Author: Christine Haider-Winnett

This Advent, The Table has featured weekly reflections from Deacon Christine Haider-Winnett, RCWP, based on the liturgical readings for that week. This week’s readings can be found here. Homilies and reflections on The Table are part of a new “Preaching Equality” series from WOC. “This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about,” says Matthew,…
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This Advent, The Table will feature weekly reflections from Deacon Christine Haider-Winnett, RCWP, based on the liturgical readings for that week. This week’s readings can be found here. Homilies and reflections on The Table are part of a new “Preaching Equality” series from WOC. Here in Berkeley, we’ve had a rainier than usual start to our…
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This Advent, The Table will feature weekly reflections from Deacon Christine Haider-Winnett, RCWP, based on the liturgical readings for that week. This week’s readings can be found here. Homilies and reflections on The Table are part of a new “Preaching Equality” series from WOC. I have two cats that I simply adore. One of them, LuLu,…
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This Advent, The Table will feature weekly reflections from Deacon Christine Haider-Winnett, RCWP, based on the liturgical readings for that week. This week’s readings can be found here. Homilies and reflections on The Table are part of a new “Preaching Equality” series from WOC. I have been pregnant for 216 days. (But who’s counting?) I…
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Oh, St. Joan, You were called by God beyond your culture’s concepts of gender to be more fully, and wonderfully yourself On this Transgender Day of Remembrance be with all those who have been killed, as you were killed for being brave enough to be themselves. Welcome them into the communion of saints and pray for…
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“See, I am doing something new! Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?” –Isaiah 43:19 Last Thursday, October 11, was the 50th anniversary of the start of the Second Vatican Council. That night, I was at Holy Wisdom Monastery, recovering from a red-eye flight from California and preparing for the start of WOC’s fall…
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A few days ago, the latest edition of the Oakland Diocesan newspaper showed up in my mailbox. On the front page, there was an article proudly proclaiming that approximately 500 Catholics from across the Bay Area had gathered in San Francisco for the Bishops’ Fortnight for Freedom campaign. As I read the article, I began…
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