Germany The effort is intended to be highly symbolic.
Ulrike Göken-Huismann, a 59-year-old theologian and president of the Catholic Women s Association of Germany (KFD), preached at Mass last Monday in the Church of St. Maximilian in Düsseldorf in western Germany.
In fact, she has regularly given homilies at Services of the Word since 1988, which is normal practice throughout the country.
But this was different. For the second year in a row, she was one of twelve women in twelve different locations who took part in this May 17 nationwide action called Preachers Day . Our goal is to make it clear that women can preach and can do it well, says Göken-Huismann, who has two children.