Category: Women’s Ordination

As a young woman who wishes to become a deacon when I am of age, I decided to interview a deacon I know about women’s ordination. He requested anonymity for this interview, and I have summarized our conversation. We have talked about this topic many times before, but I found it helpful to ask directly:…
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As a woman in the Church, Mary has been both a source of challenge and a source of peace for me throughout my discernment and growth as a minister. In a faith that holds Jesus as the perfect example of love and personhood, it has been hard for me to understand the need to hold…
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[Editor’s note: Sara Conneely is joining “The Table” as a Tuesday guest blogger for the month of January.] When I discovered that the Women’s Ordination Conference exists, I was delighted that a space I had been hoping for was real and active. I am a Catholic minister with a background in catechetics and education. I…
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Let us pray for the repose of the Augustinian soul of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. I have learned a lot of theology in the last week – but more of that later. I had decided to start this blog as young Patrick Hudson started the Tablet weekly online update this week. I know he’s young…
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Beginning on Saturday, October 6th, 1979, on the eve of the last day of Pope John Paul II’s visit to the United States, members of the Women’s Ordination Conference held an all-night vigil in Washington, D.C. They were there to greet the pope as he arrived to conduct Mass at the National Shrine of the…
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My family’s tabletop nativity set is a hodgepodge of figurines. Some were gifts to my parents for their wedding, others are from both of my grandmothers’ sets, the angel is an ornament that has sentimental value. I have always loved that these pieces don’t match. They are made of different materials and their sizing is…
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One comment I understood in all the World Cup coverage this week was that “representation matters” on the French team. The players of color represent France as would any white team member. Colonials are fully incorporated into the citizenry when it comes to soccer. I heard the same phrase from a woman who is a…
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Coming into this position of being an intern for the Women’s Ordination Conference and taking part in being a blog editor, I was excited yet nervous. I will admit that my knowledge of certain topics in Catholic news was hazy. This sparked the nervousness I felt in the beginning. However, that soon changed. The more…
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“Francis is Stuck. Let me count the ways.” That was my first title for this blog. I saw no change in what he said to a gathering of people who work at America magazine. Deliberately diverse, the group posed questions one after another. Executive editor Kerry Weber was third and set up her first question:…
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When it comes to advocating for the advent of women’s ordination in the Roman Catholic Church, the theological and moral reasoning extend far beyond the concept that we should allow ordination because it has occurred in the past. But there is evidence to support this reasoning in the figure of Saint Brigit of Kildare. Saint…
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