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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 16, 2008 CONTACTS: Aisha Taylor, 703 352-1006, ataylor@womensordination.org "Ordain Catholic Women" billboard to follow Pope Benedict XVI WASHINGTON, DC – April 16 – Today, as Pope Benedict XVI visits our nation’s capital on his 81st birthday, the Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) continues their “Giving the Gift of Women’s Leadership” campaign, urging…
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Prayer Service for Women’s Ordination on the 17th Annual World Day of Prayer – 25 March 2011 Created by Women’s Ordination Worldwide, Liturgy Committee Opening Prayer God of Surprises,    you call us    from the narrowness of our traditions              to new ways of being church    from the captivities of our culture to…
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PARA DIFUSION INMEDIATA: 10 de abril de 2008 CONTACTO: Aisha Taylor, 703 352-1006 (Oficina) La Conferencia para la Ordenación de la Mujer dar el regalo de la mujer durante la visita del Papa Benedicto a los EE.UU. Washington, D.C. – El lunes, 14 de abril  la Conferencia de Ordenación de las Mujeres en , junto…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 12, 2007 CONTACT: Aisha Taylor: (703) 352-1006, ataylor@womensordination.org Over 600 Cheer at Ordination of Two Roman Catholic Women Hosted by a Synagogue in St. Louis WASHINGTON, DC – November 12 – On Sunday, November 11, Rose Marie Dunn Hudson and Elsie Hainz McGrath were ordained as Roman Catholic priests by Bishop…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 7, 2007 CONTACT: Nidza Vázquez: (703) 352-1006, nvázquez@womensordination.org Bridget Mary Meehan: 703 283-2929 cell, 703 671-1972 office   Ordained Catholic women and advocates present a new vision of church while U.S. bishops meet BALTIMORE, MD – November 7 – Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) and the Roman Catholic Womenpriests (RCWP) will host…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 23, 2007 CONTACT: Nidza Vázquez: 703 352-1006, nvazquez@womensordination.org Vatican adviser interferes as Catholic women are ordained Washington, D.C . — On Saturday, July 14, in New York City, two women were ordained as Roman Catholic priests and two as deacons. The Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) has recently received written evidence showing…
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RELEASED: July 20, 2007Sowing Division in a Divided World A Statement from Catholic Church Reform Groups As progressive Catholics who are committed to our church, we respond with regret and dismay to the publication of Pope Benedict XVI’s two recent edicts. The first statement released on July 7, “Summorum Pontificum,” encouraged a return to the…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 16, 2007 CONTACT: Nidza Vázquez: office +1 (703) 352-1006 WOC Statement on the $660 million settlement for child sexual abuse in Los Angeles A victory for survivors reiterates the need for the Catholic Church to be more transparent, accountable and inclusive. Washington, DC—Aisha Taylor, executive director of Women’s Ordination Conference, issued…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 23, 2007 CONTACT: Nidza Vázquez: 703 352-1006 nvazquez@womensordination.org Five Roman Catholic Women to be Ordained in Toronto Washington, D.C . — On Sunday, May 27, 2007, one Canadian and two American women will be ordained as priests, and one American woman and two Canadians (a man and a woman) will be…
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PARA DIFUSION INMEDIATA: 23 de mayo de 2007 CONTACTO: Nidza Vazquez, 703 352-1006 (Oficina) Cinco Mujeres Sacerdotes se ordenarán en la Iglesia Católica Romana en Toronto Washington, D.C. – El próximo domingo 27 de mayo de 2007, dos mujeres norteamericanas y una canadiense se ordenarán sacerdotes, y una mujer norteamericana y dos canadienses (un hombre…
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