Month: March 2012

March 28th, 2012

18th Annual World Day of Prayer

The World Day of Prayer for Women’s Ordination is a concerted global action held annually on March 25, the feast of the Annunciation, to draw attention to women’s ordination into an inclusive and accountable Catholic Church. Every year, WOC members in the USA and women’s ordination activists around the world host events to honor this special day.…
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March 13th, 2012

“If I knew there was a place like this for me in the Catholic Church, I don’t think I would have left!”

  A reflection on the World Day of Prayer for Women’s Ordination services by Christine Haider-Winnett, WOC Board Member and student of Theology at the Pacific School of Religion. On March 6, Pacific School of Religion (PSR) hosted a chapel service in honor of World Day of Prayer for Women’s Ordination, which was attended by…
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March 12th, 2012

ICYMI: Catholic News Weekend Round-Up

(ICYMI) In case you missed it: Catholic News Weekend Round-Up: 13 Religious Women to Watch in 2012, via the Center for American Progress Women Priests Stand in Solidarity with Prophet of Justice, Fr. Roy Bourgeois: Press Release from The Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests. Blair takes on the Pope by backing gay marriage British…
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March 7th, 2012

The Christlike Reversal: a Pink Smoke Over the Vatican Review

The Christlike Reversal: a Pink Smoke Over the Vatican Review Guest Post by Janice Poss, WOC Member “The Buddha and Jesus have to meet every moment in each of us.  Each of us in our daily practice needs to touch the spirit of Buddha and the spirit of Jesus so that they manifest…It is like…
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March 1st, 2012

Debriefing Report from Rome

Just as sexism is a sin, it is also a sign: the Church must change. Sign of Peace Just minutes after touching ground in Rome, Erin and I spotted a familiar face behind a handwritten “Ordain Women!” sign near the baggage claim of the Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport: Fr. Roy Bourgeois welcomed us with his…
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