Current Action Alerts

On February 23, 2019, as the meeting in Rome about clergy sexual abuse enters its last day, we invite you to  wear a blue armband to the vigil Mass at your parish or faith community to prayerfully call for the inclusion and equitable representation of:   survivors of sexual abuse and their families, lay people, especially women, groups and experts…
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Are you, or is someone you know, a passionate advocate for women’s equality in the Roman Catholic Church? Nominations to join our Board of Directors are now open! Learn more about becoming a member of the board, and fill out the application, here.

We already know that the bishops are out-of-touch with the people they are supposed to shepherd.  But now we have data to support it. A new study about women deacons shows how profoundly bishops misunderstand what the people of God support and need. According to a study from Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research on the…
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This Advent, Women’s Ordination Conference is offering a feminist Advent calendar to enrich your prayer and preparation for Christmas. Check the calendar every day for reflections, quotes, images, music and more as we wait in joyful hope this season.

501 years ago on October 31, as an obscure Catholic priest, Martin Luther, posted his 95 Theses for the reform of his beloved Catholic Church on the door of a church in Germany. In that same spirit, you’re invited to post 5 Theses for reform of the Church in anticipation of the annual meeting of…
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In light of the continued denial of a right to vote for women participating in the upcoming Synod on Youth, the Faith Life, and Vocational Discernment, we are happy to collaborate with our Italian sisters—Donne per la Chiesa— and with Catholic Women Speak in writing a letter to those women who have been invited to participate…
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At the Synod on Youth, Faith, and Vocational Discernment, only 10% of the participants are women – and they are non-voting members. Even with the new Synod guidelines, which creates the possibility for non-ordained voting members for Synod, when asked why women are still excluded, the Vatican offered this argument: “For now, that is how…
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We know too well the horror and anger we feel as Catholics as the revelations of yet more sexual abuse by clergy, and the extensive cover-up, reverberate throughout the U.S. and beyond. But as people of faith, we know we must be empowered by God’s righteous anger and act boldly. Catholics will gather across the…
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UPDATE:  Watch the video of our panel discussion: Read the opening remarks from Paola Lazzarini, founder of Donne per la Chiesa (“Women for the Church”), here.  **** This October, the Synod of Bishops will meet for nearly a month in Rome to discuss “Young People, Faith, and Vocational Discernment,” behind closed doors. But a group of…
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A new collaboration, “Listening to Women” (www.listeningtowomen.org), aims to create safe spaces for women to assess a parish’s pastoral care, spiritual growth, and opportunities for women to engage in various ministries by organizing listening sessions within their parish. Inspired by Pentecost’s power to open hearts and minds to God’s vision, this five-year initiative, launching May…
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