Christ Sophia Inclusive Catholic Community Louisville,Kentucky/CSICC/ Young Adult Faith Sharing Group: "Revealing Sophia's Truths"

Our Christ Sophia Inclusive Catholic Community (Louisville/CSICC) had Liturgy last evening. We have been meeting since May 11th, two weeks after ordination, on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month at 5:00pm in the Children's Chapel of St. Andrew United Church of Christ (where my ordination took place.) This room has wonderful large ROUND tables where we share the readings, blessings, and consecration with about 20 regulars this summer.

   After Liturgy most of us (our program was 2 hours so some had to leave) moved to the meeting room for special events which included a video and presentation by the Young Adult Faith Group that Mary Sue Barnett (our Candidate) mentors named "Revealing Sophia's Truths."

 

Mary Sue formed/mentored these young women when she was the Pastoral Director at St. Catherine's College in KY for 3 years before they eliminated the position last September. The young women wanted to continue the group, so Mary Sue reformed them in Louisville and they renamed themselves. She took the group to the United Nations last March, where they viewed and discussed the video, "It's A Girl" on the topic of femicide/gendercide in India and China. They brought the video to us last night and we watched then discussed and shared perspectives on this issue.

 

These gals are in their early 20's, and of course several of us are 70+, so the range and depth of ideas was often profound, as we all felt jarred to the core with the horrendous ideation and practice commonplace in our world. They are from many countries and offered cultural as well a personal insights. Their names are:

Ohiniba Ohin- Togo

Anja Arsenovic- Serbia
Anastasiya Pihorolets- Ukraine
Randi Jo Fields- USA
Janessa Berlanga- USABrittany Prell-USA

 

We also had the pleasure of celebrating the birthdays of two of our ARCWP applicants, Betty Smith who is turning 80 on the 29th, and Denise Davis's birthday is the 26th... pix attached! Our star ARCWP supporter, and Carmelite Secular of 35 years, Maryrose Laun, brought the icecream cake and goodies for us to enjoy

Betty Smith on right and Denise Davis in middle celebrate bithdays

 

 Article and Photos from Rosemarie Smead, ARCWP, Louisville, Kentucky, www.arcwp.org