March 21, 2006
Participate in the 11th Annual WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR WOMEN’S ORDINATION on March 25, 2006!
* Local Events *
“Good Catholic Girls Stand Up for Women’s Ordination”
Organize or participate in a local event for the 11th Annual World Day of Prayer for Women's Ordination! Visit WOC’s website to view local events celebrating the World Day of Prayer across the country.
If there is no event planned in your area, you can use WOC’s Liturgy for your personal reflection or organize an event with our FREE Activist Packet!
View and print WOC’s World Day of Prayer Activist Packet online.
If you are organizing an event, please let us know! Contact Nidza Vazquez at (703) 352-1006 or nvazquez@womensordination.org. We can send you a FREE Activist Packet that will provide you with ideas and resources to plan an event and connect you to WOC members in your area.
The Activist Packet contains the 2006 World Day of Prayer Liturgy, (put together by Ashley Reynolds, a member of WOC’s Young Feminist Network Leadership Team, and Janice Sevre-Duszynska, a WOC Board member who lives in Lexington, KY), organizing and media tips, and WOC resources.
Due to the work many of us are doing, and the popularity of Angela Bonavoglia’s book, Good Catholics Girls, published by Harper Collins/Regan Books, the way we define “good Catholic girls” is changing, and people worldwide are counting the progressive women working for church renewal among them! With this in mind, we chose “Good Catholic Girls Stand Up for Women’s Ordination” as the theme for the 11 th Annual World Day of Prayer.
The theme also reflects the courageous actions of people who are “standing up for women’s ordination” every Sunday! In at least one parish in Washington, D.C., people stand during Mass to bring attention to the fact that women are banned from ordination for no reason. Other women wear purple stoles, the international symbol of women’s ordination, during Mass.
We want to let our entire community know about these and many other brave actions, and inspire you to do the same! If you know of ways people express their support for women’s ordination and a renewing priestly ministry publicly, we want to hear about it! Please send us your story!
Please contact Nidza Vazquez at nvazquez@womensordination.org to send your story about people standing up for women’s ordination (in every way!) and to let us know you will be planning a World Day of Prayer event in your community. We will post it on our website and connect you to WOC members in your area.
To find out more information, please visit:
http://www.womensordination.org/pages/intern_wdofp
LOCAL EVENTS
MIDWEST
CINCINNATI: Contact: Ruth Steinert Foote, RHSteinert@aol.com or 513 771-0629 or l 513 604-0170 It will be the first Fresen even t! When: Saturday, March 25th, 7:00 p.m. to when we are ready to end Where: Ruth Steinert Foote's home: 985 Forest Avenue, Glendale What: Gourmet Complete Dinner featuring Bishop Patricia Fresen Cost: Sliding Scale donation, $30 to $50 per person, tax deductible, check made out to Women's Ordination Conference (WOC), RSVP to 513 771-0629 or 604-0170 by March 23rd.
CLEVELAND: Contact: Evelyn Hunt, bellfieldev@hotmail.com or 216 795-4264 Click here for more information about this great event! When: Monday, March 27th, 4:15 - 8:00p.m. discussion & liturgy Where: Trinity Cathedral Commons, Euclid Ave. and East 22nd St. What: Bishop Patricia Fresen will speak about her journey as a South African nun to becoming a Roman Catholic Womanpriest
ST. LOUIS: Contact: Gerry Rauch, gerrauch@gmail.com or 314 721-297, Click here for more information and how to register for the event When: Saturday, April 1st, 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Conference Time Where: Evangelical United Church of Christ, 204 E. Lockwood, Webster Groves, MO; Cost: $10; optional lunch and networking: $15 What: Bishop Patricia Fresen will speak about her journey as a South African nun to becoming a Roman Catholic Womanpriest
CHICAGO: Contact: Laura Singer, lts72@aol.com, 773 736-2562 When: Sunday, April 2nd, 2:00 p.m. lecture & 4:00 p.m. liturgy, Where: In the Garrett Theological Center of Northwestern University What: Bishop Patricia Fresen will speak about her experience of ordination and the future of women's ministry. Hear her story of being inspired by the courageous actions of the women ordained on the Danube River on June 22, 2002 and her journey from being a South African nun to a becoming a Roman Catholic Woman bishop.
BIRCH RUN, MI: Contact: Celine Goessl, cgoessl@holycrosssisters.org, (989) 624-6073 Attend a great event! When: Saturday, March 25th at 5:00 p.m. What: A private service for our Sisters and Associates, following the election of our provincial leadership. Anyone called to renewed priesthood or who supports those called will be asked to wear the purple stole – official symbol of women's ordination. Where: In the chapel at our Provincial House
OAK PARK, MI: Contact: Kathy Chateau: kchateau@stclarem.org, When: Saturday, March 25th at 7:00 pm What: Prayer Service on "Good Catholic Girls Stand Up for Women's Ordination" theme
KANSAS CITY, MO: Contact: Liz Donnelly, donnelea61@yahoo.com
RED WING, MN: Contact: Regina Nicolosi, crnicolosi@yahoo.com When: Tuesday, March 14, 2006, What: Prayer for women’s ordination at a feminist bookclub
CENTRAL ATLANTIC
ANNAPOLIS, MD: Contact: Nidza Vazquez, nvazquez@womensordination.org or (703) 352-1006 Click here When: Saturday, March 25th, 1:30pm - 4:00pm Tea & Liturgy Where: At the home of Andrea Johnson in Annapolis, Maryland What: Tea & Liturgy to celebrate women's ordination and a renewing priestly ministry.
