I am the mother of two intelligent, grown daughters. Both have doctorate degrees, are married, and are raising children. Neither of my daughters are Catholic anymore. They have found the highly patriarchal structure and mindset in the Catholic Church irrelevant and actually dishonoring of their womanhood. The Church has tried to define them and their gender in very limiting and short-sighted ways which leaves them no opportunity to bring forward all their individual charisms. One daughter has found another Christian church where she feels accepted as her full self and in which she can raise her children with integrity. My other daughter has left organized religion altogether.
My Daughters Would Be Still Catholic
| Written by Mary Beth Stein (USA) |
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Category: Women in the Church
By defining women with the “Complimentarity Feminism” model, many women who don’t hold that limiting view feel alienated. If the Catholic Church treated women as equals and allowed them to define themselves, and if women were welcomed into all areas of ministry including priesthood and Church governance, my daughters would still be Catholic to this day. As it now stands, not only have we lost my daughters but we have also lost their children…and their children. This deeply saddens me. Jesus treated women equally and accepted them in the fullness of who they are. Let our Church do the same as Jesus!
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