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ABOUT US – WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCE Founded in 1975, the Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) is the oldest and largest organization working to ordain women as priests, deacons, and bishops into an inclusive and accountable Roman Catholic Church. A feminist voice for women in the Roman Catholic Church, WOC is a grassroots-driven movement that promotes activism, dialogue, and TOP TEN REASONS TO ORDAIN WOMEN… Top Ten Reasons to Ordain Women. 10.) A priest’s job is to serve the people of God — it’s not about gender (or for that matter, marital status or sexual orientation). 9.) The Second Vatican Council calls for all discrimination to be eliminated. “Every type of discrimination based on sex FACT SHEET ON CATHOLIC WOMEN’S ORDINATION Fact sheet on Catholic Women’s Ordination. 88% of U.S. Catholics would be “comfortable” with the ordination of women, according to a 2015 Shriver Report. The majority of Catholics would like to see women have equal standing in ordained ministry: in France (83%), Spain (78%), Argentina (60%), and Italy (59%), and Brazil (54%), accordingto
“BE POSITIVE BUT TEST NEGATIVE” Lalita Roshni Lakra’s story affected me the most.A Daughter of St. Anne from North India, she studied social work and science but ultimately earned a law degree. She now serves in the Office for Tribal Affairs of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India and practices law in the district and supreme courts for the Alliance Defending Freedom in New Delhi. VOCATIONS SUNDAY 2021 In his letter for the 2021 World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Pope Francis wrote that God’s dreams for us can lead to “profound and unexpected horizons.”. We will pray and act to encourage the Pope and the hierarchy to open themselves to what profound and unexpected gifts they would experience if they fully recognized the dignity andthe
FEMALE IMAGES OF GOD IN THE BIBLE Genesis 1:27 Women and Men created in God’s image “Humankind was created as God’s reflection: in the divine image God created them; female and male, God made them.” Hosea 11:3-4 God described as a mother God: “Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, I who tookthem up in
THE COMPREHENSIVE CATHOLIC LECTIONARY Throughout the Advent and Christmas seasons, the Women’s Ordination Conference invites you to use the Comprehensive Catholic Lectionary. This unique resource aims to include every significant story about women in the Bible not included in the canonical Sunday lectionary, eliminate exclusive language for God and human beings, and to educate readers and communities to a spectrum of Biblical A TRANSGENDER CATHOLIC AND RESIGNED PRIEST, LOVED BY GOD Alisha Cacace was assigned male at birth, grew up religious, and was ordained later as a Catholic priest. But she told the Daily Mail that “from a very young age” Cacace knew she was “a female trapped in a male’s body.”. For many years, she pushed this truth aside until, after six years of turmoil, she began transitioning. HOME - WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCEABOUT USGET INVOLVEDRESOURCESNEWS + MEDIADONATEOUR STORY Our collective vision is a Roman Catholic Church that affirms women’s gifts, responds by calling them to ministry and ordination, openly and actively supports women’s voices, and reflects the example of Jesus—welcoming all to the table. Sign our Petition to Pope Francis and Church Leadership: Stop Criminalizing God’s Call Pope Francis recently updated the code Read more UPDATES TO CANON LAW FAIL TO CORRECT THE "CRIME" OF WOMEN For Immediate Release: June 1, 2021 Pope Francis’ June 1 changes to the Code of Canon Law (Book VI) on offenses and punishments fail to correct the mischaracterization of the “grave crime” of women following their authentic vocations to ordained ministry. While not new, the revised canon 1379 is a painful reminder of the Vatican’sRead more
ABOUT US – WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCE Founded in 1975, the Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) is the oldest and largest organization working to ordain women as priests, deacons, and bishops into an inclusive and accountable Roman Catholic Church. A feminist voice for women in the Roman Catholic Church, WOC is a grassroots-driven movement that promotes activism, dialogue, and TOP TEN REASONS TO ORDAIN WOMEN… Top Ten Reasons to Ordain Women. 10.) A priest’s job is to serve the people of God — it’s not about gender (or for that matter, marital status or sexual orientation). 9.) The Second Vatican Council calls for all discrimination to be eliminated. “Every type of discrimination based on sex FACT SHEET ON CATHOLIC WOMEN’S ORDINATION Fact sheet on Catholic Women’s Ordination. 88% of U.S. Catholics would be “comfortable” with the ordination of women, according to a 2015 Shriver Report. The majority of Catholics would like to see women have equal standing in ordained ministry: in France (83%), Spain (78%), Argentina (60%), and Italy (59%), and Brazil (54%), accordingto
“BE POSITIVE BUT TEST NEGATIVE” Lalita Roshni Lakra’s story affected me the most.A Daughter of St. Anne from North India, she studied social work and science but ultimately earned a law degree. She now serves in the Office for Tribal Affairs of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India and practices law in the district and supreme courts for the Alliance Defending Freedom in New Delhi. VOCATIONS SUNDAY 2021 In his letter for the 2021 World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Pope Francis wrote that God’s dreams for us can lead to “profound and unexpected horizons.”. We will pray and act to encourage the Pope and the hierarchy to open themselves to what profound and unexpected gifts they would experience if they fully recognized the dignity andthe
FEMALE IMAGES OF GOD IN THE BIBLE Genesis 1:27 Women and Men created in God’s image “Humankind was created as God’s reflection: in the divine image God created them; female and male, God made them.” Hosea 11:3-4 God described as a mother God: “Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, I who tookthem up in
THE COMPREHENSIVE CATHOLIC LECTIONARY Throughout the Advent and Christmas seasons, the Women’s Ordination Conference invites you to use the Comprehensive Catholic Lectionary. This unique resource aims to include every significant story about women in the Bible not included in the canonical Sunday lectionary, eliminate exclusive language for God and human beings, and to educate readers and communities to a spectrum of Biblical A TRANSGENDER CATHOLIC AND RESIGNED PRIEST, LOVED BY GOD Alisha Cacace was assigned male at birth, grew up religious, and was ordained later as a Catholic priest. But she told the Daily Mail that “from a very young age” Cacace knew she was “a female trapped in a male’s body.”. For many years, she pushed this truth aside until, after six years of turmoil, she began transitioning. BREAD NOT STONES: A MEDIA CONFERENCE WITH CATHOLIC RENEWAL Media Alert Seven lay-led Catholic renewal groups, opposed to the weaponization of Holy Communion by a faction of the United States Conference for Catholic Bishops, will host a video conference for the media on Tuesday June 15 at 11 a. m. EDT, in advance of the USCCB’s upcoming meeting virutally, June 16-18. The conference, hosted Readmore
FACT SHEET ON CATHOLIC WOMEN’S ORDINATION Fact sheet on Catholic Women’s Ordination. 88% of U.S. Catholics would be “comfortable” with the ordination of women, according to a 2015 Shriver Report. The majority of Catholics would like to see women have equal standing in ordained ministry: in France (83%), Spain (78%), Argentina (60%), and Italy (59%), and Brazil (54%), accordingto
MARX AND BORIS AND SYNODS AND LAW Pope Francis with Cardinal Marx (Source: Vatican News) When I woke up Thursday morning, I was going to write how sad I was that Cardinal Reinhold Marx of Germany was resigning. When IWHY ORDINATION?
