March 2015 Ritual: Celebrating Women!
By Diann L. Neu | March is a month to tell the stories of women.
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April 13: WATER Meditation/Contemplative Prayer
March 4, 2015 in Blog, Featured, Meditation Notes, News and Updates /by waterstaffMeditation/Contemplative Prayer “What Can I Say” with Judy Bond Monday, April 13, 2015 at 7:30 PM (EST) at WATER and by Telephone Our next gathering for Contemplative Prayer at WATER will be with Judy Bond on Monday, April 13, 2015, at 7:30 PM (EST). Register Here! WATER offers a contemplative prayer opportunity each month. This is a communal meditation that welcomes everyone. You are […]
WATER Accepting Summer Internship Applications
February 24, 2015 in Blog, News and Updates /by waterstaffWant to join WATER for a summer of feminist religious learning? Apply for our internship program! We are accepting applications through March 25, 2015. Find out more information on our intern page.
February 2015 Ritual: Let the Winter Go!
February 20, 2015 in Monthly Rituals /by waterstaffBy Diann L. Neu | Say goodbye to winter and welcome spring!
Report on 2014 Feminist Liberation Theologians’ Network Meeting in San Diego
February 19, 2015 in Blog /by waterstaffby Mary E. Hunt and Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza The Feminist Liberation Theologians’ Network held its annual meeting in conjunction with American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature gathering in San Diego, CA on November 21, 2014. The topic was teaching and activism that engage gender-based violence as part of feminist liberation theological praxis. More than […]
Vatican Council on Women Would Be Funny Were It Not So Insulting
February 5, 2015 in Writings by Mary Hunt /by waterstaffBy Mary E. Hunt Originally posted on Religion Dispatches It may be Women’s Week at the Vatican, but you have to look carefully at the skirts to find many women. However well-intentioned Vatican officials may be, they embody Murphy’s Law when it comes to women: everything that can go wrong does go wrong. Maybe if […]
March 8 Discussion with Alice Knowles
February 5, 2015 in Blog /by waterstaffCatholic Lesbian/ Queer Women’s Discussion “Community and Its Role in Our Spiritual Development“ with Alice Knowles Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 11:30 a.m. EST REGISTER HERE Alice Knowles was born in Boston, Massachusetts into an Irish Catholic family. She is the third child of five – one of four daughters. Faith and church were central to their […]
When Will Religious Leaders Start to Act Like Religious Leaders: Reflections on the LDS Press Conference
February 4, 2015 in Amplifying Marginalized Voices /by waterstaffby Sharon Groves Some are arguing that the recent LDS news conference on religious freedom and nondiscrimination was a strategic ploy to give the church a platform to fight for broad religious exemptions in upcoming nondiscrimination bills. Others view the statements as an incremental step forward that will create a wedge between Mormons and conservative […]
A Poem from Annabeth Roeschley
February 3, 2015 in Intern Reflections /by waterstaff“A Place Like WATER” by Annabeth Roeschley If there is a place where hard work is sustained by hard laughter, hard play, I have found it at WATER. If there is a space created and cultivated for women to make waves in religion, I have dug it deeply at WATER. If there is an energy sparking […]
A Reflection from Wendy
February 3, 2015 in Intern Reflections /by waterstaffWendy served as Staff Associate at the Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual (WATER) from 2012-2013 through the Loretto Volunteer Program. Going into WATER for the first time, I had a very vague picture of what my work was to be. Not for lack of trying. I had spent a great deal of time on […]
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