Spiritual leadership for challenging times : presidential addresses from the Leadership Conference of Women Religious / edited by Annmarie Sanders, IHM.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sanders, Annmarie, editor.

Leadership Conference of Women Religious of the United States.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monasticism and religious orders for women--United States--Congresses.

Monasticism and religious orders for women.

Women in church work--Catholic Church--Congresses.

Women in church work.

Women in church work--Catholic Church.

Christian leadership--Congresses.

Christian leadership.

Leadership--Religious aspects--Catholic Church--Congresses.

Leadership.

Leadership Conference of Women Religious of the United States.

Leadership--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

United States.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

x, 150 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Maryknoll, New York : Orbis Books, [2014]

Summary:

In April 2012 the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) received a notification from the Vatican charging the organization with doctrinal and pastoral errors that were "grave and a matter of serious concern." For many Americans, this was their first awareness of the LCWR, a canonically approved organization representing over 80 percent of women religious in the United States. One of the outcomes was an outpouring of support and solidarity with the sisters, an appreciation for their lives of selfless service, and evidence of a strong hunger for a type of spiritual leadership attuned to the signs of the times. This volume collects ten presidential addresses from the LCWR's annual assemblies. Beginning in 1977 with Sister Joan Chittister's reflections on the changing models of religious life, it concludes with Sister Pat Farrell's moving speech at the historic 2012 gathering, responding to the Vatican's notification. Book jacket.

Contents:

Preface / Annmarie Sanders, IHM

Introduction / Helen Maher Garvey, BVM

Making the future possible / Joan Chittister, OSB (1977)

To speak the truth in love / M. Theresa Kane, RSM (1980)

The woman's word of testimony / Margaret Cafferty, PBVM (1985)

Consecrated for mission / Nadine Foley, OP (1989)

Befriending the wind / Doris Gottemoeller, RSM (1994)

"Lift up your voice with strength" / Nancy Schreck, OSF (1996)

Tending the Holy through the power of sisterhood / Mary Ann Zollman, BVN (2003)

Midwifing a vibrant future / Mary Whited, CPPS (2008)

Called to hope as prophets, artists, healers, and lovers / Marlene Weisenbeck, FSPA (2010)

Navigating the shifts / Pat Farrell, OSF (2012)

Epilogue / Janet Mock, CSJ.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781626980662

1626980667

OCLC:

858900931