Global Sisters Report: After 50 years, women’s ordination advocates brainstorm paths to transform institutions
There were so many uplifting and energizing things to celebrate at the 50th anniversary of the Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) held over Pentecost weekend in Detroit, Michigan. Coalition work is key to any movement, and this one is no exception. So it was wonderful to see and celebrate the blessed diversity of women’s ministries — and advocacy — in the women’s ordination movement, including pastoral ministers, parish justice leaders, LGBTQ+ advocates, parish priests, Catholic high school teachers, campus ministers, women religious, pastoral musicians, liturgists, scholars, women priests, theologians, biblical experts, spiritual directors and leaders of church reform organizations of every stripe. It was also a bit of an “old home week” to reconnect with many dear “mothers of the movement” with whom I had served as FutureChurch’s founding director.