{"id":754,"date":"2009-11-07T03:12:52","date_gmt":"2009-11-07T03:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lanuera.com\/cmwp\/?p=754"},"modified":"2023-04-07T00:59:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T00:59:19","slug":"the-first-supper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/?p=754","title":{"rendered":"The First Supper"},"content":{"rendered":"
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O<\/span>ne of the Church Mouse banner images – those at the top of the page that keep changing – that seems to attracts more attention than all the others is from a photograph of a framed image hanging in the back of the church.<\/p>\n

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It is a print of a work entitled “The First Supper” by Australian artist Susan Dorothea White, who says:<\/p>\n

I was inspired to paint The First Supper after Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper, by the narrative drama and magnificent composition of Leonardo’s painting. I wanted to challenge the patriarchal concept of thirteen men on one side of a table that is accepted as a celebrated religious symbol. In place of the men, all with similar features, I painted an international group of women. (Read more at http:\/\/www.susandwhite.com.au\/paintings\/firstsupper.html<\/a> )<\/div>\n

W<\/span>hile on the subject of challenging patriarchal concepts, the Mouse has received a couple of requests to help promote An Invitation to Catholic Men to apologise to the Women of the Church<\/em><\/strong>. It is an initiative from a small group of Australians concerned with the Church’s attitude to women, which they see as a matter of justice, of basic human rights.<\/p>\n

They suggest it is time to correct the glaring injustice of women being confined to secondary status in the Body of Christ, especially in their exclusion from leadership roles.<\/p>\n

In simple terms, if there is no scriptural or theological reason to exclude women from leadership and priesthood, there is only tradition – and human traditions can harbour shocking injustices.<\/p>\n

This is not just the offer of an apology, but also a change of heart and a commitment to think clearly and speak the truth, to become intolerant of kant, obfuscation and all forms of bullshit.<\/p>\n

For more information, and an online petition, visit www.apologytowomen.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the Church Mouse banner images – those at the top of the page that keep changing – that seems to attracts more attention than all the others is from a photograph of a framed image hanging in the back of the church.<\/p>\n

\"\" <\/p>\n

It is a print of a work entitled “The First Supper” by Australian artist Susan Dorothea White, who says:<\/p>\n

I was inspired to paint The First Supper after Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper, by the narrative drama and magnificent composition of Leonardo’s painting. I wanted to … Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=754"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2287,"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754\/revisions\/2287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}