Women as Change Agents

Voices of Faith is an initiative that creates events, media outreach and international network groups to empower Catholic women into decision making roles at local and global levels of the Catholic Church.

But we don’t only focus on the current and extremely patriarchal structures of this Church. We also imagine and create completely new and innovative ways women can and must be included right now - without asking for permission

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A prophetic Catholic Church where women's voices count, participate and lead on equal footing with men.

MISSION

Bringing Catholics together to take ownership and responsibility for their church.

Values

Our values guide the everyday conduct of our work. They are at the heart of working effectively, authentically and with integrity as we push for bold and necessary change within this Church

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We want to include and hear women’s diverse voices and bring them to the forefront.

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Honest

We seek open and honest dialogue on an issue where varied opinions exist.

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We are respectful of all people and seek constructive solutions.

Unapologetic

We are unapologetic about our vision and mission.

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We believe women are an innovative and bold solution to the many problems the Catholic Church is facing in a 21st century world.

Faithful

We are women and men of faith.

Our Team

Chantal Götz
lady boss

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Zuzanna Flisowska-caridi
General Manager

Katya Alvarez
Event Manager

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Consultants

— Dr. Astrid Lobo Gajiwala
Member Drafting Committee, CBCI Gender Policy & Advisory Council CBCI Office for Women, India

— Lesley-Anne Knight
Former Secretary General of Caritas Internationalis, Board of Trustees Fidel Götz Foundation, UK

— Virginia Saldanha
first Executive Secretary of the Women's Desk in the Archdiocese of Bombay, founder, Indian Women Theologians' Forum

— Helena Jeppesen-Spuhler
Program Manager of the Swiss Catholic Development Agency Fastenopfer, former chaplain of the Swiss catholic children and youth movement JUBLA. Consultant for Church and Development Work

— barbara dorris
Survivor, advocate, former executive director of SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests)

— Marguerite Barankitse
Founder of Maison Shalom, Burundi

— Marie Dennis
Co-president of Pax Christi International, USA

— Antonia Stampalija
Founding Director, Inspire Consulting Group, Australia

— Deborah Rose-Milavec
Executive Director of FutureChurch, USA

— Dr Rocio Figueroa
Theological consultant, new zealand

— Paola lazzarini
sociologist and journalist, founder/president of Donne per la Chiesa, Italia

— marinella perroni
theologian consultant, italy

— cettina militello
theologian consultant, italy

— Dr. Regina franken
Anthropologist on the issues of politics, law, culture and religion, University lecturer

— Angelika Mendes-Lowney
Manager, Bilateral and Multilateral Partnerships at Women’s World Banking, Germany/USA

— Cecilia Flores
Founder Visayan Forum, social entreprenuer and human rights activist, Philippines

— Philippa Hitchen
journalist, English Programme of Vatican Radio, an Anglican within the Vatican walls, UK/Italy

— Kerry Alys Robinson
Global ambassador and founding executive director of the Leadership Roundtable, USA

— father luke hansen sj
Jesuit priest, writer, student, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome

— Mukti Bosco
Co-Founder and Secretary General of Healing Fields India, Ashoka fellow, India

— Sr. Simone Campbell SSS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NETWORK LOBBY, NUNS ON THE BUS, USA

— Dr. Mary McFarland
Professor, Gonzaga University, Former International Director Jesuit Commons: Higher Education at the Margins, and currently Senior Advisor for Jesuit Worldwide Learning, Higher Education at the Margins, USA

— Dr. Regula Grünenfelder
Theological Consultant. Funder and Member of the Board of Plattform Zivilgesellschaft in Asyl-Bundeszentren (civil society organisation in Swiss Federal asylum centres). Manager of FrauenKirche Zentralschweiz, switzerland

— ursula halligan
journalist and former political editor in irish television. core member ‘we are church ireland’

— Doris Reisinger-Wagner
Theologian Consultant

— SR. Madeleine Fredell, OP
Dominican and theologian