February 17th, 2014

Piano, piano

For the past four weeks I have been in Italian immersion classes, while living with an Italian host family in Rome. The school, DiLit, prioritizes listening and speaking practice over grammatical exercises, complimented with cultural seminars and excursions throughout the city. Empowering students to open their mouths and build brain connections prior to writing (a…
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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 17th, 2014

Guerrilla Communion: DIT (do it together!)

by Kate Conmy and Katie Jones Build justice-seeking Catholic community around your dinner table! For the past 10 months, some progressive Catholics in the Washington, DC area have been gathering for monthly potluck dinners. The event is called Guerrilla Communion (here here to Kate for the jazzy name!), and its purpose is simple: to gather…
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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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August 7th, 2013

What does Pope Francis mean for women in the church?

  Returning from World Youth Day, Pope Francis made headlines when he both said, “Who am I to judge?” gay priests who seek Christ in good faith, and “the door is closed” on women’s ordination. Because of his candid and humble style, the world is listening and talking about women’s ordination. Read More: WOC responds: Pope…
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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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February 26th, 2013

While flocks of men gather…

While flocks of men will gather in Rome to choose the next Pope, a very different meeting will be held at the same time in New York at the United Nations Headquarters. From March 4-15, the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) sessions will bring together representatives of U.N. Member States to evaluate progress…
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January 15th, 2013

Becoming the Anarchist Reverend: an interview with Deacon Shannon T.L. Kearns

On January 19, 2013, Shannon T.L. Kearns will be ordained as a priest in the North American Old Catholic Church in Minneapolis, MN. Shannon is the blogger known as the Anarchist Reverend, the convener and founding pastor of the House of the Transfiguration, and is poised to be the first transgender priest ordained in the…
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January 15th, 2013

Dancing in solidarity

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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