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Contact: Nidza Vazquez, nvazquez@womensordination.org or (703) 352-1006, When: March 28 th, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. What: Young Feminist Network DC Metro Chapter Small Faith Community will talk about a new vision of church and pray for women's ordination.
MOUNT GAY, WV: Contact: Sheila Riddle, rivets20002002@yahoo.com
PHILADELPHIA AREA: Contact: Regina Bannan, bannan@temple.edu, 215-545-9649 or see Community of the Christian Spirit website for info, www.communityofthechristianspirit.org When: Sunday, March 26th, 10:15 am, Where: Elkins Park, PA What: SEPA WOC and the Community of the Christian Spirit will have a joint observance of the World Day of Prayer in a Eucharistic liturgy.
PHILADELPHIA, PA: Contact: Regina Bannan, bannan@temple.edu, 215-545-9649 Call soon for more information When: Holy Thursday, April 13th, 9:00 am, Where: Outside the Catholic cathedral in Philadelphia, PA, 18th and the Parkway, What: SEPA WOC will also observe Holy Thursday with a witness on the theme, “Nothing New: Women Re-Claiming Priesthood.”
SOUTHEAST
LEXINGTON, KY: Contact: Janice Sevre-Duszynska, rhythmsofthedance@msn.com, (859) 223-9611 for more details When: Sunday, March 26th, 2:00 p.m .– 4:00 p.m. inspiring speech Where: The Friends Quaker House in Lexington & Janice's home What: Bishop Patricia Fresen of Roman Catholic Womenpriests will speak about her journey to priesthood at the Friends Quaker House, and a reception will follow, with prayer for women’s ordination and dinner at Janice Sevre-Duszynska’s house. A friend will play cello music in the background.
ATLANTA, GA: Organizer: Natalie Keiser, please call the WOC office for more information (703) 352-1006
NORTHEAST
ROCKVILLE, NY: Organizer : Helen Schmidt; please call the WOC office for more information (703) 352-1006
ELIZABETH, NJ: Organizer: Ann Borden, please call the WOC office for more information (703) 352-1006
LONG ISLAND, NY: Contact: Eileen McMahon, Eileen_equal_rites@hotmail.com, (516)541-8822, When: Saturday, March 25 at 10:30am Where: At Villa St. Joseph, 984 North Village Avenue in Rockville Center, What: We will pray and discuss Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza’s keynote presentation from the July 2005 Ottawa Women’s Ordination Worldwide Conference.
WEST COAST
SAN JOSE, CA: Contact: Victoria Rue, victoriarue@cruzio.com When: Thursday, March 23rd, at 1:00 p.m, womanpriest presiding! Where: San Jose State University in the Spartan Memorial Chapel What: Dr. Victoria Rue, R.C. womanpriest, will celebrate a feminist & inclusive Mass for the World Day of Prayer for Women's Ordination. ALL ARE WELCOME AT THE TABLE!
LOS ANGELES, CA: Organizer: Theresa Yugar, theresayugar@hotmail.com; please call the WOC office for more information (703) 352-1006
MOUNTAIN CENTER, CA: Please call WOC for more information (703) 352-1006
INTERNATIONAL
DUBLIN, IRELAND: Contact: Colm Holmes, avocapublishers@eircom.net, When: March 25, 2006, 2:00 Celebration of Women Priests, and 3:00, Eucharist in private room Where: At the GPO in Dublin, where the 1916 rising took place which brought about Irish independence from Britain, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1 What: 12th Annual World Day of P rayer event for Brothers and Sisters in Christ (BASIC) will celebrate women priests with purple balloons, and afterward, will host a Eucharist with a woman presiding and all present celebrating.
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA Contact: Josie Gregory, Marilyn Hatton & Ann Ryan, Ordination for Catholic Women (OCW) Co-Convenors, (for contact information, call (703) 352-1006 or email ataylor@womensordination.org), When: March 25, 2006, What: OCW will present a workshop on women’s ordination based on Rosemary Radford Ruether’s presentation at the Women’s Ordination Worldwide (WOW) Conference in July 2005.
CANADA Contact: Marie Bouclin, mbouclin@tyenet.com, member of the Catholic Network for Women’s Equality (CNWE) National Work Group for local events around Canada, including groups in Ottawa, Toronto, Peterborough, and Moncton.
UNITED KINGDOM: Contact: Catholic Women’s Ordination (CWO), please contact the WOC office ataylor@womensordination.org for local events in the United Kingdom.
Thank you for your interest in WOC activities and for your work to create a renewing and inclusive priestly ministry. There is power in collective action, and we are creating a discipleship of equals now!
Many blessings,
Aisha Taylor & Nidza Vazquez
Women's Ordination Conference
www.womensordination.org
P.O. Box 2693
Fairfax , VA 22031
office: (703) 352-1006
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Fax: (703) 352-5181
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nvazquez@womensordination.org
“When I dare to be powerful — to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”
~ Audre Lorde
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