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| WOMEN ERASED PRESENTATION SERIES |
Women Erased: #NunsToo -Media's Role in Obscuring the Abuse of Women by Priests with Dr. Tara Tuttle
October 8, 2020 at 8:00 pm ET
The sexual exploitation/abuse of women religious by Catholic priests was first reported by Sr. Maureen O'Donoghue in her 1994 report to the Vatican -- a report that remained largely overlooked until 2001. From the time when the Boston Globe and other media outlets began reporting on clergy sex abuse and the massive coverup in 2002 and beyond, almost no attention was given to female victims. Tuttle discusses the causes of this phenomenon and the effect the #MeToo and #NunsToo movements had in reshaping the narrative and re-focusing national and international attention on these crimes against female victims who were, most often, Catholic nuns.
Dr. Tara M. Tuttle probes the manner in which media outlets submerged the experiences and realities of Catholic women as they sought to affirm their own biases regarding the connection between clergy sexual abuse and homosexuality. That motif, along with inordinate deference for prelate and priest abusers, corrupted the truth and propped up a narrative where women's credibility was questioned and their efforts to access justice were routinely discounted or despised. Thus, women, accused of treachery against the Church for going public, suffered, too often, in silence.
Dr. Tuttle is the Assistant Dean of Diversity and Inclusion and a Senior Lecturer in the Lewis Honors College at the University of Kentucky. She has a Ph.D. in Humanities with an emphasis in 20th century American culture, a graduate certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies from the University of Louisville, and an MA in Humanities from Indiana State University. Her research examines contemporary women writers’ uses of scriptural allusion to challenge conventional understandings of gender and justice. She is interested in the ways in which members of marginalized or contested groups deploy biblical allusion to prompt reconsiderations of hierarchical interpretations of scripture used to validate social, political, and legal inequities as moral or divinely mandated. Her recent contribution, "#NunsToo" in Crisis and Challenge in the Roman Catholic Church, provides a window into the research she conducted on this topic. |
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| WOMEN ERASED PRESENTATION SERIES |
Women Erased: Adam has a Womb with Lizzie Berne DeGear
November 17, 2020 at 8:00 pm ET
The story of Adam and Eve has been used for centuries to put women in their place ("Eve was made from Adam's rib as a helpmate for him") and to castigate the LGBTQ community ("It's Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve!"), but did you know that the Bible does not actually tell that story?
Join us for a special screening of the delightful and eye-opening animated short film (m)adam: Adam's Rib Reframed and a no-holds-barred discussion with filmmaker, Catholic Chaplain Lizzie Berne DeGear, PhD.
(m)adam just won Best Religious Film at the Viva International Film Festival; and this will be Lizzie's first in-depth discussion of the film -- and the scholarship behind it -- with a [Catholic?] audience.
Lizzie Berne DeGear, PhD is a chaplain, writer, Bible scholar and Catholic feminist. Her biblical scholarship combines depth psychology and theology and has appeared in Religious Education and the UTS Quarterly Review, as well as in her book For She Has Heard. She is a contributing author to Guidepost's Mornings with Jesus: Daily Encouragement for your Soul (2019 and 2020 editions), and is currently completing a book on the Gospel of Mark entitled Someone Called Jesus: An Intimate Introduction to Christ. Certified by the National Association of Catholic Chaplains since 2002, she enjoyed teaching Bible Studies at the Church of St. Francis Xavier from 2002-2019. In partnership with FutureChurch, Women's Ordination Conference and Call to Action, she co-founded the movement Feminism & Faith in Union in 2018. Here homily for Catholic Women Preach in honor of the Feast of Mary Magdalene can be seen here and for more about Lizzie and her work, you can visit her website here.
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JOIN US FOR FUTURECHURCH'S FALL EVENT COMMEMORATING 30 YEARS! |
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| MAKING SENSE OF 2020 BEING CHURCH TODAY |
Please join us as FutureChurch commemorates 30 years of inspiring work, boldly confronts new challenges, and embraces emerging opportunities with hope as we work together for a more just, more inclusive Church and world.
We want you to know just how deeply grateful we are for your past support of and participation in the work and mission of FutureChurch. Together we are making a difference! And we hope you'll join us as we host our 30th Annual Fall Event online via Zoom across two remarkable evenings -- October 22nd and October 27th at 7pm Eastern Time.
Be a part of it from the safety of your own home as Dr. Cecilia González-Andrieu, Ph.D., Professor Bryan Massingale, and Professor Doris (Wagner) Reisinger, all charismatic activist-scholars help us "make sense of 2020" and look forward toward a brighter, more just, more inclusive future for all.
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CATHOLIC WOMEN PREACH MORE VIEWERS THAN EVER
Featuring Catholic women from across the globe addressing the challenges we face today in light of the Gospel.
Catholics are engaging the voices of Catholic Women Preach more than ever because they know that we need the courageous leadership and wisdom of Catholic women as we face the evils of racism, sexism, homophobia and xenophobia in our Church and in our world. Join us each week and on holy days!
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We know that these are uncertain times for everyone. But, if you are in a position to do so and would like to make a contribution, we would appreciate your support as we work to share the renewing Spirit of Hope at this critical time. |
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