Category: General

December 9th, 2014

Incompatible with God’s Design: A History of the Women’s Ordination Movement in the U.S. Roman Catholic Church

NOW IN PAPERBACK! SPECIAL DISCOUNT! USE PROMOTIONAL CODE 7A3AUTHF AND SAVE 25% Incompatible with God’s Design: A History of the Women’s Ordination Movement in the U.S. Roman Catholic Church  By Mary Jeremy Daigler Incompatible with God’s Design is the first comprehensive history of the Roman Catholic women’s ordination movement in the United States. Mary Jeremy Daigler explores how the…
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March 27th, 2014

“Cardinal O’ Malley, how long will you champion the inferiority of women in the church?” A letter from Fr. John Shea, O.S.A

The Beginning of Lent, 2014 Dear Cardinal O’ Malley I am writing to you and to all the ordinaries of the dioceses in the United States to ask you and your fellow bishops in your role as teachers to provide a clear and credible theological explanation of why women are not being ordained to the…
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March 12th, 2014

Action Alert! Call on Pope Francis to officially reopen discussion on women’s ordination

May 22, 2014 will mark the 20th anniversary of John Paul II’s Apostolic Letter Ordinatio Sacerdotalis in which he attempted to officially ban discussion about the ordination of women. In a now infamous July 28, 2013 interview with reporters at the end of World Youth Day, Pope Francis referenced this document when he said, “On the ordination of women, the church has…
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March 12th, 2014

1 Year Anniversary of … Pink Smoke over the Vatican!

One year ago today, Erin and I were rushing from Fiumicino airport to a convent in Rome to gather our coalition and drive to Piazza Garibaldi to raise pink smoke over the Vatican. It seemed poetic at the time, to cross an ocean to light something on fire, but it was an precedented and powerful…
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February 22nd, 2014

3 years at WOC!

Today is my 3-year anniversary on staff at the Women’s Ordination Conference! Hoping you’re the nostalgic-type like me, and will enjoy a little walk down memory lane together. It is because of our members that I have the opportunity to do so many incredible things around the world, with such amazing colleagues — thank you…
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January 20th, 2014

WOC in Rome!

The Eternal City calls! It’s true: the Women’s Ordination Conference is going to Rome, and staying awhile! In our effort to change the structures and representation of women in the Roman Catholic Church, we at WOC believe we must be firmly situated within the Italian context to better highlight the global necessity of women’s ordination.…
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January 6th, 2014

WISE WOMEN ALSO CAME

By Jan L. Richardson from Night Visions: searching for shadows of Advent and Christmas, 1998: United Church Press Wise women also came. The fire burned in their wombs long before they saw the flaming star in the sky. They walked in shadows, trusting the path would open under the light of the moon.  Wise women also came,…
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November 21st, 2013

Support the Women’s Ordination Conference While You Shop for the Holidays!

If you do your Christmas shopping on Amazon, here’s one way to make your gift giving go a little bit further. Before you shop, please go to Amazon Smile at http://smile.amazon.com and select “Women’s Ordination Conference” as your selected charity. Amazon Smile is a simple and automatic way for you to support WOC every time…
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March 7th, 2013

The language that is given to us… Report from CSW57

Human rights education must be compulsory for school children if we are to address violence against women throughout the world.  “Physics, chemistry, literature… these are not enough, otherwise professors would not molest their students,” Talat Fasha emphasized on the panel, “Girl Child to Mature Woman, eradicating violence against women” sponsored by the Soroptimist International World…
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November 29th, 2012

Pledging to speak out

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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