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Reform-minded Austrian cleric Helmut Schüller, rejected from speaking at several Catholic institutions, to speak at Lutheran church WASHINGTON – Austrian reformer-priest Fr. Helmut Schüller is continuing his speaking tour of the United States in D.C. Monday night. This will follow speaking engagements in New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore, which have been marked with controversy.…
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Contact:  Erin Saiz Hanna, ehanna@womensordination.org 202.675.1006 Sr. Christine Schenk, chris@futurechurch.org 216.513.3647 Fr. Helmut Schüller, 917.743.4953 (US)   "Banned in Boston" Austrian priest Helmut Schüller begins first U.S. tour, calling for institutional change and inclusive priesthood   Fr. Helmut Schüller will begin his first U.S. speaking tour, The Catholic Tipping Point: Conversations, in New York, Tuesday, July 16. Covering fifteen cities coast to coast, the…
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For Immediate Release Contact: Erin Saiz Hanna,  202.675.1006 Sr. Christine Schenk, 216.513.3647   Reformist Austrian priest to tour U.S. this summer, calling for institutional change and inclusive priesthood   Fr. Helmut Schüller, founder of the Austrian Priests’ Initiative-a movement organized to address the global crisis of priest shortages-will begin his first national speaking tour in New York, this…
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Erin Saiz Hanna:  202.675.1006 Nicole Sotelo: 773.404.0004 x285  WASHINGTON D.C. – One year ago today, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), an umbrella group representing 80% of the 57,000 nuns in the  United States, came under fire from the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith for their social justice ministries and not supporting the…
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For Immediate Release: March 14, 2013  Contact: Erin Saiz Hanna  + 001 401.588.0457  (USA) Statement from Executive Director, Erin Saiz Hanna Rome, Italy: The Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) congratulates Pope Francis on his election to the papacy. Today, we stood with the thousands of faithful Catholics in St. Peter’s Square and prayed for a leader who will heal our broken…
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PRESS RELEASE INTERNATIONAL FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 14, 2013   Contact:  • Alicja Baranowska (Poland): kaplanstwokobiet@wp.eu • Erin Saiz Hanna (USA): +001.401.588.0457; ehanna@womensordination.org • Miriam Duignan (UK): +011.44.1923.779446; m_duignan@hotmail.com • Therese Koturbash (Canada): + 001.204.622.7000; t.m.koturbash@gmail.com   Women’s Ordination Worldwide (WOW) Urges New Pope to End Shameful Sin of Sexism in Church   Women’s  Ordination…
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For Immediate Release February 14, 2013  22 Catholic Organizations Call for a Justice-seeking Pope On Monday, February 11th, Pope Benedict XVI surprised Catholics worldwide by announcing his resignation. Member organizations of Catholic Organizations for Renewal and Women-Church Convergence made the following statement. We join Catholics worldwide in praying for the health of Pope Benedict XVI…
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For Immediate Release: February 11, 2013 Contact: Erin Saiz Hanna (202) 675-1006    Statement from Executive Director, Erin Saiz Hanna Washington, D.C. – "The Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) respects Pope Benedict’s decision to resign from leadership. We are saddened to hear of the deteriorating health of the pontiff and hold him in prayer. During his papacy, Pope Benedict XVI used…
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WOMEN’S ORDINATION WORLDWIDE PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WOW DISMAYED BY LAICISATION OF ROY BOURGEOIS November 27, 2012 Contact: • Erin Saiz Hanna – Women’s Ordination Conference (USA):  001.401.588.0457 • Miriam Duignan –womenpriests.org (UK/ International): 011.44.1923.779446 • Therese Koturbash – WOW Communications (Canada): 001.204.622.7000   The Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers have announced that the Vatican’s…
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For Immediate Release November 20, 2012 Contact: Erin Saiz Hanna (202) 675-1006 Dismissal of Fr. Roy Bourgeois from Maryknoll Religious Order Statement from Executive Director, Erin Saiz Hanna The Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) is heartbroken to report that the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has canonically removed Roy Bourgeois from his community the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers because of…
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