November 14, 2001
Support Mary Ramerman and the Spiritus Christi Community!
WOC supports and celebrates with Mary Ramerman and the Spiritus Christi Church
of Rochester, New York this week. Mary will be ordained a Catholic Priest
on Saturday, Nov. 17 by members of her community who are calling her to the
priesthood; by interfaith ministers and Catholic spiritual leaders who have
verified that call; and by Bishop Peter Hickman, a Bishop of the Old Catholic
tradition.
Spiritus Christi needs your support!
Bishop Clark from the Diocese of Rochester has called
Mary’s ordination a “public and formally schismatic act.”
He has also threatened to penalize any diocesan priest who attends the
ordination.
Speak out in support of Mary and the Spiritus Christi Community!
*Write a letter to the editor
honoring Mary for responding to God’s call to ordination and condemning
the Roman Catholic Church for prohibiting the ordination of women.
*Write to New York’s
Newsday at letters@newsday.com
*Write to Rochester’s
Democrat and Chronicle at dceditpage@democratandchronicle.com
*Write to the Diocese
of Rochester’s Catholic Courier at letters@catholiccourier.com
*Send
a letter directly to Bishop Clark informing him why you support Mary’s
ordination and the inclusive teachings of the Spiritus Christi community.
Ask him to support women’s ordination as a sign of equality in the Church.
Bishop Matthew Clark
1150 Buffalo Rd.
Rochester, NY 14627
*Post your comments about the ordination
on the World Wide Web. Visit: http://www.newsday.com/features/ny-p2cover2462541nov14.story?coll=ny%2Dfeatures%2Dheadlines Add
your thoughts about Mary’s ordination in the box marked “What’s
your opinion?” (Many conservative Catholics have already posted their
opinion so we need to be sure to respond!)
For more information about Mary’s ordination and
Spiritus Christi visit their website:
http://www.spirituschristi.org
Let us all rejoice and celebrate in Mary’s calling.
May her ordination illustrate the value of women’s spiritual leadership
to Catholics everywhere.
*** This ACTION ALERT E-MAIL is from the Women's Ordination
Conference. Send comments or information for future ACTION ALERTS to Joy Barnes,
WOC Program Director at grassroots@womensordination.org.
For more information about WOC and how to become a WOC member, visit www.womensordination.org.
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