Press Releases

July 7th, 2009

Erin Saiz Hanna Named Women’s Ordination Conference Executive Director

For Immediate Release Contact: Clarissa Mendez, 202-675-1006, www.womensordination.org    Date: July 07, 2009

June 19th, 2009

Statement On Vatican’s Year of the Priest

WOC Calls on Members to Raise Voices during Vatican’s Year of the Priest

March 27th, 2009

WOC Calls for Women’s Justice and Equality in the Catholic Church on World Day of Prayer

WASHINGTON, DC-Today, on the 15th annual World Day of Prayer for Women’s Ordination, Aisha S. Taylor, executive director of the Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC), issued the following statement regarding the need for women’s leadership in all levels of the Roman Catholic Church. Every year on March 25th, the feast of the Annunciation, WOC joins the…
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December 16th, 2008

Women Religious Break the Silence on Women’s Ordination with Roy Bourgeois

PRESS RELEASE  MEDIA CONTACT: Erin Saiz Hanna, office: +1 (202) 675-1006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 16, 2008 Women religious raise their voices to "Break the Silence" on women’s ordination WASHINGTON, DC – Today, over 100 women religious go public in their support of women’s ordination and Roy Bourgeois, the Maryknoll priest who was informed by the Vatican…
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November 21st, 2008

Statement of Aisha Taylor from main stage during SOA Watch protest

Aisha Taylor, Executive Director of the Women’s Ordination Conference, issued the following statement from the main stage of the School of the Americas Watch protest in Fort Benning, Georgia, on November 22, 2008 with thousands of people in attendance.  As a feminist Catholic woman working for women priests and an inclusive, accountable Catholic church, I am proud…
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November 20th, 2008

Over 3,700 stand in solidarity with priest facing excommunication for support of women’s ordination

For Immediate Release: November 20, 2008    Press Contacts: Women’s Ordination Conference, Aisha Taylor, 202.422.2235 (cell)  Call To Action/USA, Nicole Sotelo, 773.404.0004 x285 (office), 857.928.4112 (cell) Roman Catholic Womenpriests, Janice Sevre-Duszynska, 859.684.4247 (cell) We are able to refer you to chapter leaders in every state for local quotes. 3,700 stand in solidarity as grace period ends…
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November 9th, 2008

Catholics Support Marriage Rights for Same-Gender Couples

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 10, 2008   Catholics Support Marriage Rights and Responsibilities for Same-Gender Couples during the Meeting of the U.S. Bishops   Today, as the U.S. bishops begin their meeting in Baltimore, we express our dismay regarding the bishops’ use of significant resources – including $200,000 toward Proposition 8 in California –…
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October 30th, 2008

WOC Supports Ordination of Four Catholic Women in Chicago

  Aisha S. Taylor, executive director of the Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC), issued the following statement today regarding the ordinations on November 1, 2008 of Barbara Zeman as a Roman Catholic priest and Alta Jacko, Linda Wilcox, and Mary Styne as deacons, in preparation for the priesthood.

October 15th, 2008

Italian, Vatican police stop and apprehend passports of Catholic representatives delivering petition

 

October 14th, 2008

From Rome, WOC urges Vatican to end discrimination against women

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 15, 2008