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Pauli Murray: on time saint

July 1, 2022 By Miriam McKenney Leave a Comment

What does it mean for someone to be born ahead of their time? People say that about Pauli Murray. I wonder why? Maybe because Pauli […]

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: African American, black, civil rights, gender, hero, law, lawyer, priest, saints, women

ConseCrate: Because she doesn’t need another cross

September 25, 2021 By Allison Sandlin Liles Leave a Comment

I found the carefully curated items inside my monthly ConseCrate box too good to give up.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: clergy, gifts, women

Following the Living Examples of Agnes and Cecelia

January 21, 2021 By Erin Jean Warde 2 Comments

Saint Cecelia and Saint Agnes are known for contributions to the church writ large, one contribution being how they have inspired the women who came into the church after them. 

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: clergy, incarnation, priesthood, saints, women

Finding Phoebe Between Longing and Frustration

September 3, 2020 By Sara Irwin Leave a Comment

For Phoebe, as for many biblical women, we are left to construct and imagine with the barest of scraps of insight.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: cloud of witnesses, deacon, phoebe, St. Paul, women

Saints Around Us: Galentine’s Day

February 13, 2020 By Di McCullough 1 Comment

The sitcom “Parks and Recreation” introduced a new holy day into my personal liturgical calendar: Galentine’s Day.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Building Faith, communion of saints, friendship, Jesus, Valentine's Day, women

Agency and Lionesses: Thecla the Martyr

September 23, 2019 By Kit Lonergan Leave a Comment

It happens often when we are in church: at the time of the children’s sermon, my daughter is nowhere to be found.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Saints Tagged With: cloud of witnesses, martyrdom, saints, women

Mary Magdalene’s Bold Hope in the Resurrection

July 22, 2019 By Allison Sandlin Liles 4 Comments

Terrified women share an experience with men they trust, but the men don’t believe them. They say the women are lying. One of these women in particular is publicly shamed and labeled with the slanderous reputation of being a prostitute.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Feast Days, hope, resurrection, St. Mary Magdalene, women

Amelia Bloomer: Patron Saint of the Yoga Pant and possibly the Messy Bun

December 30, 2018 By Kit Lonergan Leave a Comment

I didn’t realize I knew Amelia Bloomer even before I read about her for this post. Growing up in a cluster of all-girls, uniform-enforcing schools, I was introduced to one of her lasting gifts to the world first hand: the bloomer.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Lesser Feasts and Fasts, parenting, patron saints, women

Miracles in Community: From Saint John’s Church to Joppa

October 25, 2018 By Sara Irwin 1 Comment

There is a quilting group at my church that has been meeting every week for almost 60 years, working off of donations from cleaned out linen […]

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Acts of the Apostles, community, Lesser Feasts and Fasts, quilt, tabitha, women

The Feast of St. Mary Magdalene reminds me of the strong women who shaped my life.

July 22, 2017 By Dorian Del Priore Leave a Comment

Mary Magdalene proclaimed to the Apostles and to the world the work of the risen Christ in her life.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: children, Family, ministry, parenting, St. Mary Magdalene, women, young children

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