The Role of Women Religious in Pastoral Ministry
Keywords:
Women Religious, Pastoral MinistryAbstract
This paper is an attempt to look at the role of women religious in
the pastoral ministry. The paper tries to look at pastoral ministry
from various angles. From the point of view of the parish and
parish activities, and deals with the identity crisis that women
religious face due to the generation gap and the changes taking
place in the understanding of pastoral ministry in the new era of
professionalism, competence and greater awareness of self worth.
The paper invites us to approach pastoral ministry in a broader
sense and shows the need for women religious to equip themselves
to be effective in ministry. There are various roles inside and outside
of parishes which women can handle with efficiency, competence
and a sense of fulfilment.
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