Interviews - Pláticas - Scheduled this Coming Week!

Interviews - Pláticas 

 This past week was a hard one for those of us living in the U.S., especially watching rioters storm the Capitol. My heart and head hurt. Even as I watched and listened to drama being played out, I worked on my research study. 

I now have three appointments set up this week to interview or pláticar with the women priests who have agreed to participate in the study. I'm grateful for their willingness to pláticar with me. 

I sent them the letter I wrote and a link to the video that I had uploaded to YouTube. The video was too large to send it within the email. I also created a meeting for each of the women on Zoom. 

I also followed up with the other women priests that I had also reached out from the list of Roman Catholic Women Priests that I found on the https://romancatholicwomenpriests.org/ website. 

One of the priests invited me to her community's online Mass on Sunday, 1/10/21. I have known this priest before she became a priest. She is a gift. I was able to attend her ordination in September 2017. I get to interview her first. I was able to join a part of the Mass today, and I plan to join in the Mass in the coming weeks too. 

I'm super excited about talking with the women. I wondered whether I should space the pláticas out more, but because they are all on Zoom, I won't need to travel anywhere, just be present and listen with heart. I'm ready and willing! I'll keep you posted. 

Dissertation Outline

When I defended my dissertation prospectus, one of my committee members suggested that I think about whether I wanted to publish my dissertation as a book or several articles. I had been thinking of publishing it as a book, they agreed that it would likely work better as a book. I started thinking about possible titles for the chapters. I kept notes when I thought about the chapters I want to include. I then created an outline and sent it to the Chair of my committee. She wrote me back with some ideas and suggestions. I always appreciate her feedback! I think I have the best committee! :) I look forward to reading her thoughts. 



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