How far have we come toward full partici pation of women in the church's ministry and leadership? Elizabeth (Betty Anne) Donnelly will share her own journey.. She is convinced that people's willingness to en gage with the Good News of Jesus and Catholic social teaching has been impaired by several issues, including women's sec ond-class citizenship in the church. She will outline origins and successes of the Catho lic Women Preach, and then efforts both to restore women to the Catholic diaconate and to permit lay Eucharistic preaching.

Ms. Donnelly is the Co-Founder of and Preacher Coordinator for the Catholic Women Preach website. Having grown up in Squirrel Hill, she was educated at Georgetown University, Harvard Divinity School and its Department of Government. She was a Maryknoll Lay Missioner in Lima, Peru (1981-83), and has served on many boards, including Bread for the World, the Ignatian Solidarity Network, and Maryknoll Lay Missioners. She is happily married for 40 years to Dr. Phillip Pulaski, a fellow for mer Maryknoll Lay Missioner and retired physician with Boston Healthcare for the Homeless, and is the very proud mother of three extraordinary daughters. Zoom: Tuesday June 2 at 7 pm