“Catholic women, both lay and religious, have served the Church since the very beginning. What a blessing it would be to see women no longer only proclaiming God’s love in the religious education classroom or ministering at the food banks but also\u00a0preaching the Good News from the pulpit and feeding God’s people at the Eucharist table as an Ordinary Minister of Holy Communion.”<\/p>\n
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