September 20, 2006  

  • Action Alerts
    • Renew your WOC Membership! Or join WOC today!
    • Celebrate the feast of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, patron saint of women’s ordination, on October 1 st.
    • Let us know what you think! Complete WOC’s membership survey
  • Women’s Ordination News
  • Upcoming Events
    • October 1st: Celebrate a Community Mass with Bridget Mary Meehan in Arlington, Va.
    • October 15th: “THE TANGLED WEB OF SEXUALITY IN THE CHURCH” in Morristown, NJ
    • November 3rd: Attend our next event! Friday, Nov. 3, a pre-CTA conference event in Milwaukee, Wisc.
    • November 12-16: Prayerful demonstration at the U.S. bishops meeting in Baltimore, Md.
    • *** Supporters in the WASHINGTON, D.C. area *** Invite people you know to participate in DC Young Feminist Network events

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  Action Alerts

1. Renew your WOC membership! Or join WOC today!

 To continue making a strong impact in our church, we need you! In the U.S.A., 70 percent of Catholics support women’s ordination, which makes the number of supporters nearly 45 million people! However, the number of WOC members is only in the thousands, so we need you to stay with us (or join us!) and help activate this quiet but present majority.

Please renew your 2007 WOC membership today!  

Or, if you are not yet a WOC member, please join today!  

Renewing or joining now will entitle you to receive four issues of WOC’s ground-breaking publication, NewWomen, NewChurch and other education and activism materials, contact with WOC membersin your area, eligibility to apply for the Bishop Murphy Scholarship and more!

Please act today to renew your membership or join WOC!

2. Celebrate the feast of St. Therese of Lisieux, patron saint of women’s ordination, on October 1st!

This Sunday, October 1 st is the feast of St. Therese of Lisieux, and to honor her, we have sent our members a postcard to sign and send back to us.  We will deliver the postcards to the bishops at their November meeting in Baltimore, Md.  You can express your call to a renewed priestly ministry, or your support for women’s ordination into a renewed priesthood. 

These cards will show the bishops in a tangible way that the vast majority of women’s ordination supporters will remain quiet no longer! Once you receive the postcard, please complete and send it back to us today!  

If you are not a WOC member, please let us know and we will send you a postcard right away!  Contact nvazquez@womensordination.org or call 703 352-1006  

To make sure you don’t miss out on our grassroots activism,please join WOC today!

3. Let us know what you think! Complete WOC’s membership survey

Because our movement has changed so much in the last few years, with the ordinations of women like Mary Ramerman, the Danube Seven, and many more, we want to find out what you think about these and other developments. With our 2006 membership survey, we hope to discover how you, our members and supporters, think we should prioritize our resources in light of this quickly changing landscape. We have sent the membership survey with your renewal materials, so once you receive it in the mail, please complete and return the membership survey!

To request a membership survey , please contact Nidza Vazquez at nvazquez@womensordination.org or 703 352-1006.

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Women’s Ordination News

August 30 - September 2, 2006

WOC community members continue to be interviewed in  media such as the Tribune of San Luis Obispo, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and other on-line news services. Below, you will find a few of these articles and more women’s ordination news.    

Sept. 2, 2006

The Tribune San Luis Obispo: At piece as priest Merlene has presided over two masses since she was ordained as a priest… To read more: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/local/15424542.htm

Sept. 1, 2006

Catholic News Service :Cardinal: ‘Patriarchal society' not cause of all-male priesthood The church's prohibition against women priests is not culturally conditioned by the "patriarchal society" in which Jesus lived and taught, said Philadelphia Cardinal Justin Rigali. To read more: http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=21120

Aug. 30, 2006

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel : The time has come for ordaining women by Bridget Mary Meehan It is time for the full equality of women in the church. Women and men are created in God's image, and both may represent Christ as priests…To read more: http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=489668 )

