Essays & Media
Thoughtful, engaging, current scholarship, as well as videos and artwork related to women’s ordination.
MORAL IMPERATIVES FOR THE ORDINATION OF WOMEN
by Margaret Farley
An essay from the Proceedings of the Detroit Ordination Conference in 1975.
Read hereA CONSERVATIVE CASE FOR THE ORDINATION OF WOMEN
by Anne E. Patrick, SNJM
© Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary; Used with permission.Originally published in New Catholic World 218:1305 (May-June 1975) and On Being Unfinished: Collected Writings by Anne E. Patrick, Orbis Books (2017).
Read hereWOMEN FOR THE CHURCH
by Paola Lazzarini
Opening remarks from “Discerning Women: Voices Outside the Synod” in October 2018.
Read hereTHE TIME FOR CHANGE IN THE CHURCH IS NOW
by Mary McAleese
Voices of Faith forum, March 2018.
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WHY WOMEN SHOULD BE PRIESTS
by Fr. Roy Bourgeois
Originally published in International Studies in Catholic Education in 2015.
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THE TRADITION OF FIXED THEOLOGICAL CONCEPTS AND THE AUTOPOIESIS OF LIFE: An Ecofeminist Perspective
by Ivone Gebara
From the Fall 2017 issue of New Women, New Church.
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“PINK SMOKE OVER THE VATICAN”
Director Jules Hart explores the history of women’s ordination in the Roman Catholic Church and Roman Catholic Women Priests movement.
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