Press Releases

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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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 22, 2011 Contact: Erin Saiz Hanna, 202 675-1006, woc@womensordination.org Women’s Ordination Conference Decries Ban on Altar Girls in Pheonix Diocese   WASHINGTON, DC – August 22, 2011 – Girls will no longer be allowed to serve as altar servers during Mass at the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix,…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Erin Hanna, Executive Director,  Women’s Ordination Conference 202.675.1006 (office), 401.588.0457 (cell)    August 8, 2011 Maryknoll Priest Faces Removal from the Priesthood; Receives Second Canonical Warning for His Support of Women’s Equality in the Catholic Church Under pressure from the Vatican, the Maryknoll Catholic religious order has issued a second canonical warning to…
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View the PDF Rev. Edward Dougherty, M.M.,  Superior General And My Maryknoll Community  P.O. Box303 Maryknoll, NY 10545   August 8, 2011 My Brothers, I have been a Catholic priest for 39 years and Maryknoll has been my faith community, my family. So it was with great sadness that I received your letter of July…
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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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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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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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