Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at 1pm

Women's Participation in the Catholic Church

Ellie Hidalgo
Our Lady of Fatima Church
13500 Oak Park Blvd.
Oak Park, MI

At our next Elephants’ forum, Ellie Hildago will present her reflections on Paragraph 60: Women’s Participation in the Church. Paragraph 60 is part of the final document produced by the recently concluded worldwide Synod on Synodality that involved thousands of Catholics from every spectrum of Church life. This paragraph summarizes the Church’s present understanding and practices on the role of women in today’s Church. Ellie Hidalgo is co-director of Discerning Deacons, aa project that engages Catholics in active discernment on the place of women in the ordained diaconate. She previously spoke at an Elephants’ forum on “Restoring Catholic Women to the Permanent Diaconate.” We are fortunate that she will be able to fit us into her busy schedule once again.

A free-will offering will ne taken up to cover costs. If you would like to have a light lunch beforehand, from noon to 11:00 P.M., please contact Fr.Tom Lumpkin at 313 265 7271 or lumpkinthomas433@gmail.com so he will know how much food to provide.

N.B.: The reconstruction of I-696 proceeds apace. If you are coming from the West, you will be routed onto the Service Drive at Telegraph until I-75. If you are coming from the East, most exits are closed after I-75 until Telegraph. For Directions, click here.