Jesus included women as his partners in ministry. Women including Mary Magdalene, Suzanna, Salome, Mary of Bethany, and Mary the wife of Clopas played prominent roles in Jesus’ ministry. The women were the last to stay at the foot of the cross and the first to witness the Resurrection. Mary Magdalene is known as the “Apostle to theApostles
THE REAL “CLERICALISM AND DISRESPECT” IS IN POPE FRANCIS For Immediate Release: 24 November 2020. In a soon-to-be released book, Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future, Pope Francis criticizes those who believe women must be priests to be leaders in the Catholic Church, claiming it is “clericalist and disrespectful.” The Women’s Ordination Conference rejects this mischaracterization of the global movement working for a renewedpriesthood
THE WOMEN AT THE WAILING WALL stood at the wall itself, put my forehead against its cold harsh stone and listened to a. young girl, her forehead next to mine, issue the softest, longest series of moans I had ever. heard, a profound lamentation that eventually I could not help but join. All of us women. were there, wailing, crying, tucking our prayers into tinyniches in the
THE COMPREHENSIVE CATHOLIC LECTIONARY Throughout the Advent and Christmas seasons, the Women’s Ordination Conference invites you to use the Comprehensive Catholic Lectionary. This unique resource aims to include every significant story about women in the Bible not included in the canonical Sunday lectionary, eliminate exclusive language for God and human beings, and to educate readers and communities to a spectrum of Biblical THEOLOGY OF THE BODY The second feminist theologian is Tina Beattie, who spoke at the Philadelphia Women’s Ordination Worldwide in 2015. Tom Fox in NCR reported on her talk, which argued that the “sharp distinctions between male and femalehave dissolved.”. In contrast to Briggs, she began in the late 20 th century with the attempts of the Vatican toargue
WHY WOMEN SHOULD BE PRIESTS Why Women Should Be Priests By Roy Bourgeois January 2015 This is an Author’s Accepted Manuscript of an article published online on 26 January 2015 by Taylor & Francis in International Studies in Catholic Education, as “The Ordination of Women in the Catholic Church: Arguments for Teachers and Students HOSPITAL CHAPLAINCY AS A CATHOLIC LAYWOMAN Hospital Chaplaincy as a Catholic Laywoman. Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) is a common summer undertaking for seminarians. Many large hospitals offer the intensive summer program, which challenges us to put all those lofty ideals into action. At Bellevue Hospital in New York, I spend three days a week offering pastoral care to some ofthe
HOME - WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCEABOUT USGET INVOLVEDRESOURCESNEWS + MEDIADONATEOUR STORY Our collective vision is a Roman Catholic Church that affirms women’s gifts, responds by calling them to ministry and ordination, openly and actively supports women’s voices, and reflects the example of Jesus—welcoming all to the table. Sign our Petition to Pope Francis and Church Leadership: Stop Criminalizing God’s Call Pope Francis recently updated the code Read more UPDATES TO CANON LAW FAIL TO CORRECT THE "CRIME" OF WOMEN For Immediate Release: June 1, 2021 Pope Francis’ June 1 changes to the Code of Canon Law (Book VI) on offenses and punishments fail to correct the mischaracterization of the “grave crime” of women following their authentic vocations to ordained ministry. While not new, the revised canon 1379 is a painful reminder of the Vatican’sRead more
FACT SHEET ON CATHOLIC WOMEN’S ORDINATION Fact sheet on Catholic Women’s Ordination. 88% of U.S. Catholics would be “comfortable” with the ordination of women, according to a 2015 Shriver Report. The majority of Catholics would like to see women have equal standing in ordained ministry: in France (83%), Spain (78%), Argentina (60%), and Italy (59%), and Brazil (54%), accordingto
TOP TEN REASONS TO ORDAIN WOMEN… Top Ten Reasons to Ordain Women. 10.) A priest’s job is to serve the people of God — it’s not about gender (or for that matter, marital status or sexual orientation). 9.) The Second Vatican Council calls for all discrimination to be eliminated. “Every type of discrimination based on sex MARX AND BORIS AND SYNODS AND LAW Pope Francis with Cardinal Marx (Source: Vatican News) When I woke up Thursday morning, I was going to write how sad I was that Cardinal Reinhold Marx of Germany was resigning. When I “BE POSITIVE BUT TEST NEGATIVE” Lalita Roshni Lakra’s story affected me the most.A Daughter of St. Anne from North India, she studied social work and science but ultimately earned a law degree. She now serves in the Office for Tribal Affairs of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India and practices law in the district and supreme courts for the Alliance Defending Freedom in New Delhi. VOCATIONS SUNDAY 2021 In his letter for the 2021 World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Pope Francis wrote that God’s dreams for us can lead to “profound and unexpected horizons.”. We will pray and act to encourage the Pope and the hierarchy to open themselves to what profound and unexpected gifts they would experience if they fully recognized the dignity andthe
FEMALE IMAGES OF GOD IN THE BIBLE Genesis 1:27 Women and Men created in God’s image “Humankind was created as God’s reflection: in the divine image God created them; female and male, God made them.” Hosea 11:3-4 God described as a mother God: “Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, I who tookthem up in
BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN
Send your tax-deductible donation payable to Women’s Ordination Conference and marked for “Sign Campaign” to: WOC National Office, P.O. Box 2693, Fairfax, VA 22031-0693. If you are considering the priesthood, respond affirmatively to the archdiocesan billboard. The archdiocesan billboards say, “If you are waiting for a sign from God THE CHANGING, EXPANDING ROLE OF WOMEN IN RELIGIONS (THE Pope John Paul II released an apostolic letter in 1994 saying priestly ordination is reserved for men alone. In this letter, he said the presence and roles of women in the church are “absolutely necessary and irreplaceable,” even when not linked to the ministerialpriesthood.
HOME - WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCEABOUT USGET INVOLVEDRESOURCESNEWS + MEDIADONATEOUR STORY Our collective vision is a Roman Catholic Church that affirms women’s gifts, responds by calling them to ministry and ordination, openly and actively supports women’s voices, and reflects the example of Jesus—welcoming all to the table. Sign our Petition to Pope Francis and Church Leadership: Stop Criminalizing God’s Call Pope Francis recently updated the code Read more UPDATES TO CANON LAW FAIL TO CORRECT THE "CRIME" OF WOMEN For Immediate Release: June 1, 2021 Pope Francis’ June 1 changes to the Code of Canon Law (Book VI) on offenses and punishments fail to correct the mischaracterization of the “grave crime” of women following their authentic vocations to ordained ministry. While not new, the revised canon 1379 is a painful reminder of the Vatican’sRead more
FACT SHEET ON CATHOLIC WOMEN’S ORDINATION Fact sheet on Catholic Women’s Ordination. 88% of U.S. Catholics would be “comfortable” with the ordination of women, according to a 2015 Shriver Report. The majority of Catholics would like to see women have equal standing in ordained ministry: in France (83%), Spain (78%), Argentina (60%), and Italy (59%), and Brazil (54%), accordingto
TOP TEN REASONS TO ORDAIN WOMEN… Top Ten Reasons to Ordain Women. 10.) A priest’s job is to serve the people of God — it’s not about gender (or for that matter, marital status or sexual orientation). 9.) The Second Vatican Council calls for all discrimination to be eliminated. “Every type of discrimination based on sex MARX AND BORIS AND SYNODS AND LAW Pope Francis with Cardinal Marx (Source: Vatican News) When I woke up Thursday morning, I was going to write how sad I was that Cardinal Reinhold Marx of Germany was resigning. When I “BE POSITIVE BUT TEST NEGATIVE” Lalita Roshni Lakra’s story affected me the most.A Daughter of St. Anne from North India, she studied social work and science but ultimately earned a law degree. She now serves in the Office for Tribal Affairs of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India and practices law in the district and supreme courts for the Alliance Defending Freedom in New Delhi. VOCATIONS SUNDAY 2021 In his letter for the 2021 World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Pope Francis wrote that God’s dreams for us can lead to “profound and unexpected horizons.”. We will pray and act to encourage the Pope and the hierarchy to open themselves to what profound and unexpected gifts they would experience if they fully recognized the dignity andthe
FEMALE IMAGES OF GOD IN THE BIBLE Genesis 1:27 Women and Men created in God’s image “Humankind was created as God’s reflection: in the divine image God created them; female and male, God made them.” Hosea 11:3-4 God described as a mother God: “Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, I who tookthem up in
BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN
Send your tax-deductible donation payable to Women’s Ordination Conference and marked for “Sign Campaign” to: WOC National Office, P.O. Box 2693, Fairfax, VA 22031-0693. If you are considering the priesthood, respond affirmatively to the archdiocesan billboard. The archdiocesan billboards say, “If you are waiting for a sign from God THE CHANGING, EXPANDING ROLE OF WOMEN IN RELIGIONS (THE Pope John Paul II released an apostolic letter in 1994 saying priestly ordination is reserved for men alone. In this letter, he said the presence and roles of women in the church are “absolutely necessary and irreplaceable,” even when not linked to the ministerialpriesthood.
