Author: Kate McElwee

Catholics Say “Time’s Up” – Demand Truth and Action. Vigils Planned Nationwide

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Contacts: Kate McElwee, Executive Director, Women’s Ordination Conference 607-725-1364 (USA), +39 393 692 2100 (Italy) kmcelwee@womensordination.org Zach Johnson, Executive Director, Call to Action 773-988-2352, zach@cta-usa.org Deborah Rose-Milavec, Executive Director, FutureChurch (mobile) 513-673-1401, (office) 216-228-0869 debrose@futurechurch.org Catholics Fired Up: “Time’s Up: We Demand Truth”   United States and Rome: On September 8 and 9,…
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LCWR, Catholic reform organizations respond to AP report on sexual abuse of nuns by clergy

Three Catholic reform organizations have expressed solidarity with women religious speaking about sexual abuse by clergy. Call To Action, FutureChurch and Women’s Ordination Conference issued a statement Aug. 2 condemning clergy abuse allegations and thanking women religious and other survivors for coming forward. The three organizations launched the #CatholicToo campaign in December 2017 “as a Catholic response to the outpouring of…
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Women push for more from Vatican, Francis

Read the NCR article here Kate McElwee, executive director of Women’s Ordination Conference, explained to NCR that she and Deborah Rose-Milavec, executive director of FutureChurch, spoke with Bishop Dusan Spiner, a priest who was ordained to serve the underground church in the 1973 by Bishop Felix Maria Davidek. Rose-Milavec described the opportunity to meet Spiner as “an…
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NCR: Group petitions for reinstatement of former Maryknoll priest Roy Bourgeois

A new petition has been launched to reinstate a popular priest who was excommunicated for his support of female ordination. CORPUS, an organization begun by resigned priests and their families that calls for a more inclusive church, released a petition June 28 to reinstate former Maryknoll priest Roy Bourgeois. Bourgeois was excommunicated after saying the homily at an August…
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Executive Director Kate McElwee on “TV Thek”

A television broadcast of the 2018 International Church Reform Network meeting in Slovakia. (Begins at minute 15:27) https://tvthek.orf.at/profile/Orientierung/1366/Orientierung/13982324

Pope Wants More Women in Church Leadership Positions but Rejects Female Priests (Christian Post)

Pope Francis has stated that while he supports having more women in positions of authority within the Roman Catholic Church, he does not support allowing women to become priests. The head of the one billion-strong Church was interviewed by Reuters earlier this week on a host of issues. When asked about female ordination, Francis responded…
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WOC Executive Director, Kate McElwee in DenníkN.sk (Slovakia)

Američanka bojuje za ženskú vysviacku v rímskokatolíckej cirkvi aj ružovým dymom nad Vatikánom Predsedníčka organizácie Konferencia pre ženskú vysviacku Kate McElweeová hovorí, že katolícky klérus sa diskusiu na túto tému snaží umlčať, a vysvetľuje, prečo súčasná cirkev neslúži všetkým veriacim. Click here for the full article.

WOW call on Pope Francis to dialogue with women called to priesthood

For Immediate Release: June 23, 2018 Women’s Ordination Worldwide (WOW) is deeply disappointed by Pope Francis’ reiteration of the “closed door” stance on women’s ordination.  We call on Pope Francis to lead by example and dialogue with the many women who are called to priesthood. The Vatican’s repeated attempts to limit God’s priestly call to…
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Cardinal Walter Brandmüller on Women’s Ordination

May 22, 2018  For Immediate Release Contact: Kate McElwee, Executive Director kmcelwee@womensordination.org +1.607.725.1364 The Women’s Ordination Conference must speak out against any suggestion that the ordination of women, or even the discussion of it, is heretical. We therefore affirm that Cardinal Walter Brandmüller’s recent comments that those who advocate for women’s ordination “fulfill the elements…
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Vocations Sunday Witness on April 22nd

On April 22nd, as Roman Catholic Church marked the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Women’s Ordination Conference supporters held witness at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore.  As the Church asked its members to welcome God’s “unique story into their lives,” supporters stood as…
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