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WOC Statement on Penalties Imposed on Sister Louise Lears, SC by Archbishop Raymond Burke

View WOC petition for Sr. Louise with nearly 1,500 signatures    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 30, 2008 Contact: Erin Saiz Hanna, 202 675-1006, woc@womensordination.org WOC Statement on Penalties Imposed on Sister Louise Lears, SC by Archbishop Raymond Burke               Aisha Taylor, executive director of the Women’s Ordination Conference, issued the following statement about the penalties imposed on…
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WOC Statement on Vatican Decree of Immediate Excommunication of Ordained Women

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 30, 2008 Media Contact: Erin Saiz Hanna, 703 352-1006, woc@womensordination.org Women’s Ordination Conference Statement on Vatican Decree of Immediate Excommunication of Ordained Women              Aisha Taylor, executive director of the Women’s Ordination Conference, issued the following statement about the Vatican’s decree that ordained Roman Catholic women and the bishops who ordained them…
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WOC Statement on the Appointment of Archbishop Raymond Burke to Vatican Council

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 6, 2008 Media Contact: Erin Saiz Hanna, 703 352-1006, woc@womensordination.org Statement of Women’s Ordination Conference Executive Director Aisha Taylor on the Appointment of Archbishop Raymond Burke to Vatican Council                                                                                                              Aisha Taylor, Executive Director of the Women’s Ordination Conference, issued the following statement about the Vatican’s appointment of Archbishop Raymond Burke…
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Aisha Taylor, WOC Executive Director, in Inter Press News Agency

Aisha Taylor, WOC executive director, and other church reform leaders, quoted in Inter Press Service News Agency article "Pope’s Visit Highlights Faultlines in the Church" by Arlene Chang Read here

Washington Post video and Belleville News Democrat

Taylor featured in Washington Post video "Benedict in America" posted on WashingtonPost.com. Watch now!   Gerry Rauch, WOC Board President, mentioned in Belleville News Democrat article "Parishioner pays $10,000 for ad in USA Today asking pope to remove Braxton" Read here

National Public Radio: Interfaith Voices

Aisha S. Taylor, WOC Executive Director; Andrea Johnson, former WOC executive director; and Elsie McGrath and Rose Marie Hudson, Roman Catholic Womanpriests who were recently excommunicated in St. Louis, featured on National Public Radio show Interfaith Voices with Sr. Maureen Fiedler. Listen here

“Ordain Catholic Women” billboard to follow Pope Benedict XVI

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 16, 2008 CONTACTS: Aisha Taylor, 703 352-1006, ataylor@womensordination.org "Ordain Catholic Women" billboard to follow Pope Benedict XVI WASHINGTON, DC – April 16 – Today, as Pope Benedict XVI visits our nation’s capital on his 81st birthday, the Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) continues their “Giving the Gift of Women’s Leadership” campaign, urging…
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2011 Prayer Service for Women’s Ordination

Prayer Service for Women’s Ordination on the 17th Annual World Day of Prayer – 25 March 2011 Created by Women’s Ordination Worldwide, Liturgy Committee Opening Prayer God of Surprises,    you call us    from the narrowness of our traditions              to new ways of being church    from the captivities of our culture to…
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Washington, DC Fox Television News

Washington, DC Fox Television News channel 5 featured WOC’s inclusive Eucharistic liturgy on the 10o’clock news. View clip here

La Conferencia para la Ordenación de la Mujer dar el regalo de la mujer durante la visita del Papa

PARA DIFUSION INMEDIATA: 10 de abril de 2008 CONTACTO: Aisha Taylor, 703 352-1006 (Oficina) La Conferencia para la Ordenación de la Mujer dar el regalo de la mujer durante la visita del Papa Benedicto a los EE.UU. Washington, D.C. – El lunes, 14 de abril  la Conferencia de Ordenación de las Mujeres en , junto…
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