BREAD NOT STONES: A MEDIA CONFERENCE WITH CATHOLIC RENEWAL Media Alert Seven lay-led Catholic renewal groups, opposed to the weaponization of Holy Communion by a faction of the United States Conference for Catholic Bishops, will host a video conference for the media on Tuesday June 15 at 11 a. m. EDT, in advance of the USCCB’s upcoming meeting virutally, June 16-18. The conference, hosted Readmore
ABOUT US – WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCE Founded in 1975, the Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) is the oldest and largest organization working to ordain women as priests, deacons, and bishops into an inclusive and accountable Roman Catholic Church. A feminist voice for women in the Roman Catholic Church, WOC is a grassroots-driven movement that promotes activism, dialogue, and MARX AND BORIS AND SYNODS AND LAW Pope Francis with Cardinal Marx (Source: Vatican News) When I woke up Thursday morning, I was going to write how sad I was that Cardinal Reinhold Marx of Germany was resigning. When IWHY ORDINATION?
Jesus included women as his partners in ministry. Women including Mary Magdalene, Suzanna, Salome, Mary of Bethany, and Mary the wife of Clopas played prominent roles in Jesus’ ministry. The women were the last to stay at the foot of the cross and the first to witness the Resurrection. Mary Magdalene is known as the “Apostle to theApostles
THE WOMEN AT THE WAILING WALL stood at the wall itself, put my forehead against its cold harsh stone and listened to a. young girl, her forehead next to mine, issue the softest, longest series of moans I had ever. heard, a profound lamentation that eventually I could not help but join. All of us women. were there, wailing, crying, tucking our prayers into tinyniches in the
THE CHANGING, EXPANDING ROLE OF WOMEN IN RELIGIONS (THE Pope John Paul II released an apostolic letter in 1994 saying priestly ordination is reserved for men alone. In this letter, he said the presence and roles of women in the church are “absolutely necessary and irreplaceable,” even when not linked to the ministerialpriesthood.
THE COMPREHENSIVE CATHOLIC LECTIONARY Throughout the Advent and Christmas seasons, the Women’s Ordination Conference invites you to use the Comprehensive Catholic Lectionary. This unique resource aims to include every significant story about women in the Bible not included in the canonical Sunday lectionary, eliminate exclusive language for God and human beings, and to educate readers and communities to a spectrum of Biblical OPTIONAL INCLUSIVE LITURGIES World Day of Prayer for Women’s Ordination. Feast of the Annunciation . Inclusive Liturgy. Please note: The inclusive liturgy below is intended simply as a guide. Please feel free to adapt the liturgy to meet the needs of your community gathering. THEOLOGY OF THE BODY The second feminist theologian is Tina Beattie, who spoke at the Philadelphia Women’s Ordination Worldwide in 2015. Tom Fox in NCR reported on her talk, which argued that the “sharp distinctions between male and femalehave dissolved.”. In contrast to Briggs, she began in the late 20 th century with the attempts of the Vatican toargue
WHY WOMEN SHOULD BE PRIESTS Why Women Should Be Priests By Roy Bourgeois January 2015 This is an Author’s Accepted Manuscript of an article published online on 26 January 2015 by Taylor & Francis in International Studies in Catholic Education, as “The Ordination of Women in the Catholic Church: Arguments for Teachers and Students HOME - WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCEABOUT USGET INVOLVEDRESOURCESNEWS + MEDIADONATEOUR STORY Our collective vision is a Roman Catholic Church that affirms women’s gifts, responds by calling them to ministry and ordination, openly and actively supports women’s voices, and reflects the example of Jesus—welcoming all to the table. Sign our Petition to Pope Francis and Church Leadership: Stop Criminalizing God’s Call Pope Francis recently updated the code Read more UPDATES TO CANON LAW FAIL TO CORRECT THE "CRIME" OF WOMEN For Immediate Release: June 1, 2021 Pope Francis’ June 1 changes to the Code of Canon Law (Book VI) on offenses and punishments fail to correct the mischaracterization of the “grave crime” of women following their authentic vocations to ordained ministry. While not new, the revised canon 1379 is a painful reminder of the Vatican’sRead more
FACT SHEET ON CATHOLIC WOMEN’S ORDINATION Fact sheet on Catholic Women’s Ordination. 88% of U.S. Catholics would be “comfortable” with the ordination of women, according to a 2015 Shriver Report. The majority of Catholics would like to see women have equal standing in ordained ministry: in France (83%), Spain (78%), Argentina (60%), and Italy (59%), and Brazil (54%), accordingto
“BE POSITIVE BUT TEST NEGATIVE” Lalita Roshni Lakra’s story affected me the most.A Daughter of St. Anne from North India, she studied social work and science but ultimately earned a law degree. She now serves in the Office for Tribal Affairs of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India and practices law in the district and supreme courts for the Alliance Defending Freedom in New Delhi. TOP TEN REASONS TO ORDAIN WOMEN… Top Ten Reasons to Ordain Women. 10.) A priest’s job is to serve the people of God — it’s not about gender (or for that matter, marital status or sexual orientation). 9.) The Second Vatican Council calls for all discrimination to be eliminated. “Every type of discrimination based on sex VOCATIONS SUNDAY 2021 In his letter for the 2021 World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Pope Francis wrote that God’s dreams for us can lead to “profound and unexpected horizons.”. We will pray and act to encourage the Pope and the hierarchy to open themselves to what profound and unexpected gifts they would experience if they fully recognized the dignity andthe
FEMALE IMAGES OF GOD IN THE BIBLE Genesis 1:27 Women and Men created in God’s image “Humankind was created as God’s reflection: in the divine image God created them; female and male, God made them.” Hosea 11:3-4 God described as a mother God: “Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, I who tookthem up in
BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN
Send your tax-deductible donation payable to Women’s Ordination Conference and marked for “Sign Campaign” to: WOC National Office, P.O. Box 2693, Fairfax, VA 22031-0693. If you are considering the priesthood, respond affirmatively to the archdiocesan billboard. The archdiocesan billboards say, “If you are waiting for a sign from God THE CHANGING, EXPANDING ROLE OF WOMEN IN RELIGIONS (THE Pope John Paul II released an apostolic letter in 1994 saying priestly ordination is reserved for men alone. In this letter, he said the presence and roles of women in the church are “absolutely necessary and irreplaceable,” even when not linked to the ministerialpriesthood.
