“What does it mean to live as a Catholic woman in our society where feminism is regarded as a social evil? What can feminist theology say about sensitive issues that cause conflict between Catholic tradition and feminism, such as childbirth, abortion, contraception, marriage, divorce, and female priests? Furthermore, what does it mean to do feminist theology as a Catholic woman in a difficult world where disasters and disasters do not cease?”
Those were the questions in the monthly webinar organized by Woori Theology Institute (WTI) in Seoul, Korea, in November by inviting Minnah Cho, a feminist theologian, as speaker. The professor of Georgetown University in the US asked attendees on spot about what they may have thought and felt about the four terms like “women, life, theology and church”. “Liberation” was the term the biggest number of participants picked and then “difficult”, “feeling stuffy”, and “struggle” were the second portion of the word picture seen in the photo below. It shows a pattern that “women in the church life makes them feel stuffy and difficulty so much so that they need liberation from all the oppressed situation through struggle.”
It was quite successful in terms of the number of participants that was around 120 registered among whom 80 of them were actually joined, and the dynamic responses from the participants.