Lent: Naming My Privilege
Visiting Our Motherhouse Recently With Dominican University Students
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During this Lenten season, I have spent time in prayer trying to name
what makes me privileged. One huge
privilege for me is my ministry. As a
college professor, I hang out all day with young people. I am so privileged to learn from their ways of
looking at life and their openness to our world.
Sometimes, my prayer offers me the invitation to get in touch with the
privilege that is mine as a white woman.
Whether it is while driving down the suburban streets where I live or
trying to buy food at the grocery store or even trying to engage in
conversation with someone else in the waiting room, I am so aware that being a
white woman offers me privileges. The
students of color with whom I teach and learn from do not experience these
opportunities in the same way simply because of the color of their skin.
I am praying this Lent to be more aware and to deepen my relationship
with the God who loves all and calls us to do the same.
Peggy
Ryan, OP
River
Forest, IL
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