HOSPITAL CHAPLAINCY AS A CATHOLIC LAYWOMAN Hospital Chaplaincy as a Catholic Laywoman. Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) is a common summer undertaking for seminarians. Many large hospitals offer the intensive summer program, which challenges us to put all those lofty ideals into action. At Bellevue Hospital in New York, I spend three days a week offering pastoral care to some ofthe
HOME - WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCEABOUT USGET INVOLVEDRESOURCESNEWS + MEDIADONATEOUR STORY Our collective vision is a Roman Catholic Church that affirms women’s gifts, responds by calling them to ministry and ordination, openly and actively supports women’s voices, and reflects the example of Jesus—welcoming all to the table. Sign our Petition to Pope Francis and Church Leadership: Stop Criminalizing God’s Call Pope Francis recently updated the code Read more UPDATES TO CANON LAW FAIL TO CORRECT THE "CRIME" OF WOMEN For Immediate Release: June 1, 2021 Pope Francis’ June 1 changes to the Code of Canon Law (Book VI) on offenses and punishments fail to correct the mischaracterization of the “grave crime” of women following their authentic vocations to ordained ministry. While not new, the revised canon 1379 is a painful reminder of the Vatican’sRead more
FACT SHEET ON CATHOLIC WOMEN’S ORDINATION Fact sheet on Catholic Women’s Ordination. 88% of U.S. Catholics would be “comfortable” with the ordination of women, according to a 2015 Shriver Report. The majority of Catholics would like to see women have equal standing in ordained ministry: in France (83%), Spain (78%), Argentina (60%), and Italy (59%), and Brazil (54%), accordingto
“BE POSITIVE BUT TEST NEGATIVE” Lalita Roshni Lakra’s story affected me the most.A Daughter of St. Anne from North India, she studied social work and science but ultimately earned a law degree. She now serves in the Office for Tribal Affairs of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India and practices law in the district and supreme courts for the Alliance Defending Freedom in New Delhi. TOP TEN REASONS TO ORDAIN WOMEN… Top Ten Reasons to Ordain Women. 10.) A priest’s job is to serve the people of God — it’s not about gender (or for that matter, marital status or sexual orientation). 9.) The Second Vatican Council calls for all discrimination to be eliminated. “Every type of discrimination based on sex VOCATIONS SUNDAY 2021 In his letter for the 2021 World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Pope Francis wrote that God’s dreams for us can lead to “profound and unexpected horizons.”. We will pray and act to encourage the Pope and the hierarchy to open themselves to what profound and unexpected gifts they would experience if they fully recognized the dignity andthe
FEMALE IMAGES OF GOD IN THE BIBLE Genesis 1:27 Women and Men created in God’s image “Humankind was created as God’s reflection: in the divine image God created them; female and male, God made them.” Hosea 11:3-4 God described as a mother God: “Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, I who tookthem up in
BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN
Send your tax-deductible donation payable to Women’s Ordination Conference and marked for “Sign Campaign” to: WOC National Office, P.O. Box 2693, Fairfax, VA 22031-0693. If you are considering the priesthood, respond affirmatively to the archdiocesan billboard. The archdiocesan billboards say, “If you are waiting for a sign from God THE CHANGING, EXPANDING ROLE OF WOMEN IN RELIGIONS (THE Pope John Paul II released an apostolic letter in 1994 saying priestly ordination is reserved for men alone. In this letter, he said the presence and roles of women in the church are “absolutely necessary and irreplaceable,” even when not linked to the ministerialpriesthood.
HOSPITAL CHAPLAINCY AS A CATHOLIC LAYWOMAN Hospital Chaplaincy as a Catholic Laywoman. Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) is a common summer undertaking for seminarians. Many large hospitals offer the intensive summer program, which challenges us to put all those lofty ideals into action. At Bellevue Hospital in New York, I spend three days a week offering pastoral care to some ofthe
BREAD NOT STONES: A MEDIA CONFERENCE WITH CATHOLIC RENEWAL Media Alert Seven lay-led Catholic renewal groups, opposed to the weaponization of Holy Communion by a faction of the United States Conference for Catholic Bishops, will host a video conference for the media on Tuesday June 15 at 11 a. m. EDT, in advance of the USCCB’s upcoming meeting virutally, June 16-18. The conference, hosted Readmore
ABOUT US – WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCE Founded in 1975, the Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) is the oldest and largest organization working to ordain women as priests, deacons, and bishops into an inclusive and accountable Roman Catholic Church. A feminist voice for women in the Roman Catholic Church, WOC is a grassroots-driven movement that promotes activism, dialogue, and BELL, BOOK, AND CANDLE It is official. It is now ‘codified’ into church law: “A person who attempts to confer a sacred order on a woman, and the woman who attempts to receive the sacred order,” will receive automaticWHY ORDINATION?
Jesus included women as his partners in ministry. Women including Mary Magdalene, Suzanna, Salome, Mary of Bethany, and Mary the wife of Clopas played prominent roles in Jesus’ ministry. The women were the last to stay at the foot of the cross and the first to witness the Resurrection. Mary Magdalene is known as the “Apostle to theApostles
THE WOMEN AT THE WAILING WALL stood at the wall itself, put my forehead against its cold harsh stone and listened to a. young girl, her forehead next to mine, issue the softest, longest series of moans I had ever. heard, a profound lamentation that eventually I could not help but join. All of us women. were there, wailing, crying, tucking our prayers into tinyniches in the
THE CHANGING, EXPANDING ROLE OF WOMEN IN RELIGIONS (THE Pope John Paul II released an apostolic letter in 1994 saying priestly ordination is reserved for men alone. In this letter, he said the presence and roles of women in the church are “absolutely necessary and irreplaceable,” even when not linked to the ministerialpriesthood.
