This week is what the U.S. Bishops call “National Vocation Awareness Week,” and we’re here to help. While we at the Women’s Ordination Conference are plenty aware of the vibrant and valid vocations of women and non-binary people in the Catholic Church, many of our brothers in Christ have yet to embrace the Good News.…
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We remember WOC board member Marion Flynn for her generosity of Spirit, her big heart, and her unwavering support of the Women’s Ordination Conference. Read her obituary here.
When asked why she has chosen to be ordained as a Roman Catholic priest — thus breaking the Catholic Church’s ban on the ordination of women and crossing the threshold of formal excommunication — Anne Tropeano’s response is simple. “God is asking me to do this,” she says. “God is calling me to be ordained…
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Anne Tropeano is set to be ordained Saturday as a Catholic priest, then automatically excommunicated from the Church. Tropeano, a 47-year-old grants manager with the United Way of Central New Mexico, insists she has been called by God to the priesthood. She said this week her planned act stems from frustration with the sexism of…
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Beginning in mid-October 2021, the global Catholic Church begins what is arguably its most important initiative since Vatican II — the Synod on Synodality. This two year process will explore what it means to “journey together” as the People of God in a local and global Church. Pope Francis is inviting us to what he…
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Anne Tropeano, known as Father Anne, was joyfully ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood in Albuquerque, NM on Saturday, October 16, 2021 at the Cathedral of St. John. She is defying the Vatican and breaking canon law, which automatically excommunicates women who attempt ordination. Anne Tropeano holds a Master of Divinity from the Jesuit School…
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Media Advisory: Contact: Kate McElwee, kmcelwee@womensordination.org Anne Tropeano, known as Father Anne, will be ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood in Albuquerque, NM on Saturday, October 16, 2021 at 2 p.m. at the Cathedral of St. John, defying the Vatican and breaking canon law, which automatically excommunicates women who attempt ordination. Anne Tropeano holds a…
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For Immediate Release: September 12, 2021 As Pope Francis arrives in Slovakia, we urge him to publicly recognize woman priest Ludmila Javorová, who 51 years ago was clandestinely ordained a priest by a Roman Catholic bishop as part of the underground church in Czechoslovakia during the country’s authoritarian Communist rule. Entrusted by her bishop, Javorová courageously…
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Learn about ordained woman priest Ludmila Javorová’s life, ministry, and why she is important as the world follows Francis to Slovakia.
For Immediate Release: June 1, 2021 Pope Francis’ June 1 changes to the Code of Canon Law (Book VI) on offenses and punishments fail to correct the mischaracterization of the “grave crime” of women following their authentic vocations to ordained ministry. While not new, the revised canon 1379 is a painful reminder of the Vatican’s…
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