Women’s Emmaus Experience
The Indian Women Theologians Forum invites you to encounter the Risen Christ at the Open Table - Women's Emmaus Experience. Date: Saturday 17 April 2021 Time: 5.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. IST Sharing by Sr Joel SCN and Dr John…
The Church and Women in the Time of Covid-19
STATEMENT ISSUED BY CATHOLIC WOMEN SPEAK 10 March 2021 Catholic Women Speak welcomes the Executive Summary: "Women in the COVID-19 Crisis: Disproportionately affected and protagonists of regeneration", published by the Vatican COVID-19 Commission to mark International Women’s Day 2021. We…
CWC Message for Women’s Day 2021
Beginning in March 2020, Catholic Women’s Council began gathering women’s voices from across the world. We had enthusiastic participation from our network members across the continents calling for “Dignity and Equality” in the Catholic Church, as “Women for Change”. A…
“Because where you go, I will go”
In the work for the participation and equality of women in society and in the church, empathy takes up an important role. An Indian proverb aptly says that we can guess how others are doing if we have walked even…
CWC invites you to share your vocation story with us!
Now is the time for change! On 8 March, International Women's Day, we invite you to share your testimonies with us. Write down what drives you, how you live your faith, what vocation you feel called to. How have…
Australian Women Preach – Raising the voices of Australian women preaching the Gospel
MEDIA RELEASE A new podcast Australian Women Preach will feature 30 Australian Christian women preaching the Gospel. An initiative of Women and the Australian Church (WATAC) and the Grail in Australia, the podcast will highlight and share the voices of…
“Walk in her shoes”
Pilgrimage "Equal Dignity - Equal Rights" for International Women's Day 8 March 2021 (an idea from CWC Switzerland) In the Catholic Women's Council, Catholic women worldwide unite for equal dignity and equal rights. An Indian proverb says that we…
Manifesto of the Catholic Women’s Council
We, as women in the Catholic Church, have a vision of the Church as a community of equals, patterned on the communitarian example of the early Church, where all the baptised were equal in Christ. In the words of St…
Statement from Catholic Women’s Council regarding Maria 2.0 and Archdiocese of Cologne.
According to a report in the German daily newspaper "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" of 3.2.2021, the Catholic reform initiative Maria 2.0, founding member of the Catholic Women's Council, is under observation by the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The reason for this is…
Maria Mesrian’s opening speech from the 12.12.20 digital demonstration in Germany #schlussmitschweigen
Maria Mesrian's speech from the digital demonstration in Germany - 12 December 2020 We are entering new territory today. We are breaking the silence, we are overcoming the fear of free speech, which has held the people of the Archdiocese…