THE COMPREHENSIVE CATHOLIC LECTIONARY Throughout the Advent and Christmas seasons, the Women’s Ordination Conference invites you to use the Comprehensive Catholic Lectionary. This unique resource aims to include every significant story about women in the Bible not included in the canonical Sunday lectionary, eliminate exclusive language for God and human beings, and to educate readers and communities to a spectrum of Biblical OPTIONAL INCLUSIVE LITURGIES World Day of Prayer for Women’s Ordination. Feast of the Annunciation . Inclusive Liturgy. Please note: The inclusive liturgy below is intended simply as a guide. Please feel free to adapt the liturgy to meet the needs of your community gathering. THEOLOGY OF THE BODY The second feminist theologian is Tina Beattie, who spoke at the Philadelphia Women’s Ordination Worldwide in 2015. Tom Fox in NCR reported on her talk, which argued that the “sharp distinctions between male and femalehave dissolved.”. In contrast to Briggs, she began in the late 20 th century with the attempts of the Vatican toargue
WHY WOMEN SHOULD BE PRIESTS Why Women Should Be Priests By Roy Bourgeois January 2015 This is an Author’s Accepted Manuscript of an article published online on 26 January 2015 by Taylor & Francis in International Studies in Catholic Education, as “The Ordination of Women in the Catholic Church: Arguments for Teachers and Students HOME - WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCEABOUT USGET INVOLVEDRESOURCESNEWS + MEDIADONATEOUR STORY Our collective vision is a Roman Catholic Church that affirms women’s gifts, responds by calling them to ministry and ordination, openly and actively supports women’s voices, and reflects the example of Jesus—welcoming all to the table. Sign our Petition to Pope Francis and Church Leadership: Stop Criminalizing God’s Call Pope Francis recently updated the code Read more UPDATES TO CANON LAW FAIL TO CORRECT THE "CRIME" OF WOMEN For Immediate Release: June 1, 2021 Pope Francis’ June 1 changes to the Code of Canon Law (Book VI) on offenses and punishments fail to correct the mischaracterization of the “grave crime” of women following their authentic vocations to ordained ministry. While not new, the revised canon 1379 is a painful reminder of the Vatican’sRead more
FACT SHEET ON CATHOLIC WOMEN’S ORDINATION Fact sheet on Catholic Women’s Ordination. 88% of U.S. Catholics would be “comfortable” with the ordination of women, according to a 2015 Shriver Report. The majority of Catholics would like to see women have equal standing in ordained ministry: in France (83%), Spain (78%), Argentina (60%), and Italy (59%), and Brazil (54%), accordingto
“BE POSITIVE BUT TEST NEGATIVE” Lalita Roshni Lakra’s story affected me the most.A Daughter of St. Anne from North India, she studied social work and science but ultimately earned a law degree. She now serves in the Office for Tribal Affairs of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India and practices law in the district and supreme courts for the Alliance Defending Freedom in New Delhi. TOP TEN REASONS TO ORDAIN WOMEN… Top Ten Reasons to Ordain Women. 10.) A priest’s job is to serve the people of God — it’s not about gender (or for that matter, marital status or sexual orientation). 9.) The Second Vatican Council calls for all discrimination to be eliminated. “Every type of discrimination based on sex VOCATIONS SUNDAY 2021 In his letter for the 2021 World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Pope Francis wrote that God’s dreams for us can lead to “profound and unexpected horizons.”. We will pray and act to encourage the Pope and the hierarchy to open themselves to what profound and unexpected gifts they would experience if they fully recognized the dignity andthe
FEMALE IMAGES OF GOD IN THE BIBLE Genesis 1:27 Women and Men created in God’s image “Humankind was created as God’s reflection: in the divine image God created them; female and male, God made them.” Hosea 11:3-4 God described as a mother God: “Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, I who tookthem up in
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Send your tax-deductible donation payable to Women’s Ordination Conference and marked for “Sign Campaign” to: WOC National Office, P.O. Box 2693, Fairfax, VA 22031-0693. If you are considering the priesthood, respond affirmatively to the archdiocesan billboard. The archdiocesan billboards say, “If you are waiting for a sign from God THE CHANGING, EXPANDING ROLE OF WOMEN IN RELIGIONS (THE Pope John Paul II released an apostolic letter in 1994 saying priestly ordination is reserved for men alone. In this letter, he said the presence and roles of women in the church are “absolutely necessary and irreplaceable,” even when not linked to the ministerialpriesthood.
HOSPITAL CHAPLAINCY AS A CATHOLIC LAYWOMAN Hospital Chaplaincy as a Catholic Laywoman. Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) is a common summer undertaking for seminarians. Many large hospitals offer the intensive summer program, which challenges us to put all those lofty ideals into action. At Bellevue Hospital in New York, I spend three days a week offering pastoral care to some ofthe
HOME - WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCEABOUT USGET INVOLVEDRESOURCESNEWS + MEDIADONATEOUR STORY Our collective vision is a Roman Catholic Church that affirms women’s gifts, responds by calling them to ministry and ordination, openly and actively supports women’s voices, and reflects the example of Jesus—welcoming all to the table. Sign our Petition to Pope Francis and Church Leadership: Stop Criminalizing God’s Call Pope Francis recently updated the code Read more UPDATES TO CANON LAW FAIL TO CORRECT THE "CRIME" OF WOMEN For Immediate Release: June 1, 2021 Pope Francis’ June 1 changes to the Code of Canon Law (Book VI) on offenses and punishments fail to correct the mischaracterization of the “grave crime” of women following their authentic vocations to ordained ministry. While not new, the revised canon 1379 is a painful reminder of the Vatican’sRead more
FACT SHEET ON CATHOLIC WOMEN’S ORDINATION Fact sheet on Catholic Women’s Ordination. 88% of U.S. Catholics would be “comfortable” with the ordination of women, according to a 2015 Shriver Report. The majority of Catholics would like to see women have equal standing in ordained ministry: in France (83%), Spain (78%), Argentina (60%), and Italy (59%), and Brazil (54%), accordingto
“BE POSITIVE BUT TEST NEGATIVE” Lalita Roshni Lakra’s story affected me the most.A Daughter of St. Anne from North India, she studied social work and science but ultimately earned a law degree. She now serves in the Office for Tribal Affairs of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India and practices law in the district and supreme courts for the Alliance Defending Freedom in New Delhi. TOP TEN REASONS TO ORDAIN WOMEN… Top Ten Reasons to Ordain Women. 10.) A priest’s job is to serve the people of God — it’s not about gender (or for that matter, marital status or sexual orientation). 9.) The Second Vatican Council calls for all discrimination to be eliminated. “Every type of discrimination based on sex VOCATIONS SUNDAY 2021 In his letter for the 2021 World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Pope Francis wrote that God’s dreams for us can lead to “profound and unexpected horizons.”. We will pray and act to encourage the Pope and the hierarchy to open themselves to what profound and unexpected gifts they would experience if they fully recognized the dignity andthe
FEMALE IMAGES OF GOD IN THE BIBLE Genesis 1:27 Women and Men created in God’s image “Humankind was created as God’s reflection: in the divine image God created them; female and male, God made them.” Hosea 11:3-4 God described as a mother God: “Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, I who tookthem up in
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Send your tax-deductible donation payable to Women’s Ordination Conference and marked for “Sign Campaign” to: WOC National Office, P.O. Box 2693, Fairfax, VA 22031-0693. If you are considering the priesthood, respond affirmatively to the archdiocesan billboard. The archdiocesan billboards say, “If you are waiting for a sign from God THE CHANGING, EXPANDING ROLE OF WOMEN IN RELIGIONS (THE Pope John Paul II released an apostolic letter in 1994 saying priestly ordination is reserved for men alone. In this letter, he said the presence and roles of women in the church are “absolutely necessary and irreplaceable,” even when not linked to the ministerialpriesthood.
