Congres On the Dignity and Vocation of Women

Online Congress January - September 2008

concerning “the Dignity and Vocation of Women”,
“Mulieris Dignitatem”
Encyclical Letter by Pope John Paul II (30 September 1988)

For the sake of easier discussion we are focusing on the seven major issues that emerge in this Encyclical Letter as indicated in the following Table. We have the full text of the Encyclical on our website. Click on each relevant section for direct access to the text.

Sections in Mulieris Dignitatem Topics
(colour indicates how ‘hot’/controversial the topic is)
  1. A Sign of the Times
  2. The Marian Year
  3. Union With God
  4. Theotokos
  5. "To Serve Means to Reign"
  6. The Book of Genesis
  7. Person - Communion - Gift
  8. The Anthropomorphism of Biblical Language
  9. The "Beginning" and the Sin
  10. "He Shall Rule Over You"

  11. Proto-Evangelium
  12. "They Marveled That He Was Talking With a Woman"
  13. Women in the Gospel
  14. The Woman Caught in Adultery
  15. Guardians of the Gospel Message
  16. First Witnesses of the Resurrection

  17. Two Dimensions of Women's Vocation
  18. Motherhood
  19. Motherhood in Relation to the Covenant
  20. Virginity for the Sake of the Kingdom
  21. Motherhood According to the Spirit
  22. "My Little Children With Whom I Am Again In Travail"

  23. The "Great Mystery"
  24. The Gospel "Innovation"
  25. The Symbolic Dimension of the "Great Mystery"


  26. The Eucharist
  27. The Gift of the Bride


  28. In the Face of Changes
  29. The Dignity of Women and the Order of Love
  30. Awareness of a Mission
  31. "If You Knew The Gift of God"
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Equal dignity of men and women in creation

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Jesus Christ and women

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Women as mothers

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‘The Bride and the Bridegroom’

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Women and the Eucharist

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Women and the primacy of love

Equality of Women

Christ and Women

Women as Mothers

Bride and Groom

Women and Eucharist

Women and Love

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