{"id":4467,"date":"2016-03-24T15:40:09","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T15:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/change-is-happening-in-the-catholic-church-just-not-on-holy-thursday\/"},"modified":"2024-10-14T22:59:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T22:59:41","slug":"change-is-happening-in-the-catholic-church-just-not-on-holy-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/change-is-happening-in-the-catholic-church-just-not-on-holy-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Change Is Happening in the Catholic Church, Just Not on Holy Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            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        <strong class=\"author-field\"><span >By<\/span><a href=\"mailto:sweas@usc.edu\">Megan Sweas<\/a><\/strong>\n    \n          <span class=\"post-date-field\">March 24, 2016<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--social-share \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--social-share\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n    <span class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list\" style=\"line-height: 32px;\">\n      <span class=\"title\">\n        Share\n      <\/span>\n                        <a class=\"a2a_button_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/#copy_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Link\">\n            <span class=\"a2a_svg a2a_s__default a2a_s_copy_link\">\n              <svg height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 19 19\" width=\"19\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m7.43475275 9.52380952-2.17490843 2.26076008c-1.08745421 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  >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>This post originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onbeing.org\/blog\/change-is-happening-in-the-catholic-church-just-not-on-holy-thursday\/8536\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On Being with Krista Tippett<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Even when I feel disconnected from my faith, Holy Thursday draws me to church. The call to follow Jesus&rsquo; example and wash one another&rsquo;s feet speaks to me, a marginal Catholic more interested in service than doctrine.<\/p>\n<p>I was not impressed, though, when the <a href=\"http:\/\/americamagazine.org\/content\/dispatches\/pope-francis-reforms-ceremony-washing-feet-opens-it-women\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vatican announced<\/a> that the Holy Thursday foot-washing ritual would be open to women. The move merely codified a common practice &mdash; even Pope Francis has washed women&rsquo;s feet &mdash; and not a terribly innovative one at that.<\/p>\n<p>Still, change is happening in the Catholic Church: laypeople are increasingly taking on the work of washing feet every day. A real revision in the Holy Thursday ritual would reflect this trend.<\/p>\n<p>In the Catholic Church, change often happens from the bottom up, with the hierarchy eventually providing a stamp of approval. The U.S. bishops, for instance, approved women&rsquo;s inclusion in the foot-washing ritual in 1987. In doing so, they acknowledged that the practice already had <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dio.org\/uploads\/files\/Worship\/Liturgy_Basics\/18--USCCB_HR_Washing_feet_2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&ldquo;become customary&rdquo;<\/a> over the previous decade or more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blog-image\">\n<p><span data-picture=\"\" data-alt=\"Father Greg Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries, washes the feet of a man at an interfaith gathering in Los Angeles.\" data-title=\"Father Greg Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries, washes the feet of a man at an interfaith gathering in Los Angeles.\"><a href=\"\/crcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2016\/03\/footwashingBoyle.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-92062\" src=\"\/crcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2016\/03\/footwashingBoyle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\"><\/a><\/span><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.onbeing.org\/program\/father-greg-boyle-on-the-calling-of-delight\/5053\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Father Greg Boyle<\/a>, founder of Homeboy Industries, washes the feet of a man at an interfaith gathering in Los Angeles put on by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lavoicepico.org\/LA_Voice_PICO\/Welcome.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">L.A. Voice<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As a layperson who works for the U.S. bishops recently told me, the hierarchy doesn&rsquo;t react to anything until there is a groundswell.<\/p>\n<p>And since the Second Vatican Council, there has been a groundswell in lay Catholics taking on leadership in the church, whether in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ministryleadership.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hospital systems<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00KFFYNW6\/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&amp;btkr=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">high schools<\/a> or parishes.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/cara.georgetown.edu\/lemsummit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Center for Applied Research on the Apostolate<\/a>, nearly 40,000 lay ecclesial ministers work in U.S. parishes, and 80 percent are women. At one Los Angeles parish, I&rsquo;ve heard parishioners referring to a woman as their &ldquo;pastor.&rdquo; She has not replaced the priests, but by running the parish&rsquo;s day-to-day operations, she frees them to focus on other ministries.<\/p>\n<p>This phenomenon isn&rsquo;t just American. In the developing world, the ratio of Catholics to priests is much higher than in the U.S., and one priest may oversee multiple communities led by laypeople.