{"id":2274,"date":"2012-06-24T12:20:59","date_gmt":"2012-06-24T12:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners\/?p=2274"},"modified":"2018-07-20T19:36:40","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T19:36:40","slug":"ask-sister-gramick-anything-how-would-you-reform-the-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners\/2012\/06\/ask-sister-gramick-anything-how-would-you-reform-the-church.html","title":{"rendered":"“Ask Sister Gramick Anything: How Would You Reform the Church?”"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve just made the virtual acquaintance of Sister Jeanine Gramick, thanks to yesterday’s installment of Andrew Sullivan’s series, “Ask Sister Gramick Anything.” \u00a0Sr. Gramick may be best known for her work at the helm of an organization that she started back in 1977: “New Ways Ministry” advocates for the inclusion of gay and lesbian Catholics and their rights within the church. \u00a0As someone who belongs to a church that is “reformed, always being reformed,” I’m primarily interested in what Gramick has to say here around how the Catholic church most critically needs to change- from a more “totalitarian” (Gramick’s term) expression of government, based on outdated notions of “papal infallibility,” to more fluid, democratic incarnations of church.<\/p>\n

I suspect that Gramick is also giving voice to a trend that we are seeing trans-denominationally, as churches everywhere adapt to new contexts for mission and ministry. \u00a0It is also a trend that, I believe, contains all sorts of life-giving potential for creative,\u00a0ecumenical, cross-pollinating partnerships in the service of the church and more importantly the world. \u00a0Maybe it goes without saying that I hope the trend continues.<\/p>\n

You can hear Sister Gramick’s answer here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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