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Both a philosopher with a focus on womanhood and a mother of five, Renee Köhler-Ryan has emerged as a compelling synodal voice for the Church’s understanding of women, grounded in both her experience and her expertise.
If there’s a push for women’s ordination at the Synod on Synodality — which it appears there is — it’s safe to say Renee Köhler-Ryan is one of the leading voices pushing right back.
The Australian philosopher, wife and mother made headlines after an Oct. 17 synod press briefing, when she said there was “too much emphasis” placed on the “niche issue” of whether women can be deacons or priests.
“And what happens when we put too much emphasis on this question,” the Archdiocese of Sydney native said, “is that we forget about what women, for the most part, throughout the world, need.”
It wasn’t the first time Köhler-Ryan, the national head of the University of Notre Dame Australia’s School of Philosophy and Theology, has made a splash on the topic. As a delegate at the Church in Australia’s contentious 2021-2022 plenary council, she wrote that a focus on the issue of women’s ordination felt “forced,”animated by the provocative and seductive “secular story that unless a woman can do absolutely everything that a man can do, she is not ‘equal’ to men.”
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If there’s a push for women’s ordination at the Synod on Synodality — which it appears there is — it’s safe to say Renee Köhler-Ryan is one of the leading voices pushing right back.
The Australian philosopher, wife and mother made headlines after an Oct. 17 synod press briefing, when she said there was “too much emphasis” placed on the “niche issue” of whether women can be deacons or priests.
“And what happens when we put too much emphasis on this question,” the Archdiocese of Sydney native said, “is that we forget about what women, for the most part, throughout the world, need.”
It wasn’t the first time Köhler-Ryan, the national head of the University of Notre Dame Australia’s School of Philosophy and Theology, has made a splash on the topic. As a delegate at the Church in Australia’s contentious 2021-2022 plenary council, she wrote that a focus on the issue of women’s ordination felt “forced,”animated by the provocative and seductive “secular story that unless a woman can do absolutely everything that a man can do, she is not ‘equal’ to men.”
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Meet the Aussie Laywoman Pushing for Motherhood — Not Female Priesthood — at the Synod on Synodality
Both a philosopher with a focus on womanhood and a mother of five, Renee Köhler-Ryan has emerged as a compelling synodal voice for the Church’s understanding of women, grounded in both her experience and her expertise.
