
Women’s Leadership in the Church: Catholic Theological Foundations and the Synod on Synodality
The Church’s treatment of women contrasts strongly with Catherine McAuley’s understanding and practice of leadership and leadership development.
Jennifer Reed-Bouley is Professor and Program Director of Theology, as well as Acting Coordinator of Mission Integration, at College of Saint Mary in Omaha, Nebraska. She has taught courses in Catholic social thought and environmental ethics since 1998. With Bernard Prusak, she co-edited Catholic Higher Education and Catholic Social Thought (Paulist, 2023), which applies the lens of Catholic social thought to operational decisions in Catholic colleges and universities. She earned her BA from the University of Notre Dame, and her MA in Theology and PhD in Christian Ethics from Loyola University Chicago.

The Church’s treatment of women contrasts strongly with Catherine McAuley’s understanding and practice of leadership and leadership development.