Ethne Kennedy (November 13, 1921 – March 13, 2005) was an American religious worker and activist.
[1] A member of the Society of Helpers, she was the founding president of the National Assembly of Religious Women, and after the Second Vatican Council worked to ensure that women could participate fully in the workings of the Roman Catholic Church.
She also was editor of Probe, the newsletter put out by the organization of sisters' councils in the United States.
As part of her role with the National Assembly of Religious Women, she ensured that sisters had the ability to cooperate with the church in its decision making and process implementation at the national, regional, and local levels, and assisted them in integrating these decisions into society.
Later in life Kennedy worked among AIDS patients in New York City; at the United Nations, she participated in demonstrations and protests against war.