November 11th, 2011
WOC and Erin Saiz Hanna were mentioned in this article about women’s ordination and Rev. Barbara Zeman’s ordination in particular. Woman Priest, a Beachwood native, sees her ordination as valid; Roman Catholic Church does not By Michael O’Malley Women priests are taboo in the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church, and those who participate in…
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October 23rd, 2011
Erin Saiz Hanna was mentioned in this article for her role as an organizer and activist for the protest at the Vatican. Challenging the Old Boys Network of 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.…
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October 17th, 2011
Erin Saiz Hanna was featured in this article for her role at the protest at the Vatican. Occupy the Vatican? By: Julie Cain Father Roy Bourgeois, a beloved Catholic priest who has supported women’s ordination, wasbriefly detained in Rome yesterday after he and about a dozen women marched on the Vatican. The marchers held a banner…
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October 16th, 2011
Erin Saiz Hanna was featured in this Reuters article for her activism at the protest at the Vatican. Catholics campaigning for women priests detained at the Vatican By Phillip Pullella A group of Roman Catholic activists who think women should be ordained priests tried to deliver a petition to the Vatican on Monday but were…
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October 16th, 2011
WOC was mentioned in this Huffington Post article for its support of Fr. Roy Bourgeois and its activism at the Vatican in protest supporting both Fr. Roy and women’s ordination. Roy Bourgeois, U.S. Priest Who Backs Women’s Ordination, Detained By Nicole Winfield VATICAN CITY — A U.S. Catholic priest who supports ordination for women was…
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October 9th, 2011
WOC was mentioned in this article about Fr. Roy Bourgeois for its petitioning efforts in his support. 127 former Maryknollers support Bourgeois By Joshua J McElwee Like Fr. Roy Bourgeois, many of them supported the ministries of Maryknoll around the world as missionaries, priests, or sisters. Now, as the priest faces expulsion from the missionary…
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July 26th, 2011
WOC was mentioned and a WOC vigil photographed in an NPR audiocast about women’s ordination. Ordaining Female Catholic Priests By Jacki Lyden The issue of female ordination has beset the Roman Catholic church for decades. But increasingly, the Vatican is facing a revolt on the issue, even as it cracks down. On three continents: Europe,…
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July 6th, 2011
WOC’s Kate Conmy writes as a guest contributor in the Feminism and Religion blog. This is What a Catholic Looks Like By Kate Conmy In my last semester as a Religion student at Mount Holyoke College I sat in my Feminist Theology seminar with only one question for our guest speaker: “Why are you still…
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May 4th, 2011
WOC was mentioned in this article about the forced retirement of Australian Bishop William Morris for his support of, among other "progressive" things, women’s ordination. Bp Morris: ‘You’ve got to stand in your truth’ By Joshua J McElwee The Advent Pastoral Letter of 2006, cited as the beginning of the controversy that resulted in the…
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April 20th, 2011
A WOC vigil in Southeastern Pensylvania is featured in this News Works article about the annual protest vigil in support of women’s ordination. Protest asks Catholic church for women priests By Tom MacDonald Women who want to be Catholic priests held their annual protest outside Holy Thursday Mass at the Cathedral in Center City Philadelphia.…
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