{"id":21117,"date":"2016-01-14T05:15:32","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T10:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/?p=21117"},"modified":"2016-01-14T05:15:32","modified_gmt":"2016-01-14T10:15:32","slug":"women-at-home-in-the-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2016\/01\/women-at-home-in-the-church.html","title":{"rendered":"Women at Home in the Church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"Dorothy<\/a>
Dorothy Day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

I remember a curmudgeonly priest once shocking me by saying, \u201cWomen have a place in the church\u2026on their knees\u2026either scrubbing the floor or praying.\u201d<\/p>\n

Errm. Maybe or maybe not.<\/p>\n

In fact, although ordination is reserved to men in the Catholic Church, my article for Aletia this week shows that ministry of women in the Catholic Church is growing in a remarkable and positive way.<\/p>\n

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In his recent book,\u00a0The Future Church: How Ten Trends Are Revolutionizing the Catholic Church<\/em><\/a>, veteran church commentator John Allen reveals the surprising statistics on women\u2019s ministry in the Catholic Church. Ten years ago, of the 31,000 Catholic lay church workers in the United States, 80 percent were women.<\/p>\n

Neither are all the women involved in secretarial or child care roles. Five years ago 48.4\u00a0percent\u00a0of diocesan level administrative posts were held by women, and at senior levels 26.8 percent were held by women.<\/p>\n

Allen observes, \u201cthe Catholic Church actually does better than many other institutions. A 2005 study of Fortune 500 companies found that women hold only 16.4 percent\u00a0of corporate officer positions and only 6.4 percent\u00a0of the top earner positions. Similarly, a 2007 study by the American Bar Association found that just 16 percent of the members of the top law firms\u2019 governing committees are women, and only 5 percent of managing partners are female. According to a 2004 report from the Department of Defense, women held just 12.7 percent of positions at the grade of major or above.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Go here<\/a> to read the full article.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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