July 9th, 2012
A diocese bans girls from serving at the altar. The United States Conference of Catholics Bishops investigates the Girl Scouts of the USA. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith investigates American nuns and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. Madness, isn’t it? Little girls and nuns? At first, I thought so, too, but…
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June 15th, 2012
A new spiritual uprising is rocking the Catholic Church today. At the Vatican we see the “Monsignors Mutiny,” a tale of betrayal, corruption, and power struggles that has the potential of becoming a blockbuster movie that could rival the Da Vinci Code. One Italian paper even suggested that an unnamed laywoman had secretly ordered the…
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May 23rd, 2012
On Saturday, May 12, 2012, we gathered in suburban Cleveland, Ohio at the Brecksville United Church of Christ to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Danube Seven. Our guest of honor was the only American among those pioneers, Dagmar Celeste. Our celebration opened with a dramatic presentation by four women who presented a vignette from…
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May 1st, 2012
On the Danube River in June 2002, seven women were ordained into the Roman Catholic priesthood by a valid Roman Catholic Bishop (in apostolic succession). Known as the Danube Seven, these women have inspired the hearts and minds of Catholics around the world to continue to seek justice and equal Rites for women in the Church…
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April 4th, 2012
Monday April 2nd, the Women’s Ordination Conference held a vigil outside of the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, DC prior to the annual Chrism Mass, bearing witness to the absence of women in the Roman Catholic Church leadership. With heavy foot-traffic and the throngs of priests and women religious of the Diocese of Washington, our…
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March 28th, 2012
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
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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