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Thursday, January 10, 2008

JEANNINE GRAMICK Speaking at SFX in NYC


JEANNINE GRAMICK: A CLOSER WALK WITH JESUS
Prophetic Voices from the Pew Talk about Their Faith™
Seating is limited, so you must RSVP for this event!

Jeannine Gramick, a Sister of Loretto, has worked for justice for sexual minorities since 1971. In 1977, she cofounded New Ways Ministry, a Catholic social justice center advocating for lesbian/gay people in the church, and helped to begin three other organizations for GLBT Catholics. Sister Jeannine was an associate professor of mathematics at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland. She has been interested in promoting the recognition of women’s ministries for forty years and is currently an executive codirector of the National Coalition of American Nuns. Sister Gramick is the subject of a documentary film, In Good Conscience: Sister Jeannine Gramick’s Journey of Faith. Come and dialogue with her about how our church will become more fully alive in the Spirit if we all live “in good conscience.”

Wednesday, January 23, 2008, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, in the Church of St. Francis Xavier. Space is limited, so please RSVP to ACloserWalkJesus@aol.com or (917) 297-6804. The speaker series is free and open to the public, though freewill donations will be accepted.

4 comments:

Terri said...

wish I could be there...I hope you share with us some of what she says...

Barbara B. said...

Dang, that's at the opposite end of the country for me!

I agree with mompriest -- share some of what she says on your blog!

Jan said...

Like Mompriest, I hope you'll share with us what she says. She sounds like an excellent person to hear speaking!

Anonymous said...

I met 'er in Racine in December! :-p