Before any really B I G event occurs, there needs to be a meeting with a smaller group.  First, the people who attended this smaller meeting understood that they were to engage in discussion---not just sit there as store manikins.  Having people willing to contribute their ideas or STAND UP and present them----is more than the usual parish gathering.  I certainly agree with the other posters here, that this was an important step---more women need to be here---and the USCCB needs to get behind this effort.