HOSPITAL CHAPLAINCY AS A CATHOLIC LAYWOMAN Hospital Chaplaincy as a Catholic Laywoman. Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) is a common summer undertaking for seminarians. Many large hospitals offer the intensive summer program, which challenges us to put all those lofty ideals into action. At Bellevue Hospital in New York, I spend three days a week offering pastoral care to some ofthe
BREAD NOT STONES: A MEDIA CONFERENCE WITH CATHOLIC RENEWAL Media Alert Seven lay-led Catholic renewal groups, opposed to the weaponization of Holy Communion by a faction of the United States Conference for Catholic Bishops, will host a video conference for the media on Tuesday June 15 at 11 a. m. EDT, in advance of the USCCB’s upcoming meeting virutally, June 16-18. The conference, hosted Readmore
ABOUT US – WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCE Founded in 1975, the Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) is the oldest and largest organization working to ordain women as priests, deacons, and bishops into an inclusive and accountable Roman Catholic Church. A feminist voice for women in the Roman Catholic Church, WOC is a grassroots-driven movement that promotes activism, dialogue, and BELL, BOOK, AND CANDLE It is official. It is now ‘codified’ into church law: “A person who attempts to confer a sacred order on a woman, and the woman who attempts to receive the sacred order,” will receive automaticWHY ORDINATION?
Jesus included women as his partners in ministry. Women including Mary Magdalene, Suzanna, Salome, Mary of Bethany, and Mary the wife of Clopas played prominent roles in Jesus’ ministry. The women were the last to stay at the foot of the cross and the first to witness the Resurrection. Mary Magdalene is known as the “Apostle to theApostles
THE WOMEN AT THE WAILING WALL stood at the wall itself, put my forehead against its cold harsh stone and listened to a. young girl, her forehead next to mine, issue the softest, longest series of moans I had ever. heard, a profound lamentation that eventually I could not help but join. All of us women. were there, wailing, crying, tucking our prayers into tinyniches in the
THE CHANGING, EXPANDING ROLE OF WOMEN IN RELIGIONS (THE Pope John Paul II released an apostolic letter in 1994 saying priestly ordination is reserved for men alone. In this letter, he said the presence and roles of women in the church are “absolutely necessary and irreplaceable,” even when not linked to the ministerialpriesthood.
THE COMPREHENSIVE CATHOLIC LECTIONARY Throughout the Advent and Christmas seasons, the Women’s Ordination Conference invites you to use the Comprehensive Catholic Lectionary. This unique resource aims to include every significant story about women in the Bible not included in the canonical Sunday lectionary, eliminate exclusive language for God and human beings, and to educate readers and communities to a spectrum of Biblical OPTIONAL INCLUSIVE LITURGIES World Day of Prayer for Women’s Ordination. Feast of the Annunciation . Inclusive Liturgy. Please note: The inclusive liturgy below is intended simply as a guide. Please feel free to adapt the liturgy to meet the needs of your community gathering. THEOLOGY OF THE BODY The second feminist theologian is Tina Beattie, who spoke at the Philadelphia Women’s Ordination Worldwide in 2015. Tom Fox in NCR reported on her talk, which argued that the “sharp distinctions between male and femalehave dissolved.”. In contrast to Briggs, she began in the late 20 th century with the attempts of the Vatican toargue
WHY WOMEN SHOULD BE PRIESTS Why Women Should Be Priests By Roy Bourgeois January 2015 This is an Author’s Accepted Manuscript of an article published online on 26 January 2015 by Taylor & Francis in International Studies in Catholic Education, as “The Ordination of Women in the Catholic Church: Arguments for Teachers and Students WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCE Women's Ordination Conference. Our collective vision is a Roman Catholic Church that affirms women’s gifts, responds by calling them to ministry and ordination, openly and actively supports women’s voices, and reflects the example of Jesus—welcoming all to thetable. On
UPDATES TO CANON LAW FAIL TO CORRECT THE "CRIME" OF WOMEN For Immediate Release: June 1, 2021 Pope Francis’ June 1 changes to the Code of Canon Law (Book VI) on offenses and punishments fail to correct the mischaracterization of the “grave crime” of women following their authentic vocations to ordained ministry. While not new, the revised canon 1379 is a painful reminder of the Vatican’sRead more
FACT SHEET ON CATHOLIC WOMEN’S ORDINATION Fact sheet on Catholic Women’s Ordination. 88% of U.S. Catholics would be “comfortable” with the ordination of women, according to a 2015 Shriver Report. The majority of Catholics would like to see women have equal standing in ordained ministry: in France (83%), Spain (78%), Argentina (60%), and Italy (59%), and Brazil (54%), accordingto
“BE POSITIVE BUT TEST NEGATIVE” Lalita Roshni Lakra’s story affected me the most.A Daughter of St. Anne from North India, she studied social work and science but ultimately earned a law degree. She now serves in the Office for Tribal Affairs of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India and practices law in the district and supreme courts for the Alliance Defending Freedom in New Delhi. TOP TEN REASONS TO ORDAIN WOMEN… Top Ten Reasons to Ordain Women. 10.) A priest’s job is to serve the people of God — it’s not about gender (or for that matter, marital status or sexual orientation). 9.) The Second Vatican Council calls for all discrimination to be eliminated. “Every type of discrimination based on sex VOCATIONS SUNDAY 2021 In his letter for the 2021 World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Pope Francis wrote that God’s dreams for us can lead to “profound and unexpected horizons.”. We will pray and act to encourage the Pope and the hierarchy to open themselves to what profound and unexpected gifts they would experience if they fully recognized the dignity andthe
FEMALE IMAGES OF GOD IN THE BIBLE Genesis 1:27 Women and Men created in God’s image “Humankind was created as God’s reflection: in the divine image God created them; female and male, God made them.” Hosea 11:3-4 God described as a mother God: “Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, I who tookthem up in
A COMMUNION FOR EARTH DAY A Communion for Earth Day. Ellie Harty Uncategorized April 20, 2021 | 4. Suppose you held out your hand, and I – or any member of your community or parish or friendship circle – placed into it three gifts: one corn kernel, one speckled bean, one pumpkin seed. You would then hold in your hand the Indigenous people’s “three sistersBILLBOARD CAMPAIGN
Send your tax-deductible donation payable to Women’s Ordination Conference and marked for “Sign Campaign” to: WOC National Office, P.O. Box 2693, Fairfax, VA 22031-0693. If you are considering the priesthood, respond affirmatively to the archdiocesan billboard. The archdiocesan billboards say, “If you are waiting for a sign from God WHY WOMEN SHOULD BE PRIESTS Why Women Should Be Priests By Roy Bourgeois January 2015 This is an Author’s Accepted Manuscript of an article published online on 26 January 2015 by Taylor & Francis in International Studies in Catholic Education, as “The Ordination of Women in the Catholic Church: Arguments for Teachers and Students WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCE Women's Ordination Conference. Our collective vision is a Roman Catholic Church that affirms women’s gifts, responds by calling them to ministry and ordination, openly and actively supports women’s voices, and reflects the example of Jesus—welcoming all to thetable. On
UPDATES TO CANON LAW FAIL TO CORRECT THE "CRIME" OF WOMEN For Immediate Release: June 1, 2021 Pope Francis’ June 1 changes to the Code of Canon Law (Book VI) on offenses and punishments fail to correct the mischaracterization of the “grave crime” of women following their authentic vocations to ordained ministry. While not new, the revised canon 1379 is a painful reminder of the Vatican’sRead more
FACT SHEET ON CATHOLIC WOMEN’S ORDINATION Fact sheet on Catholic Women’s Ordination. 88% of U.S. Catholics would be “comfortable” with the ordination of women, according to a 2015 Shriver Report. The majority of Catholics would like to see women have equal standing in ordained ministry: in France (83%), Spain (78%), Argentina (60%), and Italy (59%), and Brazil (54%), accordingto
