Press Releases

December 13, 2006 His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI 00120 Via del Pellegrino VATICAN CITY Dear Pope Benedict XVI,             The Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) applauds the statements within your message, “The Human Person, The Heart of Peace” for the World Day of Peace, in which you connect peace with respect for women.  We urge you…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 11, 2006 CONTACTS: Nidza Vázquez: 703 352-1006 Women’s Ordination Conference Supports Call to Action/Nebraska in Appeal to Retract Threat of Excommunication Washington, D.C . — Last week, Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz of Lincoln, Nebraska, released a letter from Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, stating his support for…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 20, 2006 CONTACTS: Nidza Vázquez: office: 703 352-1006 Women’s Ordination Conference supports penalized Roman Catholic woman priest   Washington, D.C. – This week’s Pittsburgh Catholic features the announcement that Joan Houk, who was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in Pittsburgh on July 31, has automatically incurred the penalty of interdict. This…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 12, 2006 CONTACTS: Los Angeles, Calif.: Jane Via, office: (619) 615-6936, cell: (619) 987-9268, VIctoria Rue, home: (831) 768-8468 National WOC: Aisha Taylor, office: 703 352-1006 Roman Catholic women priests celebrate Community Mass Los Angeles, Calif., – Dr. Jane Via and Monika Wyss, Roman Catholic women priests ordained on Lake Constance,…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 9, 2006 CONTACTS: Nidza Vázquez: office: 703 352-1006, cell: 202 422-2235, nvazquez@womensordination.org Bridget Mary Meehan: home: 703 671-1972, cell: 703 283-2929 Roman Catholic bishops threaten ordained women with excommunication Washington, D.C. – Three Roman Catholic women, Kathy Sullivan Vandenberg of Milwaukee, Eileen McCafferty DiFranco of Philadelphia, and Bridget Mary Meehan of…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 31, 2006 CONTACT: Nidza Vazquez, cell: (202) 422-2235, work: 703 352-1006, nvazquez@womensordination.org Women’s Ordination Conference supports ordinations of Roman Catholic women  Washington, D.C. – Today, eight U.S. women were ordained as priests, and four as deacons, in the Roman Catholic Church in Pittsburgh, Pa. on the Three Rivers: the Allegheny, the…
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The following letter is from Jean Marie Marchant to Cardinal Sean O’Malley detailing her decision to seek ordination to the priesthood and, as a consequence, to resign from her position as Director of Health Care Ministry for the Archdiocese.     July 17, 2006 His Eminence, Seán Cardinal O’Malley, OFM Cap. Chancery 2121 Commonwealth Avenue…
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MEDIA ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 14, 2006 CONTACT: Los Angeles: Janice Sevre-Duszynska, cell: 859 684-4247, National: Nidza Vazquez, office: 703 352-1006, cell (202) 422-2235 Catholic Activists Demonstrate for Women Priests at Bishops Meeting Los Angeles, CA — From June 15-17, Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) will host a prayerful protest to advocate for women priests…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 15, 2006 CONTACT: Nidza Vazquez, work: 703 352-1006, nvazquez@womensordination.org The Da Vinci Code raises questions about women’s role in the Catholic Church Washington, D.C. – This week, the movie version of Dan Brown’s best-selling book, The Da Vinci Code, will be released in theaters worldwide, and Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC), a…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 23, 2006 CONTACT: Aisha Taylor, work: 703 352-1006, ataylor@womensordination.org Women’s Ordination Conference Applauds Decision to Allow Female Altar Servers and Continues Call for Women’s Ordination Washington, D.C. – Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) is pleased with Bishop Paul S. Loverde’s announcement on Tuesday, March 21st, to allow female altar servers in the…
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