March 9 Podcast - Women in Parish Leadership
Feb 25th, 2009 by americamagazine
Mary M. Foley discusses the four years she spent as a pastoral life coordinator in a Midwest parish. Drawing on her article, “Exceptional Pastoring,” from the March 9 issue of America, Foley details the responsibilities of a lay leader charged with leading a parish, and the growing pains that can ensue when a woman takes on a role traditionally held by an ordained man.














I have just read Mary Foley’s article “Exceptional Pastoring” and would very much like to make contact with her. I edit the page in The Tablet called Parish Practice and I wonder if Mary would be willing to write something for that page — or if this article could be edited to fit the more limited word count on the page.