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Welcome to the Women's Ordination Conference

The Women's Ordination Conference (WOC) is the world's oldest and largest organization working solely for the ordination of women as priests, deacons, and bishops into an inclusive and accountable Catholic Church. To this end, we work to:

† Renew church governance to be inclusive, accountable and transparent
† Bring about justice and equality for Catholic women
† Incorporate women-centered theologies into every-day Catholicism

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Call Bishop Loverde of the Arlington, Virgina Diocese to say: "Let the girls serve the church!" 703-841-2511

Express your support for Fr. Jerry Zawada with a personal message. Read More

Recent Statements

November 15, 2011 WOC and the Progressive Catholic Coalition to Occupy Ft. Benning

October 7, 2011: Women-Church Convergence Supports Catholics for Marriage Equality in Minnesota
August 22, 2011: WOC Decries Ban on Altar Girls in Phoenix Diocese
August 8, 2011: Fr. Roy Responds to Second Canonical Warning, Stands firm in Conscience
August 8, 2011: Maryknoll Leadership Delivers Second Canonical Warning to Fr. Roy Bourgeois
July 23, 2011: 157 Catholic Priests Rise Up To Support Fellow Embattled Priest
May 25, 2011: Women's Ordination Worldwide Supports Bp Morris
May 3, 2011 After Secret Investigation, Vatican Attempts to Silence Bishop for support of women's ordination
April 8, 2011: Fr. Roy Bourgeois' Response, Refusing to Recant
April 8, 2011 WOC Stands with Fr. Roy as he Publicly Refuses to Recant

WOC in the News

CommonDreams.org: Challenging the Old Boys Network at the Vatican
Ms. Magazine: Occupy the Vatican?
Reuters: Catholics Campaigning for Women Priests Detained at Vatican
Irish Times: Women Priests Activists Arrested by Rome Police
Boston Globe: Priest Backing Women's Ordination Detained
Change.org: Catholic Priest Faces Dismissal
National Catholic Reporter: Bourgeois tells Maryknoll: 'I cannot lie, I cannot recant'
Huffington Post: Reform Catholic Groups and Family Planning
National Catholic Reporter: WOC Responds to ousting of Bp Morris
National Catholic Reporter: Roy Bourgeois' priesthood can never truly end
Time Magazine Lists Women's Ordination as a "Top 10 of Everything in 2010" Read the story here.

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