Press Releases

For Immediate Release June 20, 2012   Contacts: Nicole Sotelo: 773.404.0004 x285 Erin Saiz Hanna:  401.588.0457      Catholics to Protest Vatican’s Treatment of Nuns by Not Donating to Peter’s Pence Collection this Weekend Washington, DC – Leaders of the Nun Justice Project, a group of Catholic organizations that coordinated the recent nationwide vigils, are asking U.S.…
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For Immediate Release June 12, 2012   Contacts: Nicole Sotelo: 773.404.0004 x285 Erin Saiz Hanna:  401.588.0457   Catholics to Deliver Petition in Support of Nuns At Bishops’ Meeting in Atlanta   Washington, DC –  Leaders of the Nun Justice Project, a group of Catholic organizations that coordinated the recent nationwide vigils, will hand-deliver a petition in…
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For Immediate Release June 1, 2012 Nicole Sotelo: 773.404.0004 x285 Erin Saiz Hanna:  401.588.0457     Thousands of U.S. Catholics Rally in Support of Nuns; Commend LCWR on Prayerful Discernment   Washington, DC – Today, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), an umbrella group representing 80% of the 57,000 nuns in the United States, released a…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 23, 2012 Media Contacts: Donna Quinn               (708) 974-4220      ,   dquinn4220@aol.com Mary E. Hunt               (301) 589-2509      , water@hers.com                                                                Feminist Catholic Citizens Tell a New Story: Women-Church Speaks In this…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 19, 2012 Media Contact: Kate Conmy             (202) 675-1006       Yesterday, the Congregation of Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) launched a crackdown on the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), an umbrella group that represents more than 80 percent of the 57,000 women religious in the United…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 5, 2012 Contact: Erin Saiz Hanna, ehanna@womensordination.org 202.675.1006    On holiest of days, Pope slams women’s ordination supporters   Response from Erin Saiz Hanna, Executive Director        WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Roman Catholics globally joined together for the feast of Holy Thursday, to commemorate the Last Supper of Jesus the Christ and…
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November 15, 2011  SOA Watch Contact:                                                         Hendrik Voss                                         …
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 17, 2011 Contact: Erin Saiz Hanna, 401.588.0457        Fr. Roy Bourgeois and international delegation of women’s ordination leaders hold press conference; march on Vatican to deliver petition signed by 15,000 supporters   ROME, ITALY – Today, at 12:00 noon at Casa Del Cinema (Sala Kodak), Largo Marcello Mastroianni, representatives of…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 17, 2011 Contact: Erin Saiz Hanna, 401.588.0457        Fr. Roy and two supporters detained at Vatican    ROME, ITALY – This afternoon, an international delegation of women’s ordination leaders including Roman Catholic priest, Fr. Roy Bourgeois, marched to the Vatican with a petition signed by 15,000 supporters. Fr. Bourgeois has…
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Women-Church Convergence Supports Catholics for Marriage Equality in Minnesota October 7, 2011    The Women-Church Convergence meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on October 1, 2011, applauds and supports the work of Catholics for Marriage Equality in Minnesota. We are grateful for CME’s work to defeat the proposed state referendum that would limit marriage to a man…
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