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[Editor’s Note: This post is written by Alyssa, our summer intern whom we’re so excited to be welcoming to the WOC team! Alyssa (she/her/hers) is a Catholic young woman from California and an incoming college student. She has worked in women’s advocacy throughout high school, done personal advocacy for women’s ordination, and is very involved…
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Last month, my job got a whole lot more interesting as I found myself participating in my first music video filming.  After the positive reception WOC received at the Call to Action conference for the flash mob to the “Call me Maybe” parody, “Ordain a Lady,” it was decided that a music video ought to…
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You can imagine my shock of dismay last week when I checked in with the office through email and was informed of Fr. Roy Bourgeois’ dismissal from the Vatican and from his religious order, the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers.  If memory serves, the news was broken to me with an “fyi” and my reply went…
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Two weekends ago I had the pleasure of being one of the 400 first time attendees at the annual Call To Action conference “Justice Rising.”  Considering there were around 1,600 attendees in total at the conference, I think it speaks wonders about the conference and its outreach that one-fourth of us there were new.  Progressive…
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I’ve now been here at WOC for almost three months and I can’t believe how much I have learned and done already! Hours of translating WOC’s values, mission, and history has proven worthwhile with the latest addition of our WOC en español tab on the website.  If you recall any of your Spanish classes from the…
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Starting my third week as the new intern, I thought it might be time for me to introduce myself to you lovely WOC members and supporters.  My name is Jillian Lopez and I am not only new to WOC, but new to D.C.  While I have called a few different countries home for short periods…
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