Read the full Washington Post Article by Michelle Boorstein Women’s Ordination Worldwide, a decades-old group advocating for women to be ordained in all Catholic ministries, issued a statement Tuesday saying it applauded Durocher for “raising the suggestion to the exclusively male-voting body” and for making a connection between the status of women in the…
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Contact: Miriam Duignan: UK (+44) 7970 926910 m_duignan@hotmail.com Kate McElwee: Italy (+39) 393-692-2100 kmcelwee@womensordination.org Erin Saiz Hanna: USA (+1) 401-588-0457 ehanna@womensordination.org For Immediate Release 6 October 2015 Response On Women Deacons Discussed at Vatican Synod Rome, Italy: Recent statements made by Canadian Archbishop Paul-Andre Durocher of Gatineau, Quebec during the Vatican’s Synod on the…
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Here are some of the headlines from the Women’s Ordination Worldwide 2015 meeting, featuring WOC and WOW members. NCR: Catholic activists raise ordination issue as pope’s U.S. trip approaches Reasonably Catholic: Kate McElwee on Grab Bag episode NCR: Women ordination advocates multi-media appeal NCR: Women’s ordination conference opens in Philadelphia Irish Times: Question Time: What…
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For Immediate Release September 28, 2015 Contact: Erin Saiz Hanna 401.588.0457 Kate McElwee 607.725.1364 On the papal plane from Philadelphia to Rome, Pope Francis was asked: “Will we one day see women priests in the Catholic church as some groups in the U.S. ask, and some other Christian churches have?” “On women priests, that cannot…
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Contact: Miriam Duignan, Women’s Ordination Worldwide 510-984-8678 As Pope Francis arrives in the United States, a parish priest is banned from ministry for following his conscience. On Saturday, September 20, Fr. Jack McClure shared his support for women’s ordination during a panel held in Philadelphia, PA at the Women’s Ordination Worldwideconference. Precious Blood Fr. McClure…
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Nominate a woman of courage and vision who, like Sr. Theresa Kane, prophetically lives out her vision of an inclusive, equal and just Roman Catholic Church. WOC will also specially honor a Philadelphia leader, grassroots activists and feminists under forty. Nominations are now open!
For Immediate Release Jennifer O’Malley, RCWP-USA Board President (310) 408-9122 Erin Saiz Hanna, WOC Co-Director (401) 588-0457 Roman Catholic Womenpriests (RCWP) and Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) are deeply saddened by the violent attack that Alexandra Dyer, a Roman Catholic Womanpriest in New York City, experienced when leaving work on Wednesday evening. As she was getting in her car,…
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Listen to Kate McElwee on WESU’s program, “Reasonably Catholic” with Maria Johnson (20:10 minute mark)
Last September, Jacqueline Straub wrote a letter to the pope. (First off: People still write letters?) But Straub wasn’t fishing for a papal pen pal. While some might argue she was using pen and paper to beat her head against a wall, Straub, a 24-year-old theology student, would likely counter that she was taking a…
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By Margery Eagan: On Spirituality columnist, Crux August 12, 2015: Read the Full article on Crux “Doubly othered.” That is how Gina Messina-Dysert describes her life as a faithful feminist and a faithful Catholic. She is suspect within Catholicism for her feminism. She is suspect among feminists for her Catholicism. “Doubly othered.” What a perfect name,…
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