Women in the Church – a talk by Dr. Phyllis Zagano

The Church of St. Ignatius Loyola is hosting a talk entitled “Women in the Church” as part of the launch of Dr. Phyllis Zagano’s book, Just Church: Catholic Social Teaching, Synodality and Women

Dr. Phyllis Zagano will be speaking

Tuesday May 16, 2023
7 PM in Wallace Hall
at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
980 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10028

Phyllis Zagano is an internationally acclaimed Catholic scholar and lecturer on contemporary spirituality and women’s issues in the church. Pope Francis appointed her to the Papal Commission for the Study of Women in the Diaconate, which convened in Rome November 2016. Her new book Just Church reviews Catholic social teaching and modern synods in relation to current and prospective ministry by women. With an eye to the intersection of synodality and women’s concerns, Dr. Zagano argues for an increased presence of women in the apostolic, liturgical, and governance sectors of the Church, and in this vein the ordination of women to the diaconate.