View the PDF Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Inc. Office of General Council PO Box 303 Maryknoll, New York 10545-0303 Phone: (914) 941-7590 Fax: (914) 944-3600· E-mail: mklcouncil@maryknoll.org Rev. Roy L. Bourgeois, M.M. P.O. Box 3330 Columbus, GA 31903 Second Canonical Warning Dear Father Bourgeois, In accordance with the provisions of…
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Press Release: July 28, 2011 The Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests Janice Sevre-Duszynska rhythmsofthedance@msn.com 859-684-4247 Bridget Mary Meehan sofiabmm@aol.com 703-505-0004 Judy Lee judyabl@embarqmail.com 239-454-7426 “Holy Shakeup: Catholic Clergy and Hierarchy Join Catholics Worldwide in Support of Women Priests” The Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests rejoice in a “holy shakeup” that millions of Catholics world…
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For Immediate Release 26 July 2011 Media Contact: Adrianne Burke, Catholics For Choice +1 202 986 6093 Catholic Organizations Call on Secretary Sebelius to Include Contraception as a Preventive Method under Affordable Care Act (ACA) Washington, DC – On the 43rd anniversary of Pope Paul VI’s groundbreaking decision to reaffirm the Vatican’s ban on contraception, a…
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WOC was mentioned and a WOC vigil photographed in an NPR audiocast about women’s ordination. Ordaining Female Catholic Priests By Jacki Lyden The issue of female ordination has beset the Roman Catholic church for decades. But increasingly, the Vatican is facing a revolt on the issue, even as it cracks down. On three continents: Europe,…
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For Immediate Release: July 23, 2011 Nicole Sotelo, Call To Action, O: 773.404.0004 x285 Eileen DiFranco, Roman Catholic Womenpriests-USA, C: 267.258.6966 Kate Conmy, Women’s Ordination Conference, O: 202.675.1006 157 Catholic Priests Rise Up To Support Fellow Embattled Priest In an unprecedented move, 157 Catholic priests have signed on to a letter in support of their fellow embattled priest,…
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WOC’s Kate Conmy writes as a guest contributor in the Feminism and Religion blog. This is What a Catholic Looks Like By Kate Conmy In my last semester as a Religion student at Mount Holyoke College I sat in my Feminist Theology seminar with only one question for our guest speaker: “Why are you still…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Statement of Women’s Ordination Worldwide May 25, 2011 Contact:– Colette Joyce: e: htcolette@hotmail.com– Therese Koturbash: e: koturbash@btconnect.com Women’s Ordination Worldwide (WOW) is gravely disheartened to learn that the Vatican has forced Australia’s Bishop Wm. Morris into early retirement because of his suggestion to open dialogue about women’s ordination. Morris’s pastorally sensitive suggestion was made out…
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WOC was mentioned in this article about the forced retirement of Australian Bishop William Morris for his support of, among other "progressive" things, women’s ordination. Bp Morris: ‘You’ve got to stand in your truth’ By Joshua J McElwee The Advent Pastoral Letter of 2006, cited as the beginning of the controversy that resulted in the…
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For Immediate Release Tuesday, May 3, 2011 Contact: Kate Conmy, Women’s Ordination Conference, 202.675.1006 Nicole Sotelo, Call To Action, 773.404.0004 x285 After secret investigation, Vatican attempts to silence Australian Bishop …
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A WOC vigil in Southeastern Pensylvania is featured in this News Works article about the annual protest vigil in support of women’s ordination. Protest asks Catholic church for women priests By Tom MacDonald Women who want to be Catholic priests held their annual protest outside Holy Thursday Mass at the Cathedral in Center City Philadelphia.…
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