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WATERtalks: Feminist Conversations in Religion Series “Feminism and Religion in the 21st Century: Technology, Dialogue, & Expanding Borders“ with Xochitl Alvizo, Gina Messina-Dysert, & Rosemary Radford Ruether Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at 1 p.m. ET The editors of Feminism and Religion in the 21st Century: Technology, Dialogue, and Expanding Borders (Routledge, 2015) will discuss new movements in feminism and religion, as […]
Meditation/Contemplative Prayer “Becoming Hallowed” with Kate Stoltzfus Monday, May 4, 2015 at 7:30 PM (EST) at WATER and by telephone Our next gathering for Contemplative Prayer at WATER will be with Kate Stoltzfus on Monday, May 4, 2015, at 7:30 PM (EST). She will present a poem from friend and fellow poet Hayley Brooks’ new chapbook, Becoming Hallowed (Pinchpenny Press, 2015). Register Here! […]
Catholic Lesbian/ Queer Women’s Discussion “Something About Mary” with Kathy Ann Gianino Sunday, May 3, 2015 at 11:30 a.m. EDT REGISTER HERE Kathy Ann Gianino is the oldest of 5 from an Italian American Catholic family in a suburb north of Boston. She attended a co-ed parochial school from first through 12th grade taught by St. Joseph […]
WATER wishes you a Happy Passover, a Blessed Easter, a time of reflection and rest. We give thanks for your participation and your generous gifts to WATER that support work for justice. With a blessing of peace, Mary E. Hunt Diann L. Neu Cathy Jaskey Kate Stoltzfus
By Kate Stoltzfus Pope Francis was on the docket Tuesday morning at the Human Rights Campaign in Washington, D.C. “The State of LGBT Catholics in the Age of Pope Francis” was the first in what will be a series of panel discussions on issues in the Catholic faith. Theologian Mary E. Hunt of WATER (Women’s […]
“One Minute for Peace” with Mary E. Hunt “One Minute for Peace” is a project of the American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker group located in Philadelphia (www.afsc.org). They have been doing peace work for nine decades. They received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947 along with the British Quakers for their post-war efforts to […]
“To Know the Dark” with Geralyn McDowell Audio available here. To Dance with God: Family Ritual and Community Celebration by Gertrude Mueller Nelson “It is Advent, and, along with nature, we are a people waiting. Far out of the south, the winter light becomes thin and milky. The days grow shorter and colder and the nights long. […]
“Swing Low” with Mary E. Hunt featuring a poem by Jane Schaberg. Audio available here. “Swing Low” by Jane Schaberg After hours bent over Merkabah and Hekhalot texts and rabbinic and biblical materials over the apocrypha and various translations I expect/ I would like/ I hope for/ dream of a death with the horses of fire […]
“Water…the Beauty, the Power, the Strength of It” with Sr. Hope Bauerlin featuring the poem “The Waterfall” for May Swenson by Mary Oliver Audio available here. “The Waterfall” for May Swenson by Mary Oliver (New and Selected Poems. Vol. 1. Boston: Beacon, 1992. pp. 19-20). “For all the said, I could not see the waterfall until […]
“Mountain Beauty: Timeless and Deep Over the Millennia” with Janet L. Bohren featuring the poem “The Inexorable Refinement of Time” by Joan Chittister. Audio available here. “The Inexorable Refinement of Time” by Joan Chittister from For Everything a Season Plutarch wrote, “Time is the wisest of all counselors.” The truth is that time is all we really […]
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