“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” - Sarah Grimké, abolitionist and feminist in the 1800s. This quote came to my mind yesterday, as I reviewed my latest feature in National Catholic Reporter: New group discerning the future of a …
Author: Sophie Vodvarka
Rest in August & our sweet July wedding
It is 95 degrees today in Chicago. Cicadas have been singing all day long, creating a constant sweltering lull which beckons the weary to rest. Summer in Chicago can be breathtakingly exquisit. With time to rest, and lay on the beach, it’s as if my brain is slowly cooking off stress and challenges from the …
Sojourners Magazine Feature on Restorative Justice
One local ministry brings restorative justice, asset-based community development and creative outlets to Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood.
Reminiscence of a 2016 trip to Thailand. . .
The lovely lady traveler, Charish, of Rollerbag Goddess Global Communications invited me to write for her blog a few years ago. I was delighted to pen this essay on a 2016 trip to Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand, which she featured. I realized I had never posted the entire essay on my site, so here it …
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Corporate Content Marketing & Media Relations
Writing articles & press releases for international clients has been a great education. Check out my work for Toronto-based home healthcare company Qualicare Home Care & my coverage inaugural conference for global event leaders here: ELX Annual Congress.
The latest in the abuse saga
Today's National Catholic Reporter published an article which follows my October reporting on women who allege abuse, harassment, and grooming by composer David Haas. At this point, 52 women have submitted reports to the survivor advocacy group Into Account. Read my piece here: St. Catherine's report sparks calls for accountability from survivors of alleged abuse …
Roy Bourgeois Continues to Advocate for Women’s Equality
Nobel Peace Prize nominee, relentless anti-war advocate, free-thinker, and feminist Roy Bourgeois spearheaded a campaign to bring the women's ordination movement in the Catholic Church to some of the most conservative dioceses in the U.S. It was a group effort, and it was a blast to report on.
Roy Bourgeois’s latest campaign to support women’s ordination
Roy Bourgeois remains a powerful voice for sanity in the Catholic Church. In his latest campaign to "poke the beehive" of the patriarchy, he organized a national billboard campaign supporting women's ordination with the message "Stop Male Supremacy." I cover Bourgeois, and Catholics who support women's ordination in today's issue of National Catholic Reporter: 'Ordain …
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Valuing women’s voices
Happy 2021! I hope this year starts out peacefully for every one of you. In today's National Catholic Reporter, my article features a group from San Diego who are working to create new spaces in their diocese for women's voices to be heard and taken seriously, amid the realistic confines of the Catholic Church, which …
Reporting on Abuse in the Catholic Church
National Catholic Reporter published two articles I am proud to share about women who experienced abuse in the Catholic Church: New report details 44 accounts of alleged abuse by David Haas & the follow-up article, St. Catherine's report sparks calls for accountability from survivors of alleged abuse by David Haas. This reporting is some of …
Sophie Vodvarka Chicago-Based Freelance Writer 