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MEDIA ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 13, 2005 CONTACT: Chicago: Janice Sevre-Duszynska, cell: 859 684-4247 National WOC: Aisha Taylor, office: 703 352-1006 Catholic women priest advocates host press conference during U.S. bishops meeting CHICAGO, IL — On June 17, 2005, members of the Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC), the nation’s largest and oldest organization working for…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 9, 2005 CONTACT: Aisha Taylor, work: 703 352-1006 Catholic Women Priest Advocates Support Ordinations on St. Lawrence WASHINGTON, DC — On July 25, 2005, nine North American women will be ordained as priests or deacons in the Roman Catholic Church in a boat on the St. Lawrence Seaway. The Women’s Ordination…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 26, 2005   CONTACT: Joy Barnes, Women’s Ordination Conference, 703-352-1006 Calendar Sent to Bishops Shows Ancient Traditions of Catholic Women’s Ordination Women activists are reminding U.S. Catholic bishops that the evidence of women’s leadership in the Church is older than evidence of the papacy. The 285 U.S. bishops received a 2005…
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MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release April 22, 2005 Contact: Aisha Taylor, 703 352-1006 Catholic reform groups convene press conference to voice vision for church under Pope Benedict XVI WASHINGTON, DC: On the day of Pope Benedict XVI’s Ceremony of Investiture — a Mass which will formally begin his pontificate — national progressive Catholic reform groups will…
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For Immediate Release April 19, 2005 Contact: Aisha Taylor 703 352-1006 office, 202 422-2235 cell Catholic women’s ordination supporters react to the election of Ratzinger WASHINGTON, DC — Following the election of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI, the Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC), the leading Catholic feminist organization working for women priests, reacts with…
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For Immediate Release: April 15, 2005   Contact: Aisha Taylor 703 352-1006 office, 202 422-2235 cell Catholic Women’s Ordination Group Outlines Traits for New Pope WASHINGTON, DC — As the cardinals begin the conclave to elect the next pope, the Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC), a national Catholic organization leading the movement for women priests, states…
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MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release: April 13, 2005 Contact: Aisha Taylor, 703 352-1006; 202 422-2235 cell Catholic women’s ordination group protests lack of women’s voices in conclave WASHINGTON, DC — On Monday, April 18 th, the day the conclave begins in Rome, the Women’s Ordination Conference will sponsor a prayerful protest outside the National Shrine…
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For Immediate Release: April 12, 2005 Contact: Aisha Taylor 703 352-1006; 202 422-2235 cell Catholic Women’s Ordination Conference lays out the case for women priests WASHINGTON, DC — At this pivotal time in the Catholic Church, the Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC), a feminist voice for women in the church, provides the theological, biblical, and historical…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 4, 2005   CONTACT: AISHA TAYLOR office 703 352-1006 Young Catholic Feminists Compare Legacy of Martin Luther King and John Paul II on the 37th Anniversary of MLK’s assassination Washington, DC — Today, two days after the death of Pope John Paul II and on the 37th anniversary of the assassination…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 2, 2005 CONTACT: AISHA TAYLOR cell 703-307-5631; office 703-352-1006 Women’s Ordination Conference mourns Pope’s death and looks to future Washington, D.C. — The Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) mourns the passing of Pope John Paul II. He was an example of compassionate discipleship to Catholics and people of faith around the world.…
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