No es que esté de acuerdo con hacer huelga de ir a Misa, justamente, pero parece que es el único espacio en el cual, sin necesidad de abrir la boca, lo podemos decir todo. Sólo con nuestra ausencia.
La Sra. Sleeman, que ha hecho la convocatoria, ha elegido el día 26 de septiembre para su huelga porque es el día que cumple 81 años. Si estáis de acuerdo en sumaros a esta iniciativa, podríais elegir el mismo domingo en solidaridad.
A pesar de la respuesta que ha recibido de la Iglesia (pero sin que sepamos concretamente de quién), estoy segura de que el Señor no sólo disculpa esta ausencia sino que estará a la vez dentro, en la celebración, y fuera, apoyando a las (y los) que así se manifiesten. Eso sí, propongo que quien no vaya a Misa ese día haga al menos un tiempo de oración similar.
¡Pásalo!
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No és que estigui d'acord amb que es faci vaga d'anar a Missa justament, però sembla que és l'únic espai amb què, sense necessitat d'obrir la boca, ho podem dir tot. Només amb la nostra absència.
La Sra. Sleeman, la dona que ha fet la crida, ha triat el dia 26 de setembre com el de la seva vaga perquè és el dia que farà 81 anys. Si esteu d'acord amb afegir-vos-hi, podríeu triar el mateix diumenge en solidaritat.
Tot i la resposta que ha rebut de l'Església (però sense que sabem concretament de qui), estic segura que el Senyor no només disculpa aquesta absència sinó que estarà alhora a dintre, en la celebració, i a fora, fent costat a les (i els) que es manifestin d'aquesta manera. Això sí, proposo que qui no vagi a Missa aquell dia faci un temps almenys similar de pregària.
Passa-ho!
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Women of Ireland asked to boycott Sunday Mass
An 80-year-old is calling on all Irish women to send a message to the Vatican
An 80-year-old woman, from Clonakilty in Cork, is asking the “faithful women of Ireland” to boycott Sunday Mass next month “to let the Vatican and the Irish church know that women are tired of being treated as second-class citizens."
Jennifer Sleeman, whose son is a monk, told the Irish Times that she is calling on the women of Ireland to “join your sisters on Sunday, September 26. On that one day boycott Mass. Stay at home and pray for change. We are the majority. We may have been protesting individually but unremarked on, but together we have strength and our absence, the empty pews, will be noticed.
“Whatever change you long for, recognition, ordination, the end of celibacy, which is another means of keeping women out, join with your sisters and let the hierarchy know by your absence that the days of an exclusively male-dominated church are over.”
Of the sexual abuse scandals within the Catholic Church, she said: “I find I belong to an organization that seems caught in a time warp, run by old celibate men divorced from the realities of life, with a lonely priesthood struggling with the burden of celibacy where rules and regulations have more weight than the original message of community and love."
She chose September 26 as the date at it is her 81st birthday. The devoted Catholic says that when she looks at her grandchildren and children she can see no future for the Church as it stands.
She said: “Some of the grandchildren go through the rites of sacraments, but seldom, if ever, visit a church afterwards. Some of my children are actively looking for a meaningful spiritual life, but they do not find it in the Catholic Church…I must except my eldest son who is a monk in Glenstal Abbey, another place that helps me keep some shreds of faith.”
Her son, Father Simon, is supportive of her ideas and the proposed action on the September 26.
Mrs Sleeman has recently being attending the Methodist Church 150 years in Clonakilty. She said that celebrating Mass at the Church is a “joyful and welcoming occasion.” She began experimenting with Churches by attending the Church of Ireland Church. She said “I felt so welcome in the first two and just wondered what I was doing in ‘my own church’.”
She said “I am not a cradle Catholic. I chose to join as an adult helped by meeting a wonderful priest . . . but I now wonder did I do the right thing?...Somehow I have grown up but the church has not."
By
, IrishCentral.com Staff Writer
Published Monday, August 16, 2010, 7:58 AMJennifer Sleeman, from Clonakilty, Cork has been overwhelmed by the response to her call for a one-day boycott of mass to protest the Catholic Church’s treatment of women.
