Nina

Birmingham born. Identity TBC.💁🏽‍♀️ Dancing, chancing, freelancing

[BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking]

British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is on her way home to UK after nearly six years in detention in Iran, says MP

https://t.co/Zme425Y3MZ

[Nina @ninamataz]

I first came across the Go forth, Christian Soul prayer through the @artofdyingwell. It was so beautiful to see the sisters of @CallTheMidwife1 pray with it as they accompanied the dying in this week’s episode.

[Nina @ninamataz]

Back at it with the @catholicEW televised #MidnightMass and festive nail combo at @StChadsBirm

[Catholic Church @catholicEW]

At @StChadsBirm for the dress rehearsal of #MidnightMass Watch live on @BBCOne tomorrow with excerpts on our #socialmedia channels

[Nina @ninamataz]

Come along to another fantastic @Million_Minutes event and hear about the experience of young women within the Catholic Church in England and Wales @catholicEW

[Million Minutes @Million_Minutes]

In the words of @Pontifex: '...some young women feel that there is a lack of leading female role models within the Church...’ Join us as we explore the important subject of young women in the Church NEXT WEEK. Book your place now: https://t.co/x91ViJjBwH

[Million Minutes @Million_Minutes]

A huge thank you to our friends at @SacredHeartSW11 for letting us celebrate in Sacred Heart Church, to the wonderful students of @SJBC_London & to our wonderful supporters who joined us (thank you also Br. Stephen for the photos!)

[Nina @ninamataz]

@frankcottrell_b Remembered your catholic antenna - spotted her wearing a crucifix this week. Go girl!

[Nina @ninamataz]

@Sandskwan And I wore them as (very short?!) dresses after you were done with them!

[Nina @ninamataz]

Back with @The_Tablet discussing institutional racism and what the Catholic (~universal) Church can do. Read here or drop me a DM. https://t.co/lwRi0qGEoP

[Daisy Srblin @DCSrblin]

The excellent organisation @Million_Minutes is looking for its next Communications & Events Assistant. An exciting, challenging and rewarding role for the right candidate. And if that wasn't enough to tempt you: you get to work with me! https://t.co/sty8s9D5By

[Nina @ninamataz]

So glad to have the opportunity to work with @Million_Minutes (and my pal Fr Ryan!) to give young people a voice for the future and for the now.

[Million Minutes @Million_Minutes]

🌟ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW TRUSTEES🌟
Please join us in welcoming Fr Ryan Service and Nina Mattiello Azadeh to our Board of Trustees. We are so excited to work with them to empower young people to change the world 🙏https://t.co/vass2Vb4D2

[Nina @ninamataz]

Thanks to @liz_dodd for pointing out the many Christian leaders that have spoken out (https://t.co/J6KL9Rn4rd). I hope that others will follow soon. If we want women in our Christian spaces then we need to cultivate communities in which we can “laugh without fear of the future”.

[Nina @ninamataz]

There aren’t words to adequately explain the pain felt by women this last week. But in looking for solace I myself turned to the (Catholic) church...

[Nina @ninamataz]

I don’t have an answer or a way to heal this hurt in our society. But I ask that our #ChristianCommunities don’t bury their heads in the sand on this issue. Women need spaces to be safe and accepted.

[Nina @ninamataz]

We might like to think that this isn’t a Christian problem - after all, Christian men don’t covet. But what about the lack of respect we afford to the bibles “fallen” women? What about Eve, Rahab, the woman of Samaria and Mary Magdalen?

[Nina @ninamataz]

I had a conversation with friends, where it was suggested that in bathing on the roof, Bathsheba was “asking” to be sexually co-orced by King David. Nowhere in the scripture does it say this. She was carrying out ritual ablutions when she was summoned by an man of immense power.

[Nina @ninamataz]

@ChadPrimary Happy feast day!

[Nina @ninamataz]

Alexa, give my housemate the shock of his life as he works from home by playing Boyzone at volume 10 not only on this Alexa, but also on the one in his parents’ house over 100 miles away.

[Nina @ninamataz]

Other important questions could be:
Should Our Lady only ever be portrayed in a Eurocentric way?
Or
Are we really expecting that Our Lady was able to breastfeed the baby Jesus with her top on?

[The Catholic Herald @CatholicHerald]

Should Our Lady ever be portrayed without clothes? - https://t.co/56I80ntAc5