The role and potential ordination of women in the Roman Catholic Church is the subject of a lecture at Vanderbilt University on Monday, May 11, by scholar Gary Macy, who has written a book on the topic.
Macy, the John Nobili, S.J. Professor of Theology at Santa Clara University in California, will speak at 7 p.m. in Benton Chapel on the Vanderbilt campus at 411 21st Ave. S.
The lecture, “A Higher Calling for Women? Historical Perspectives in the Catholic Church,” is free and open to the public.
Macy, author of The Secret History of Women’s Ordination, will talk about his research that shows clear historical evidence of women with episcopal powers serving in the Catholic Church.
The lecture will be recorded for podcast and posted on VUCast, the website of Vanderbilt News Service, at www.vanderbilt.edu/news.
Media contact: Jim Patterson, (615) 322-NEWS
jim.patterson@vanderbilt.edu