The 80-year-old said that she’s been amazed by the public’s response. She said “It has all been a bit overwhelming…The phone hasn't stopped ringing all week. There has been the odd person saying: 'You should be going to mass more, not less.' But the majority of people have been very kind and very supportive of the idea."
Her cause has been mentioned on several blogs where it is receiving support and she has generated media interested in the U.K, Italy, Germany, France and the United States. “I had the BBC on the phone just a little while ago,” she added.
Mrs Sleeman feels that the church's treatment of women is unfair and that they essentially treat women like second class citizens. She believes that the Church does not appreciate the level of anger on this issue.
“I am not like the Catholic Church in that this isn't an order -- it is merely a suggestion to stay away from mass for one day to show the depth of anger that is out there…I think this might give people who perhaps feel voiceless in the church a voice. There are lots of women who feel very strongly about being able to do more within the church but are simply not being allowed to do so."
"I do feel that I have right on my side -- I do not feel that it is just me. I feel it is so many people that would think the same way as I do. I have felt that a lot of women are angry.”
She continued “They have been doing their own way of protesting. It all seems so spread around and it would be great if we could concentrate all this so it just came to me. I'm beginning to wonder is there a Holy Spirit and did it put the idea into my head."
The Catholic Church responded to Mrs Sleeman’s call just 24-hours after it was publicized. It said “The mass is a community sacramental celebration of the life, death and resurrection of Our Lord Jesus…We would encourage people not to absent themselves from the Eucharist where we re-enact the Last Supper and the Paschal mystery, following the command of Jesus, 'Do this is memory of me'. The celebration of the mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation is essential to the practice of the Catholic faith.
The 80-year-old said that she’s been amazed by the public’s response. She said “It has all been a bit overwhelming…The phone hasn't stopped ringing all week. There has been the odd person saying: 'You should be going to mass more, not less.' But the majority of people have been very kind and very supportive of the idea."
Her cause has been mentioned on several blogs where it is receiving support and she has generated media interested in the U.K, Italy, Germany, France and the United States. “I had the BBC on the phone just a little while ago,” she added.
Mrs Sleeman feels that the church's treatment of women is unfair and that they essentially treat women like second class citizens. She believes that the Church does not appreciate the level of anger on this issue.
“I am not like the Catholic Church in that this isn't an order -- it is merely a suggestion to stay away from mass for one day to show the depth of anger that is out there…I think this might give people who perhaps feel voiceless in the church a voice. There are lots of women who feel very strongly about being able to do more within the church but are simply not being allowed to do so."
"I do feel that I have right on my side -- I do not feel that it is just me. I feel it is so many people that would think the same way as I do. I have felt that a lot of women are angry.”
She continued “They have been doing their own way of protesting. It all seems so spread around and it would be great if we could concentrate all this so it just came to me. I'm beginning to wonder is there a Holy Spirit and did it put the idea into my head."
The Catholic Church responded to Mrs Sleeman’s call just 24-hours after it was publicized. It said “The mass is a community sacramental celebration of the life, death and resurrection of Our Lord Jesus…We would encourage people not to absent themselves from the Eucharist where we re-enact the Last Supper and the Paschal mystery, following the command of Jesus, 'Do this is memory of me'. The celebration of the mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation is essential to the practice of the Catholic faith.
1 comentari:
hola
estaría bien que explicaras tu punto de vista cuando dices que no estás de acuerdo "justamente" con hacer huelga. No se entiende lo que quieres decir.
Por otra parte la sugerencia de que se haga oración de forma individual sobra a mi entender. Precisamente yo estoy en huelga desde hace años porque el clero me infantiliza. Rezo si quiero y cuando quiero y por supuesto sin rendir cuentas a nadie al respecto. Tenemos que aprender a ser adultos ya. Ahora si hay una propuesta CONCRETA de oración colectiva global y constructiva que se OFREZCA (no como desagravio por FALTAR a misa) podría ser una idea muy apetecible. Podemos quedar a una hora y orar al unísono, Incluso los-as que lo deseen pueden compartir sus oraciones.
un beso y gracias por la noticia
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