We should care because female professors are even now teaching homiletics to Catholic seminarians, though they themselves are forbidden to
preach at Mass.
Why are we silencing women (and lay) preachers?
I look out before I
preach at all those hungry people and I can almost see it in their faces: "Don't let us down again.
Preacher woman
For a few years I was honored to
preach at LSTC's contemplative Eucharist on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of Holy Week.
The other three days
In April 1926, a sympathetic profile of Utley appeared nationally in The American Magazine, estimating that "ten thousand persons, mostly men, have expressed a desire to lead Christian lives as the result of her preaching in fifty-odd cities." (27) Anticipating a fall revival campaign in New York, Straton invited Utley to
preach at Calvary often during the summer of 1926; each time, a report of her sermon appeared the next day in New York Times.
The unlikely argument of a Baptist fundamentalist: John Roach Straton's defense of women in the pulpit
Evidently, he was ready to
preach at the drop of a hat, with generic outlines prepared to guide his remarks at such standard events as the elevation of candidates to the episcopacy.
The King Embodies the Word: Robert d'Anjou and the Politics of Preaching
Although his position as penitentiary required him to root out heretics and
preach at executions, he seems to have been drawn to the views of Martin Bucer, also known for flexibility in matters of dogma.
The influence of humanism on Post-Reformation Catholic preachers in France
In some--but not all--dioceses the deacon is given the faculty to
preach at his ordination, although it may be rescinded by the bishop.
What's a deacon to do?
He recorded an occasion when he was asked to
preach at an associational meeting.
Like a wildfire: the growth of Virginia Baptists between 1765 and 1774
Richard was, and remains, my friend, and in extending this extraordinary gesture he broke with all convention in inviting me, a Baptist, to
preach at his consecration in St.
Good shepherd, good sheep
Louis, for instance, Archbishop Justin Rigali in 1999 told the Dominican-run Aquinas Institute of Theology that Dominican sisters could no longer
preach at the institute's eucharistic services -- a ruling that has been followed.
Entrusting God's word to the entire church: in response to priest shortage lay preachers increasingly called to serve `a people of God hungering for something more'
BISHOP STEVEN Charleston, a Native American Choctaw and outspoken advocate for healing the long-lasting after-effects of early Christian colonizers on North American native peoples, will
preach at the opening service of General Synod in July.
Charleston to preach at Synod: Native American bishop plans message of hope
But a decade earlier, when the Vatican itself issued the Directory for Masses with Children, it wisely noted that "with the consent of the pastor or rector of the church, one of the [other, nonordained] adults may speak to the children after the gospel, especially if the priest finds it difficult to adapt himself to the mentality of children." If it is helpful to encourage the full, conscious, and active participation of children in the Mass to have qualified laypeople
preach at Mass, would it not likewise be helpful for others in the church as well?
Put laypeople in the pulpit! We all have different gifts--and some laypeople have the gift of preaching. Liturgist David Philippart argues that laypeople should be allowed to give the homily at Mass, as they did in the first centuries of Christianity
Weakland states: "When lay persons are authorized to
preach at a sacramental liturgy, they either preach in addition to a brief homily by a priest or deacon or in place of the homily when there is a serious reason.
Wisconsin bishops plan for lay preachers
One way of doing this is finding a way for women to
preach at our eucharistic celebrations.
We need to hear the gospel according to women
Most important, the Milwaukee guidelines permit laypeople to
preach at Sunday and weekday Masses, marriages, funerals, and other sacramental services if done with permission of the bishop.
Let laypeople preach