Aug. 28, 2006

Philadelphia Daily News : Wife, Mother…Priest EILEEN MCCAFFERTY DIFRANCO was once a Port Richmond girl with big dreams... She got them all…But one burning dream that DiFranco didn't initially realize she had was finally fulfilled last month on a riverboat sailing the Monongahela, Ohio and Allegheny Rivers outside Pittsburgh. To read more: http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/local/15378637.htm

Video Highlights of the Roman Catholic Womenpriests U.S. ordinations in Pittsburgh

To view these highlights, you can use the following video forums on the internet:

1. Google: www.Google.com (video) The video is 26 minutes long and downloads on either windows or mac computers. The link to the video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5422862658983416429&q=roman+catholic+womenpriests&hl=en

Please send your friends up to the site and ask them to rate it and make comments.

2. YouTube:www.youtube.com This video is 8 minutes long, and the link is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rqJ_DulzkA

Please contact Bridget Mary Meehan at sofiabmm@aol.com if you would like to order a dvd copy of the 26 minute video of highlights of the Pittsburgh ordinations produced by her non-profit, GodTalk.

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Upcoming Events

1. Sunday, October 1st:  Celebrate a Community Mass with Bridget Mary Meehan in Arlington, VA.

On the feast of St. Therese of Lisieux, the patron saint of women's ordination, we'll celebrate a Community Mass with RC womanpriest Bridget Mary Meehan at 11:00 am.  A brunch will follow. Location: The Barcroft Community House in Arlington (http://www.bscl.org/bch.htm ) For more details, contact Nidza Vazquez at nvazquez@womensordination.org or (703) 352-1006.

2. November 3rd: Attend WOC’s next event!  Friday, Nov. 3, a pre-CTA conference event in Milwaukee, Wisc.

National Catholic Ministries Alliance (NCMA) presents a day-long seminar...

 Bridging the Gap: Gender Equality, Sex and Ordination

As a member of the National Catholic Ministries Alliance, WOC is planning a day-long pre-CTA conference seminar with keynote speakers Anthony Padovano, Andrea Johnson, Christine Mayr-Lumetzberger, Mary Ramerman and more to discuss and promote the movement for an inclusive and renewing Catholic priesthood.

A panel will feature Carmen Lane, Ray Grosswirth, Tom Honore, and Kathy Vandenberg, talking about their individual journeys as women and married men living out their call to a renewed priestly ministry. Please sign up for the event with your Call to Action 2006 Conference registration: http://www.cta-usa.org/conference2006/registration.html

3. November 12-16: Prayerful demonstration at the US bishops meeting in Baltimore

A prayerful demonstration is planned to occur outside the U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Mass on November 12 th at the Basilica of the Assumption (downtown Baltimore). The USCCB meeting will be held on November 13-16 at the Marriott Waterfront Hotel (downtown Baltimore on the edge of Little Italy). For more information contact Nidza Vazquez at nvazquez@womensordination.org or (703) 352-1006.

4. *** SUPPORTERS in the WASHINGTON, D.C. area *** Invite people you know to participate in DC Young Feminist Network events

  • Sunday, October 1 st,  11:00am: Feast of St. Therese of Lisieux, patron saint of women's ordination. Community Mass with Womanpriest Bridget Mary Meehan and brunch to follow. Location: The Barcroft Community House in Arlington, Va. (http://www.bscl.org/bch.htm ) Contact Nidza Vazquez at (703) 352-1006 for more information.
  • Sunday October 8 th at 12:00 noon : WOC Board Meeting liturgy.
    Contact Nidza at (703) 352-1006 for more information.
  • Thursday, October 12 th, 7:00-8:30 pm: Faith Sharing Communion.

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"We must be the change we wish to see in the world."

~ Gandhi

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*** This ACTION ALERT email is from the Women's Ordination Conference. Send comments, e-mail address changes, or information for future ACTION ALERTS to Nidza Vazquez, at nvazquez@womensordination.org ***

*** Founded in 1975, Women's Ordination Conference (WOC) is the oldest and largest national organization working solely for women to be ordained as deacons, priests and bishops into a continually renewing Catholic Church. For more information about WOC and how to become a WOC member, visit http://www.womensordination.org ***

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