“BE POSITIVE BUT TEST NEGATIVE” Lalita Roshni Lakra’s story affected me the most.A Daughter of St. Anne from North India, she studied social work and science but ultimately earned a law degree. She now serves in the Office for Tribal Affairs of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India and practices law in the district and supreme courts for the Alliance Defending Freedom in New Delhi. TOP TEN REASONS TO ORDAIN WOMEN… Top Ten Reasons to Ordain Women. 10.) A priest’s job is to serve the people of God — it’s not about gender (or for that matter, marital status or sexual orientation). 9.) The Second Vatican Council calls for all discrimination to be eliminated. “Every type of discrimination based on sex VOCATIONS SUNDAY 2021 In his letter for the 2021 World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Pope Francis wrote that God’s dreams for us can lead to “profound and unexpected horizons.”. We will pray and act to encourage the Pope and the hierarchy to open themselves to what profound and unexpected gifts they would experience if they fully recognized the dignity andthe
FEMALE IMAGES OF GOD IN THE BIBLE Genesis 1:27 Women and Men created in God’s image “Humankind was created as God’s reflection: in the divine image God created them; female and male, God made them.” Hosea 11:3-4 God described as a mother God: “Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, I who tookthem up in
A COMMUNION FOR EARTH DAY A Communion for Earth Day. Ellie Harty Uncategorized April 20, 2021 | 4. Suppose you held out your hand, and I – or any member of your community or parish or friendship circle – placed into it three gifts: one corn kernel, one speckled bean, one pumpkin seed. You would then hold in your hand the Indigenous people’s “three sistersBILLBOARD CAMPAIGN
Send your tax-deductible donation payable to Women’s Ordination Conference and marked for “Sign Campaign” to: WOC National Office, P.O. Box 2693, Fairfax, VA 22031-0693. If you are considering the priesthood, respond affirmatively to the archdiocesan billboard. The archdiocesan billboards say, “If you are waiting for a sign from God WHY WOMEN SHOULD BE PRIESTS Why Women Should Be Priests By Roy Bourgeois January 2015 This is an Author’s Accepted Manuscript of an article published online on 26 January 2015 by Taylor & Francis in International Studies in Catholic Education, as “The Ordination of Women in the Catholic Church: Arguments for Teachers and Students ABOUT US – WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCE Founded in 1975, the Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) is the oldest and largest organization working to ordain women as priests, deacons, and bishops into an inclusive and accountable Roman Catholic Church. A feminist voice for women in the Roman Catholic Church, WOC is a grassroots-driven movement that promotes activism, dialogue, andWHY ORDINATION?
Jesus included women as his partners in ministry. Women including Mary Magdalene, Suzanna, Salome, Mary of Bethany, and Mary the wife of Clopas played prominent roles in Jesus’ ministry. The women were the last to stay at the foot of the cross and the first to witness the Resurrection. Mary Magdalene is known as the “Apostle to theApostles
IN PERSON FOR PENTECOST? Women's Ordination Conference: The Table. PO Box 15057, Washington, DC 20003 (202) 675-1006 CATECHISTS – WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCE: THE TABLE Lay leadership, male and female, is one focus of Joshua McElwee in NCR: “the pontiff said those who already serve as teachers of the faith in places across the world experience a spiritual calling to do so and are often leaders in their communities’It is the task of pastors to support them.’” Does the catechist as leader define both missionary church communities and those in the West?BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN
Send your tax-deductible donation payable to Women’s Ordination Conference and marked for “Sign Campaign” to: WOC National Office, P.O. Box 2693, Fairfax, VA 22031-0693. If you are considering the priesthood, respond affirmatively to the archdiocesan billboard. The archdiocesan billboards say, “If you are waiting for a sign from God VOCATIONS SUNDAY 2021 In his letter for the 2021 World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Pope Francis wrote that God’s dreams for us can lead to “profound and unexpected horizons.”. On Vocations Sunday, we prayed and acted to encourage the Pope and the hierarchy to open themselves to what profound and unexpected gifts they would experience if they fullyrecognized
THE COMPREHENSIVE CATHOLIC LECTIONARY Throughout the Advent and Christmas seasons, the Women’s Ordination Conference invites you to use the Comprehensive Catholic Lectionary. This unique resource aims to include every significant story about women in the Bible not included in the canonical Sunday lectionary, eliminate exclusive language for God and human beings, and to educate readers and communities to a spectrum of Biblical WHY WOMEN SHOULD BE PRIESTS Why Women Should Be Priests By Roy Bourgeois January 2015 This is an Author’s Accepted Manuscript of an article published online on 26 January 2015 by Taylor & Francis in International Studies in Catholic Education, as “The Ordination of Women in the Catholic Church: Arguments for Teachers and StudentsNUNS AND BISHOPS
Nuns and bishops. The New York Times last Sunday featured “The Sisters Project” about the “Nuns and Nones,” previously reported on by the NCR. , I mention the latter only to give us some insight into what is considered news by the broader journalistic community. This project is so hopeful: young, self-identified non-religiouspeople
A TRANSGENDER CATHOLIC AND RESIGNED PRIEST, LOVED BY GOD Alisha Cacace was assigned male at birth, grew up religious, and was ordained later as a Catholic priest. But she told the Daily Mail that “from a very young age” Cacace knew she was “a female trapped in a male’s body.”. For many years, she pushed this truth aside until, after six years of turmoil, she began transitioning. WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCE Our collective vision is a Roman Catholic Church that affirms women’s gifts, responds by calling them to ministry and ordination, openly and actively supports women’s voices, and reflects the example of Jesus—welcoming all to the table. ABOUT US – WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCEWOMEN S ORDINATION CONFERENCEWOMEN S ORDINATION CONFERENCEFEMALE ORDINATIONWOMEN SCATHOLIC CONFERENCE
Who we are. Founded in 1975, the Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) is the oldest and largest organization working to ordain women as priests, deacons, and bishops into an inclusive and accountable RomanCatholic Church.
UPDATES TO CANON LAW FAIL TO CORRECT THE “CRIME” OF WOMEN For Immediate Release: June 1, 2021. Pope Francis’ June 1 changes to the Code of Canon Law (Book VI) on offenses and punishments fail to correct the mischaracterization of the “grave crime” of women following their authentic vocations to ordained ministry. FACT SHEET ON CATHOLIC WOMEN’S ORDINATION 88% of U.S. Catholics would be “comfortable” with the ordination of women, according to a 2015 Shriver Report. The majority of Catholics would like to see women have equal standing in ordained ministry: in France (83%), Spain (78%), Argentina (60%), and Italy (59%), and Brazil (54%), according to a 2014 Univision poll. “BE POSITIVE BUT TEST NEGATIVE” Lalita Roshni Lakra’s story affected me the most.A Daughter of St. Anne from North India, she studied social work and science but ultimately earned a law degree. She now serves in the Office for Tribal Affairs of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India and practices law in the district and supreme courts for the Alliance Defending Freedom in New Delhi. TOP TEN REASONS TO ORDAIN WOMEN… Thank you for joining the Women's Ordination Conference mailing list. We look forward to keeping you up to date through our newsletter, action alerts, event invitations, and membership information. FEMALE IMAGES OF GOD IN THE BIBLE Genesis 1:27 Women and Men created in God’s image “Humankind was created as God’s reflection: in the divine image God created them; female and male, God made them.” VOCATIONS SUNDAY 2021 Take a picture. Download our sign and complete the statement: “My dream of vocation” with your own answer. Snap a photo and tag @OrdainWomen or #OrdainWomen or send to WOC by April 23.WHY ORDINATION?
