The "Women and Church" project of the Arrupe Centre in Valencia was launched in November 2018. At that time it was a proposal launched to the women who participated in the different groups or were linked to the works of the Society of Jesus in Valencia.
A first open invitation was made in which about 40 women were interested in starting to share their personal experience from the particular ecclesial reality in which they found themselves. In this way, a monthly space was created for women in very diverse life situations, but with the desire to create a common environment in which to reflect together on the church in which we live, the commitment made in the present, and all of this conveyed from the stories of the women in the Scriptures. This group was called the "Women's Network".
The "women's network" group performs a group Bible reading that has an existential and intimate starting point that does not elude commitment and mission. The experience of the women allows the creation of a space for dialogue where to rethink more inclusive and integral ecclesial models. It is a way of thinking in community, in network, it is a support to discern and understand "where we are going" that also generates links and that initiates actions of solidarity and responsibility with respect to other women in more vulnerable situations and that helps to deepen the visibility of women in the Church.
During the year 2019 the group defined itself in terms of attendance and periodicity and thought about the possibility of elaborating a broader project which was the "Women and the Church Project". In which, besides the monthly meetings, a calendar of conferences was proposed for a diverse and broad public and which would help to recognize and make visible the women who accompanied Jesus, who were the starting point in the early Church and who continue to be models for our life of faith today.
With these objectives, the "Women and Church Project" aims to be a space of possibility, of dialogue and of lucid, diverse and profound encounter where the nuances, the contributions and the vital experiences mark the horizon of the future.
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