April 13th, 2012
Women’s Ordination Conference Attracting New Generation Originally posted on Ray Grosswirth’s blog, My World of Religion, Politics, Entertainment and Social Issues Ray Grosswirth has a M.A. in Theology and an M.Div (Master of Divinity) from St. Bernard’s School of Theology and Ministry. He is certified as an officiant by the Federation of Christian Ministries for baptisms,…
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April 11th, 2012
On the weekend of March 24, 2012 over 40,000 Catholics gathered in Anaheim, CA for the Los Angeles Religious Education Conference. For the 2nd year in a row Roman Catholic Womenpriests, Call to Action-LA and the local Women’s Ordination Conference group gathered outside the event to call for women’s ordination. We held banners, passed out…
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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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March 12th, 2012
(ICYMI) In case you missed it: Catholic News Weekend Round-Up: 13 Religious Women to Watch in 2012, via the Center for American Progress Women Priests Stand in Solidarity with Prophet of Justice, Fr. Roy Bourgeois: Press Release from The Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests. Blair takes on the Pope by backing gay marriage British…
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March 7th, 2012
The Christlike Reversal: a Pink Smoke Over the Vatican Review Guest Post by Janice Poss, WOC Member “The Buddha and Jesus have to meet every moment in each of us. Each of us in our daily practice needs to touch the spirit of Buddha and the spirit of Jesus so that they manifest…It is like…
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March 1st, 2012
Just as sexism is a sin, it is also a sign: the Church must change. Sign of Peace Just minutes after touching ground in Rome, Erin and I spotted a familiar face behind a handwritten “Ordain Women!” sign near the baggage claim of the Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport: Fr. Roy Bourgeois welcomed us with his…
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October 26th, 2011
Published on Monday, October 24, 2011 by CommonDreams.org Challenging the Old Boys Network in the Vatican by Bill Quigley We never thought it would end up on a hard wooden bench inside a police station in Piazza Cavour. Maryknoll priest Fr. Roy Bourgeois, young Erin Saiz Hanna of Women’s Ordination Conference in the US and Miriam Duignan…
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October 19th, 2011
Occupy the Vatican? October 18, 2011 by Julie Cain, See the original article on the Ms. Blog Father Roy Bourgeois, a beloved Catholic priest who has supported women’s ordination, was briefly detained in Rome yesterday after he and about a dozen women marched on the Vatican. The marchers held a banner reading “Ordain Catholic Women” and…
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