All WATER events will be held over Zoom, unless otherwise noted. Our monthly programs are free and open to all; your generosity makes them possible. If we share, together, we have enough.
Monday, December 5, 2022 at 7:30 pm ET with Brad Lutz
"Waiting"
Brad
Lutz, a retired pastor, will spark our meditation as we move into
Advent and Winter in the North, Summer in the South. “Waiting”
together, like meditation together, is a source of strength and
peace.
Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at 2 pm ET (remember: Tea on Tuesday at Two)with Rosemary Ganley
"Responsible Travel: Can We Even Do It Any More?"
Writer
and activist Rosemary Ganley will ask the hard question: is responsible
travel still possible? If so, how can we engage in it with respect for
the people who live in places we want to visit as well as respect for
Earth?
Join
this tea conversation—more informal than a book discussion and with
small groups in which to share—as we kick off the holidays together.
Give yourself this gift, and give us the gift of your presence.
Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at 7:30 pm ET with Diann L. Neu and the WATER Community
“Bringing the Light of Wisdom for Winter Solstice”
December
21 in the Northern Hemisphere is the Winter Solstice. The night is
longest and the day is shortest when Winter brings sweet darkness and
calls the sun to return. It invites us to a long journey inward to draw
on our natural resources and strengths. In this liturgy, we will
enkindle winter festival lights to beseech the sun to return again, to
awaken compassion and justice from generation to generation.
Seeking Counseling, Spiritual Direction, or Clergy Supervision?
WATER is here to support you. Contact us for spiritual
direction, psychotherapy, clergy supervision, and pastoral counseling
provided by co-director, licensed psychotherapist and spiritual
director Diann L. Neu. Email dneu@hers.com.
Sr.
Miriam Therese Winter joins FutureChurch and the Women's Ordination
Conference to recall the ministry and life of Ludmila Javorová, a woman
who was ordained a Roman Catholic priest by Bishop Felix Davidek to
serve in the underground church there when the church was under threat
by the Communist regime from 1948 through 1989.
Women Erased Series FutureChurch's Women Erased Series offers
online presentations that uncover the many ways women's leadership,
witness, and ministries have been erased from our Church's Scriptures
and Lectionary, historical record and memory, and communities.
These
sessions, featuring leading scholars of Biblical studies, Church
History, Ecclesiology, Canon Law, and Sacraments, as well as faith
leaders will not only name and explore the history, but also put forth
resources for correcting the record and telling the true story of
women's central role in shaping and spreading Christianity from its
beginnings to today.
Please
join us as we learn from one another and prepare ourselves for taking
action to build a Church where the gifts and ministries of women and
all Cathoics are valued and restored.
