Press Releases

Contact: Erin Saiz Hanna, 401-588-0457 or ehanna@womensordination.org Kate McElwee, 607-724-1364 or kmcelwee@womensordination.org Girls will no longer be allowed to serve as altar servers during Mass at Star of the Sea Church in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Reportedly, Rev. Joseph Illo will phase out altar girls because he believes there is an “intrinsic connection” between…
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21 January 2015 Contact Details Below Catholics call on the bishops of the world to “widen the circle” at 2015 Family Synod Sixteen Catholic organizations have issued an open letter calling on the bishops of the world and Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops, to widen the circle of auditors and…
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Release date: Tuesday, December 16th For Immediate Release Organizational media contacts:    See list below For general background: Kate McElwee:(Rome)  +39 06 320 3331 kmcelwee@womensordination.org Jim Fitzgerald  (USA)    773 404 0004 x262 jim@cta-usa.org Catholic Groups Applaud Vatican Report as “First Step” in Reconciling with U.S. Sisters; Demand immediate removal of sanctions against LCWR leadership Statement from…
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Dear Cardinal Sean O’Malley: In what has already become an infamous “60 Minutes” interview, you stated to Norah O’Donnell: “If I were founding a church, I’d love to have women priests. But Christ founded it, and what he has given us is something different.” As women born well after Vatican II, we are constantly asked: “Why…
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For Immediate Release: October 23, 2014 Contacts: Erin Saiz Hanna, 401-588-0457 Marianne Duddy-Burke, 617-669-7810 Gathered in Chicago for its annual meeting, October 17-19, 2014, the members of Women-Church Convergence, a coalition of feminist Catholic groups, issued the following statement as the Extraordinary Synod on the Family was drawing to a close in Rome.  Women-Church Convergence celebrates the diversity…
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Silenced Irish Priest Brings Focus on Conscience to U. S. Tour Contacts: Marianne Duddy-Burke, 617-669-7810 Erin Saiz Hanna, 401-588-0457 Father Tony Flannery, an Irish priest censured by the Vatican and ordered to cease priestly ministry, due to his support for the ordination of women, and his questioning official teaching on homosexuality, contraception and the validity…
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Contact:  Kate McElwee kmcelwee@womensordination.org (c) 607.725.1364 Deborah Rose-Milavec (w) 216.228.0869 (x 4)    (c ) 513.673.1401 debrose@futurechurch.org For Immediate Release   (U.S.A.) Several members from organizations comprising the coalition of Catholic Organizations for Renewal will be heading to Rome for the Extraordinary Synod on the family from October 5 – October 19, 2014.  Among them will…
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For Immediate Release Contacts:  Ryan Hoffmann: 773.531.9203, ryan@cta-usa.org Kate McElwee: +1 607.725.1364 (USA),  +39 393.692.2100 (Italy) kmcelwee@womensordination.org Deborah Rose-Milavec:  216.228.0868 x 4, 513.673.1401, debrose@futurechurch.org   Thousands ask Pope Francis to remove unjust mandate against U.S. Sisters Catholics are coming together in unprecedented fashion to support U.S. women religious. Over 17,500 signed petitions or sent letters…
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Interfaith feminists continue to challenge discrimination in religion On Tuesday, August 26, 2014, Equal in Faith invites women and men of all faiths to mark National Women’s Equality Day by joining them in a day-long social media campaign to highlight the need for gender justice in religion. Equal in Faith organizers, including representatives from Ordain…
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For immediate release: (202) 675-1006 Statement from WOC Executive Director, Erin Saiz Hanna The Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) is deeply saddened by yesterday’s announcement that human rights lawyer and founder of the Mormon organization Ordain Women, Kate Kelly, was excommunicated by her church. WOC stands in solidarity with Kate, the members of Ordain Women, and all those who bravely…
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