For Immediate Release: April 8, 2011 Contact: Erin Saiz Hanna, Executive Director 202.675.1006 (office), 401.588.0457 (cell) A Roman Catholic priest faces dismissal from the priesthood for his public support of women’s ordination. But he is not just any priest. Fr. Roy Bourgeois, founder of the School of the Americas (SOA) Watch, is internationally…
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For Immediate release: April 1, 2011 Statement from Executive Director, Erin Saiz Hanna The Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) stands with feminist theologian Sr. Elizabeth Johnson and affirms the value and necessity of her publication Quest for the Living God: Mapping Frontiers in the Theology of God. The tenuous condemnation of the book by the United…
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WOC’s petition urging Maryknoll to support Fr. Bourgeois was mentioned in this NCR article. Roy Bourgeois’ priesthood can never truly end By Jamie L Manson He won a purple heart for his service in Vietnam. He lived and worked among the poor in Bolivia for five years. When his friends, Maryknoll sisters Maura Clarke and…
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WOC was featured in this article about Father Roy Bourgeois’, the priest who openly and publicly supports women’s ordination. Bourgeois’ dismissal came after two years of dialogue, says Maryknoll By Joshua J McElwee The decision to threaten Fr. Roy Bourgeois with dismissal from Maryknoll, and subsequent laicization by the Vatican, came about after two and…
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For Immediate Release Contact: Erin Saiz Hanna, Executive Director (202) 675-1006, ehanna@womensordination.org On March 29th, 2011, Fr. Roy Bourgeois received a canonical warning from the leadership of his community, the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers. Fr. Roy has been given fifteen days to recant his belief that women, along…
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Lift your Voice with Roy Bourgeois! "Break the Silence. Shatter the Stained-Glass Ceiling" Take Action 1. Join over 8,000 justice-seeking Catholics and Sign the Petition in Support of Fr. Roy Bourgeois. Each of the organizations below have issued statements of Support for Fr. Roy: Association of Roman Catholic Womenpriests , 8th Day Center for Justice , The Federation…
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Dear Member of Congress, As progressive Catholic organizations, we are compelled to speak out against policies that unfairly target the least among us. Current legislative efforts to defund Title X, the federal government program dedicated to providing family planning services for those in need, are an egregious example of policies that disproportionately disadvantage the poor.…
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Every year on March 25th, the feast of the Annunciation, WOC joins the global women’s ordination movement to bring attention to the issue of women’s ordination by providing resources to host public demonstrations, home liturgies, and presentations about women’s ordination and structural change in the church. On the 17th Annual World Day of Prayer, we will…
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February 24, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WOW Congratulates German Theologians for Call for Women’s Ordination Women’s Ordination Worldwide (WOW) applauds and stands in solidarity with the now more than 225 courageous theologians from Austria, Germany and Switzerland who publicly name the ordination of women and open dialogue about structures of participation as urgent reforms needed…
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WOC was featured for its activism at the Vatican in this article about the film Pink Smoke Over the Vatican. Women priests demonstrate profound faithfulness to God By Jamie L Manson Late last week, a new iPhone app designed to help Catholics prepare for the confessional made its debut. The app tailors its…
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