On the heels of disappointment in postponing the Seattle retreat comes an exciting invitation. I have been asked to come to Assisi in September to participate in the dialogue and offer a short panel presentation for WITH ONE ACCORD: Learning and Living the Feminine Dimension as Church. The event is designed as a colloquy of about 90 participants including bishops, clergy and lay. I am most honored and excited to be included in this gathering and have replied with an enthusiastic yes.
The events of the last couple days and my most recent email to you bring to mind, of course, the coronavirus and Italy's current problems which are even more pronounced than those in Seattle. I can only hope and pray as do we all, that this emergency will have abated by then. I am proceeding with plans in that expectation.