For example, at the catacombs of Priscilla in Rome, the fresco “Fracio Panis” shows a group of women celebrating a Eucharistic banquet. A fourth century floor mosaic covering the tomb of Guilia Runa in the cathedral at Annaba, Algeria, includes the inscription, “Guilia Runa, presbytera (priest).”BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN
When the Archdiocese of Chicago committed to a $1 million multi-media campaign to attract priests, many people were troubled that the archdiocese would go to such great lengths to recruit celibate men to the priesthood when many others want to serve. WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCE Our collective vision is a Roman Catholic Church that affirms women’s gifts, responds by calling them to ministry and ordination, openly and actively supports women’s voices, and reflects the example of Jesus—welcoming all to the table. ABOUT US – WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCEWOMEN S ORDINATION CONFERENCEWOMEN S ORDINATION CONFERENCEFEMALE ORDINATIONWOMEN SCATHOLIC CONFERENCE
Who we are. Founded in 1975, the Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) is the oldest and largest organization working to ordain women as priests, deacons, and bishops into an inclusive and accountable RomanCatholic Church.
UPDATES TO CANON LAW FAIL TO CORRECT THE “CRIME” OF WOMEN For Immediate Release: June 1, 2021. Pope Francis’ June 1 changes to the Code of Canon Law (Book VI) on offenses and punishments fail to correct the mischaracterization of the “grave crime” of women following their authentic vocations to ordained ministry. FACT SHEET ON CATHOLIC WOMEN’S ORDINATION 88% of U.S. Catholics would be “comfortable” with the ordination of women, according to a 2015 Shriver Report. The majority of Catholics would like to see women have equal standing in ordained ministry: in France (83%), Spain (78%), Argentina (60%), and Italy (59%), and Brazil (54%), according to a 2014 Univision poll. “BE POSITIVE BUT TEST NEGATIVE” Lalita Roshni Lakra’s story affected me the most.A Daughter of St. Anne from North India, she studied social work and science but ultimately earned a law degree. She now serves in the Office for Tribal Affairs of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India and practices law in the district and supreme courts for the Alliance Defending Freedom in New Delhi. TOP TEN REASONS TO ORDAIN WOMEN… Thank you for joining the Women's Ordination Conference mailing list. We look forward to keeping you up to date through our newsletter, action alerts, event invitations, and membership information. FEMALE IMAGES OF GOD IN THE BIBLE Genesis 1:27 Women and Men created in God’s image “Humankind was created as God’s reflection: in the divine image God created them; female and male, God made them.” VOCATIONS SUNDAY 2021 Take a picture. Download our sign and complete the statement: “My dream of vocation” with your own answer. Snap a photo and tag @OrdainWomen or #OrdainWomen or send to WOC by April 23.WHY ORDINATION?
For example, at the catacombs of Priscilla in Rome, the fresco “Fracio Panis” shows a group of women celebrating a Eucharistic banquet. A fourth century floor mosaic covering the tomb of Guilia Runa in the cathedral at Annaba, Algeria, includes the inscription, “Guilia Runa, presbytera (priest).”BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN
When the Archdiocese of Chicago committed to a $1 million multi-media campaign to attract priests, many people were troubled that the archdiocese would go to such great lengths to recruit celibate men to the priesthood when many others want to serve. RESOURCES – WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCE World Day of Prayer for Women’s Ordination. On March 25th, we mark the World Day of Prayer for Women’s Ordination. This concerted, global action is celebrated on the Feast of the Annunciation and together we will honor Mary’s “yes” to God to bear Christ for the world and celebrate the women who courageously say “yes, I am called” to priestly ministry.SYNOD OR CANON LAW?
On April 30, 2021, my colleague Ellie Harty, co-editor of Equal wRites (the publication of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Women’s Ordination Conference), asked me to write an article on the 2022 Vatican Synod. I agreed. On May 21, 2021, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis has changed the date of the Synod to October 2023 and presented a completely new process involving YOU.PRAYERS & LITURGIES
Mayan Prayer. O, God, beauty of the day, heart of the heavens and of the earth; giver of wealth, giver of daughters and sons. LEADERSHIP – WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCE WOC has been an enduring, faithful presence in our Church community and I am proud and privileged to be one with such a community. Our very existence, our presence stands as a spirited movement that has been central to the renewal efforts of Vatican II in the 20th Century. POPE FRANCIS: STOP CRIMINALIZING GOD’S CALL Thank you for joining the Women's Ordination Conference mailing list. We look forward to keeping you up to date through our newsletter, action alerts, event invitations, and membership information. OUR VALUES – WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCE Grassroots activism. We believe that real transformation in the Church will come from Catholics organizing in their local communities. We believe that providing educational resources will help empower and activate Catholics to foster change in the Church. IN PERSON FOR PENTECOST? Women's Ordination Conference: The Table. PO Box 15057, Washington, DC 20003 (202) 675-1006 THE WOMEN AT THE WAILING WALL Women's Ordination Conference: The Table. PO Box 15057, Washington, DC 20003 (202) 675-1006 WHY WOMEN SHOULD BE PRIESTS Why Women Should Be Priests By Roy Bourgeois January 2015 This is an Author’s Accepted Manuscript of an article published online on 26 January 2015 by Taylor & Francis in International Studies in Catholic Education, as “The Ordination of Women in the Catholic Church: Arguments for Teachers and Students HOSPITAL CHAPLAINCY AS A CATHOLIC LAYWOMAN Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) is a common summer undertaking for seminarians. Many large hospitals offer the intensive summer program, which challenges us to put all those lofty ideals into action. At Bellevue Hospital in NewSkip to content
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June 2, 2021 CNN Español: El papa Francisco revisa la ley de la Iglesia y actualiza las reglas sobre abuso sexual*
June 2, 2021 NPR: The Pope Is Toughening Church Laws On Sex Abuse, Fraud And The Ordination Of WomenSee all In the News
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June 1, 2021 Updates to Canon Law Fail to Correct the “Crime” of Women’s Ordination*
May 25, 2021 WOC Stands in Solidarity with the People of Colombia See all press releases JOIN OUR ONLINE COMMUNITY WHERE ALL ARE INCLUDED. ALL ARE WELCOMED TO PARTICIPATE. AND WHERE TALKING RELIGION IS ALWAYSPROPER ETIQUETTE.
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WOC’S ANTI-OPPRESSION TEAM REAFFIRMS TRANS INCLUSION The Anti-Oppression Team is responsible for developing strategies that deepen WOC’s commitment to full inclusivity and equity within the structure of WOC itself and in the Roman Catholic Church.Keep reading…
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“WOMEN ARE THE SYMBOL OF CIVILIZATION.” No matter what gender you are, how do you react to that statement? Much to the surprise of my female colleagues reading this statement with me for the first time, I found it insulting, supercilious, andpatronizing.
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HAPPY 45TH ANNIVERSARY, WOC! For many organizations, a conference is just conference. But from our her-story, we know a conference can shift the tide, energize a movement and change the world. We stand on the shoulders of those visionary and courageous members of the first organizing task force, and the collective energy of the more than 2,000 people who gathered Thanksgiving weekend in 1975 to claim their ministerial equality and embark on a path of renewal and hope. Explore the gala hub Make a solidarity gift to WOC!STAY IN TOUCH
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