WATER invites you for a discussion on “Lesbian Queer Catholic Married Priest – So What?” Led by Victoria Rue Sunday, May 11, 2014 at 11:30AM EDT Victoria Rue is a professor at San Jose State University in Comparative Religious Studies and Women’s Studies. She has a Masters of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in New […]
It’s springtime! Are you ready for renewal and rebirth? We are! Thanks to your support and generosity, WATER is full of life. After a long winter, spring has come! There are many buds to show for it – rituals, programs, publications, lectures, and collaborations galore. We’ve been working non-stop and feeling involved and invigorated. Join in! Did you catch […]
Gender oppression is ubiquitous and there is no reason to think scriptures would be exempt.
Kaye Ashe’s Spirit Lives in Those She Inspired Originally posted for National Catholic Reporter By: Mary E. Hunt and Cathy Jaskey Dominican Sr. Kaye Ashe was part of a generation of smart, committed, gutsy women who opened the world’s eyes to Catholic women’s potential and barriers to its fulfillment. She died Feb. 15 at the […]
In Memory of Her You can remember or honor someone special or an occasion by giving a donation in their name to WATER’s In Memory of Her Fund. You are invited to send your donation with a check and an accompanying note, or donate on our website via PayPal and send us an email to waterstaff@hers.com honoring your loved one. […]
By Diann L. Neu | Let us join with Earth and with each other.
“Life is Tough
Deal with It”
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
1 -2 PM EDT
Margaret Mann is a writer and activist whose book A Dramatically Different Direction (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011) is an autobiographical commentary on disability. She is a bi-racial Unitarian/Buddhist, a lesbian, and a community organizer par excellence who makes her home in Hawaii. Margaret is a museum docent and a counselor. She brings a great deal of spiritual wisdom to our conversation.
RSVP by sending an email with the words “Register Me Teleconference” to waterstaff@hers.com by March 4th to receive dial-in information.
By Diann L. Neu | March calls us to solidarity with women ― women friends, women’s communities, women worldwide.
WATER Statement on Arizona Proposed Law in Arizona–“Not in the Name of Our God” By Mary E. Hunt Religious justification for the proposed law in Arizona simply does not exist. Rather, the issue rests on confusion, however willful, between the constitutionally protected freedom to practice religion and laws that forbid discrimination in the market place. […]
Kaye was a marvelous woman. We are relieved that her suffering is over. But the world seems a little draftier without her love to warm the corners where marginalized people are consigned and the most effective ministry takes place.
May her spirit continue to inspire us, and the many whose lives she touched.