home diocese in Ohio at least a dozen parishes without priests have women as pastoral administrators, and most of the diocesan administrative jobs are done by women, some of them sisters. If men bail, the women will take over just to get the job done. None of them, to my knowledge fantasizes about becoming a priest, we’re all just church ladies.
 
I believe very little of what newspaper print anyway. Obviously this writer know little of Catholicism.

I am not offended by the idea of a woman in a paid staff position in the church, but her position in Mass should be that of any of the laity. What the heck is a “pastoral associate” anyway? Is that like a secretary with a bigger office and more work?
 
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