Current Action Alerts

As supporters of ordination justice stood outside the Cathedral of St. Matthew in Washington, DC and sang, Same Baptism, Same Spirit, Same Calling…we were greeted with overwhelming support from mass-goers and church leaders alike.  One priest in particular said: “You’re very welcome here. We’re on the same page.” Throughout the day we received photos and reports from…
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Gospel Growing Wild: Friday, May 10 @ 5:30 – 7 pmBook talk and wine reception with Lizzie Berne DeGear, PhD. Join WOC for an evening of conversation with feminist Biblical scholar Lizzie Berne DeGear, PhD, who will discuss her inspiring new book Jesus Found in Translation, and the good news growing wild in each of us.…
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Catholics worldwide are hungering for the full and equal participation of women at all levels in the church. So this Vocations Sunday, let’s come together and let the truth ring out: Women are ready, prepared, and called to the priesthood. Women do priestly work. And we need women priests. On Vocations Sunday, April 21, 2024,…
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As part of the Women’s Ordination Conference’s status as an NGO in consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), we host parallel events at the UN Commission on the Status of Women each year. This year, we have a pair of events coming up coinciding with the CSW in March: About…
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Here at the Women’s Ordination Conference, 2023 will be remembered as the year women voted for the first time at the Vatican. The years-long effort for Votes for Catholic Women, spearheaded by WOC and partner reform organizations came to fruition this past October as 54 women voted inside the synod hall for the first (and…
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Join WOC on December 21 at 8 pm ET for a contemplative evening of Taize prayer called, “The Sacrament of Darkness.” On the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere, in the heart of Advent waiting and preparation, we will look to the grace that divine darkness offers. Our prayer will also feature preaching from writer…
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This November (17-19), the Women’s Ordination Conference will commemorate our 48th anniversary with a virtual gala and auction: “Synodality and the Fierce Urgency of Equality: The Call for Women’s Ordination Now.” Our theme refers to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s prophetic phrase, “the fierce urgency of now,” which he spoke of on August 28th, 1963…
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On October 6th, WOC is organizing a “Walk with Women,” a procession through Rome to the synod hall to encourage the church to walk alongside women as equals throughout the synod and beyond. Together with our global sisters, we will begin at the site of the relic of the foot of St. Mary Magdalene, Apostle to the Apostles,…
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You already know that WOC is creative, courageous, uncompromising, and faith-filled. But we are also bold. And leading up to the end of our fiscal year, we want to do something really bold. We have the *audacity* to believe our grassroots network has the power to help us raise $15,000 (or more!) in one day. Mark your calendars: Thursday, June…
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On May 31, WOC hosted an evening of contemplation with a Pentecost-themed virtual Taizé service. With song, scripture, silence, and inspired preaching by Sister of Charity Louise Lears, we celebrated (and will continue to celebrate!) when the Holy Spirit came down upon the apostles, of all genders, empowering them to prophesy and do the work…
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