<\/p>\n<p>The Archdiocese of Chicago is moving in that direction, recently announcing a reorganization process in which some parishes will close. Patrick Reardon, a member of a lay advisory group, sees it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewworld.com\/cnwonline\/2016\/0221\/6.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as an opportunity<\/a> for laypeople, religious sisters or brothers to run parishes.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Welcome to &hellip; the brave new world,&rdquo; Reardon said. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s so much talk about wanting more of a role for women, more of a role for married people in the church, and this is built into the reorganization.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.religionnews.com\/2016\/03\/02\/vatican-newspaper-suggests-women-should-preach-at-mass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vatican newspaper recently suggested<\/a> that rules prohibiting laity &mdash; and women specifically &mdash; from preaching could change, too. Many priests already skirt the restrictions, saying a few words about the gospel reading before introducing a layperson to give a &ldquo;reflection&rdquo; within &ldquo;his homily.&rdquo; The <a href=\"http:\/\/ncronline.org\/blogs\/ncr-today\/lay-preachers-rochester-diocese-want-be-pulpit-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rochester diocese<\/a> had lay preachers for decades.<\/p>\n<p>Such developments irk conservatives, who fear encroachment on the male priesthood. Bishop Robert C. Morlino of Madison, Wisconsin, for instance, banned women from the foot-washing ritual until Pope Francis&rsquo; recent announcement, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cruxnow.com\/church\/2016\/01\/27\/not-all-are-on-board-with-pope-francis-decision-to-include-women-in-foot-washing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he told priests<\/a> that they still don&rsquo;t <em>have to<\/em> include women or even perform the ritual at all. Some parishes in his diocese don&rsquo;t allow female altar servers, and in 2009, he <a href=\"http:\/\/ncronline.org\/news\/faith-parish\/fired-wisconsin-pastoral-worker-wont-be-reinstated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fired a lay minister<\/a> whose dissertation argued for gender-inclusive language in liturgy.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"\/crcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2016\/03\/footwashing2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-92061\" src=\"\/crcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2016\/03\/footwashing2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\"><\/a>At an&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lavoicepico.org\/LA_Voice_PICO\/Welcome.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">L.A. Voice<\/a> interfaith gathering in Los Angeles in October, 2015, faith leaders, immigrants, former inmates, and low-wage workers gathered to participate in a foot-washing ritual.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Women&rsquo;s Ordination Conference argues that these developments don&rsquo;t go far enough. Only <em>male<\/em> priests can wash feet, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.womensordination.org\/2016\/01\/21\/statement-on-vatican-decree-opening-holy-thursday-foot-washing-to-women-and-girls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it said after Pope Francis&rsquo; revision<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Debates about the priesthood, however, do not eliminate the need for &mdash; or the good of &mdash; an involved laity.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The commandment to fraternal love binds all the disciples of Jesus without any distinction or exception,&rdquo; Archbishop Arthur Roche said in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/ccdds\/documents\/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20160106_commento-decreto-lavanda-piedi_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commentary on the foot-washing changes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Holy Thursday ritual could underline this idea.<\/p>\n<p>When I was young, my parish opened up the foot-washing service to everyone. One by one, we&rsquo;d have our feet washed and then turn around to wash the feet of the person behind us. Even at a young age, the ritual was profound, instilling in me the importance of showing &ldquo;the tangible love of our neighbor,&rdquo; as Roche said.<\/p>\n<p>The gesture speaks not only to Catholics who dedicate their lives to ministry, but also to those of us on the edge of the church and even to non-Catholics. After Pope Francis&rsquo; U.S. visit last fall, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lavoicepico.org\/LA_Voice_PICO\/Welcome.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">L.A. Voice<\/a> held an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelusnews.com\/news\/local\/vigil-supports-popes-message-of-the-dignity-of-inmates-9123\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interfaith foot-washing service<\/a> in which anyone, from ministers to former gang members, could wash feet.<\/p>\n<p>Every year, I return to Holy Thursday mass hoping to rediscover this empowering symbol of church. I typically leave uninspired.<\/p>\n<p>This year, I plan to attend an Episcopal church&#8217;s foot-washing ritual where everyone participates. Perhaps it can motivate me to be a more active Catholic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":4470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[51,113,25,52,29],"class_list":["post-4467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commentary","tag-catholicism","tag-civic-engagement","tag-innovation-and-change","tag-megan-sweas","tag-religious-leadership"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Change Is Happening in the Catholic Church, Just Not on Holy Thursday<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/change-is-happening-in-the-catholic-church-just-not-on-holy-thursday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Change Is Happening in the Catholic Church, Just Not on Holy Thursday - 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