Press Releases

For Immediate Release: November 20, 2008    Press Contacts: Women’s Ordination Conference, Aisha Taylor, 202.422.2235 (cell)  Call To Action/USA, Nicole Sotelo, 773.404.0004 x285 (office), 857.928.4112 (cell) Roman Catholic Womenpriests, Janice Sevre-Duszynska, 859.684.4247 (cell) We are able to refer you to chapter leaders in every state for local quotes. 3,700 stand in solidarity as grace period ends…
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  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 10, 2008   Catholics Support Marriage Rights and Responsibilities for Same-Gender Couples during the Meeting of the U.S. Bishops   Today, as the U.S. bishops begin their meeting in Baltimore, we express our dismay regarding the bishops’ use of significant resources – including $200,000 toward Proposition 8 in California –…
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  Aisha S. Taylor, executive director of the Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC), issued the following statement today regarding the ordinations on November 1, 2008 of Barbara Zeman as a Roman Catholic priest and Alta Jacko, Linda Wilcox, and Mary Styne as deacons, in preparation for the priesthood.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 15, 2008    

MEDIA ADVISORY  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:   October 9, 2008                                                              MEDIA CONTACT: Erin Saiz Hanna, Washington, DC office: +1 (202) 675-1006, Rome cell October 14-20: +39-348-4705361, ehanna@womensordination.org           Women’s Ordination Conference calls for full and equal participation of women in the Catholic church during Synod of Bishops WASHINGTON, DC – On Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 11:00 o’clock at…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 21, 2008 Media Contact: 202 675-1006 Catholic activists deliver letter with over 2,000 signatures to President and Vice President of the University of San Diego San Diego, CA – Today at 9:00AM, Catholics activists delivered a letter with over 2,000 signatures to the offices of the President and Vice President of the…
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Letter to the University of San Diego Supporting Academic Freedom and Rosemary Radford Ruether   Mary E. Lyons, Ph.D., President Julie Sullivan, Ph.D., Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs University of San Diego, 5998 Alcalá Park, San Diego, CA 92110    Dear President Lyons and Vice President Sullivan, We, the undersigned scholars and activists…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 14, 2008 Media Contact: Erin Saiz Hanna, 202 675-1006, woc@womensordination.org Click here to view pictures Women’s Ordination Conference Supports Ordination of Janice Sevre-Duszynska and Participation of Fr. Roy Bourgeois                 Aisha Taylor, executive director of the Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC), released the following statement regarding the participation of Maryknoll priest,…
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The University of San Diego recently rescinded its invitation to Professor Rosemary Radford Ruether, Ph.D., to be the holder of the Monsignor John R. Portman Chair in Roman Catholic Theology for 2009-2010. We consider this a matter of serious concern with regard to academic freedom in Catholic institutions. The Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics and…
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