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Feminist Liberation Theologians’ Network  Annual Meeting November 2025

Feminist Liberation Theologians’ Network  Annual Meeting Report Friday, November 21, 2025, 4-6 PM ET Old First Church, Boston, Massachusetts Mary E. Hunt, Presiding Video of the meeting can be found at: https://www.waterwomensalliance.org/feminist-liberation-theologians-network-2/  The Feminist Liberation Theologians’ Network, sponsored by the Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual (WATER), held its 29th annual gathering at the 2025 […]

WATERmeditation May 2026: “A Time for Compassion” with Cynthia Tootle

Follow-up to WATERmeditation, Monday, May 11, 2026, 7:30 PM ET “A Time for Compassion” with Cynthia Tootle  WATER thanks Cynthia Tootle for once again bringing us a powerful and profound meditation. The video of the session can be found below at https://www.waterwomensalliance.org/may-2026-a-time-for-compassion/. Or find the video directly on our YouTube Chanel: https://youtu.be/ESdlRchdNak.  WATER thanks Jeanne […]

Mothering Another World

by Allison Connelly-Vetter It is January 2, 2026, and predictably dark, cold, and wet here in Minneapolis. I am riding in the backseat of our Toyota Corolla, which my wife is driving. In the car seat beside me is our newborn baby, Frances, all of six pounds and ten days old. We are en route […]

Imagine my Surprise

by Jane Grovijahn Say their names! Debra Rojas and Ana Munguia, born as farmworker children, grew up in an America that denied them hope of livelihood, decent schooling, ordinary comforts of food, stable housing and healthcare. They also carried a punishing secret, now smashed open, naming César Chávez, the iconic leader of the United Farmworkers, […]

Microfeminism on Social Media

by Leokadia Georgia Rossmanith Feminism does not always arrive in the form of protest signs or powerful speeches. Sometimes it shows up in short videos, stories, and small acts that feel funny at first glance. On social media, for example TikTok, microfeminism has become a way for women to share everyday resistance, joke about familiar […]

April 2026 WATERritual: Celebrate Earth Day: Our Power, Our Planet

April WATERritual Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 7:30 PM EDT “Celebrate Earth Day: Our Power, Our Planet” with Diann L. Neu and the WATER Community https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83285953460 The video can be watched as always on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WCw_fxtJ_qo Preparation: If you can, go outside for this ritual. Have near you spring flowers or herbs. Welcome, Land Acknowledgment, […]

WATERmeditation April 2026: “Rest in the Time of Chaos: It’s Mine and You Can’t Have It or Me!” with with Jeanne Christensen, RSM

  Follow-up to WATERmeditation, Monday, April 13, 2026, 7:30 PM ET “Rest in the Time of Chaos: It’s Mine and You Can’t Have It or Me!” with Jeanne Christensen, RSM WATER thanks Jeanne Christensen for the invitation to rest. How little we do of that! This is the link to the video https://www.waterwomensalliance.org/april-2026-rest-in-the-time-of-chaos/. Feel free […]

March 2026 WATERritual: Celebrate Women’s History Month

March 2026 WATERritual “Celebrate Women’s History Month” By Diann L. Neu and the WATER Community https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83285953460 Preparation: Gather a globe and a picture of a woman who inspires you.  Welcome Welcome to our Celebration of Women’s History Month! And what a month it is! Daylight Saving time began March 8, International Women’s Day! Today, March […]

Follow-Up to WATERtalk with Meg Stapleton Smith “Catholicism: End or Beginning?”

Follow-up to WATERtalk Catholicism: End or Beginning? by Mary Daly  Edited by Meg Stapleton Smith Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 1 PM ET WATER had the privilege of hosting the first public discussion of Catholicism: End or Beginning? by Mary Daly Edited by Meg Stapleton Smith (Cambridge University Press, 2026). We were joined by some of […]