{"id":18403,"date":"2024-05-01T17:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T21:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/?post_type=witness&p=18403"},"modified":"2024-05-06T16:29:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T20:29:24","slug":"st-marys-catholic-church","status":"publish","type":"witness","link":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/witness\/st-marys-catholic-church\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Mary’s Catholic Church"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At our parish, St. Mary\u2019s Church in Pompton Lakes, NJ, we celebrated St. Phoebe with a St. Phoebe-focused Liturgy of the Word celebration and witness reflection from a woman from our parish. We had many interactive parts of our Liturgy of the Word, including a call and response and the opportunity for participants to share the name of a woman in their own lives who influenced their faith journey.<\/p>\n

This was an incredibly empowering experience for those of us who were involved in planning our celebration. We hope to continue this journey together by potentially starting a St. Phoebe Circle. Our experience together was such a blessing, and we will continue to reach out to others amongst us to uplift the witnesses of women in our community on our journey together.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Our experience together was such a blessing, and we will continue to reach out to others amongst us to uplift the witnesses of women in our community on our journey together.”<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":18516,"template":"","witness-tag":[103],"class_list":["post-18403","witness","type-witness","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t