Put biblical women back in lectionary: Call
Published: 1/7/08
American Catholics are organising a July appeal to the Vatican and Northern American bishops to have female figures from the New Testament such as Mary of Magdala re-included in lectionary texts from which they have been deleted. Organisers of the appeal are also inviting female biblical scholars to the International Synod on the Word, to be held in Rome in October, according to a media release by the Future Church group. At over 250 international celebrations of the July 22 Feast of St Mary of Magdala, special prayer services will make visible biblical women leaders whose stories have been omitted or downgraded in lectionary texts.
See: http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=7906
http://www.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20080630.110005&time=12%2024%20PDT&year=2008&public=1
Tags: Christianity, Scripture, Women