Happy Women's Day!

On March 8th, we celebrate International Women's Day. A day in which women all over the world look back to a tradition that represents ten decades of struggle for equality, justice, peace and development. Yes, it was exactly one hundred years ago today, that women across the world took an historic step on the long road to equality. On March 8th 1911 the first ever International Women’s Day was called to draw attention to the unacceptable and often dangerous working conditions that so many women faced worldwide. Although the occasion was celebrated in only a few countries, it brought over one million women out onto the streets, demanding not just better conditions at work but also the right to vote, to hold office and to be equal partners with men. Father Jim Brand pays his own personal tribute to International Women’s Day with a reflection inspired by a story in St. John’Gospel that tells of a lady who one day, happened to meet the Lord…