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Ordinations to be hosted by CSB on June 30th

5/24/2018

 
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You are invited to the 
Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests
Liturgy of Ordination
 Ordination to the Priesthood: Susan Marie Guzik
 Ordination to the Diaconate: Toni Kay Attanasio * Geraldine Lococo * Kathleen O'Connell Sauline
 Ordaining Bishop: Mary Eileen Collingwood
 June 30, 2018 – 1:00 pm.
Community of St. Bridget * Address & map
 Reception immediately following in Church Hall.
Parking available via Arlington St. off of Brecksville Rd., south of Rte. 82.

Roman Catholic Womenpriests Ordain Two Bishops

10/1/2017

 
(RCWP) For Immediate Release
Roman Catholic Womenpriests Ordain Two Bishops in Local Synagogue

On Sunday October 1, 2017 at 10:30am, two women priests, Jane Via and Suzanne Thiel, will be ordained Bishops of the Western Region of Roman Catholic Womenpriests (RCWP).  The ordination will take place in the sanctuary of Temple Beth El, 3055 Porter Gulch Road, Aptos, CA.    Rabbi Paula Marcus will participate in the ceremony.  Other representatives of other faiths will also be present.  continue reading

Lindy Sanford to be Ordained in Albany

6/23/2017

 
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​The Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests
joyfully invites you to the
Priestly Ordination of
Lindy Sanford
And the 
Diaconate Ordination of:
Lynn Kinlan
Margaret Alderman
Anne Keller

 
Ordaining Bishop: Bridget Mary Meehan
July 8, 2017 2:00 PM
First Unitarian Universalist Church
405 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12206

Toledo Woman to be Ordained Roman Catholic Woman Priest

6/6/2017

 
On Saturday, June 10, 2017 at 1 p.m., the Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests (ARCWP) will ordain Sydney Joan Condray a priest and Karen Kerrigan a deacon. Michele Birch-Conery of Windsor, Canada will be the presiding bishop. The ceremony will take place at Sylvania United Church of Christ, 7240 Erie Street, Sylvania, Ohio 43560. All are welcome.
 
Sydney, 78, the mother of three, worked for many years in Toledo as a therapist to developmentally disabled children and adults. She said her journey to priesthood included growing up as a child without religious affiliation, but as a young adult she went to church and “found there was something there, a Mystery. It’s been a lifelong journey to discover who this gracious mystery was and what God wanted of me.” For many years when the parish priest was not available for weekday Mass, she and six other people would fill in. She started writing prayers to use during this worship service that were well received.  A mystical experience convinced her that priesthood was what God wanted of her.
 
Karen Kerrigan from Westland, Michigan who will be ordained a deacon is a retired special education teacher and an activist with particular concerns for water, environmental and gender justice.
 
The Catholic Church teaches that individuals must always follow their consciences and “an unjust law cannot be obeyed.” In prophetic obedience women priests are breaking Canon law forbidding ordination to bring equality to the church, so too, we call on our bishops to embrace sanctuary in order to propel immigration reform and legal status.

Abigail Eltzroth to be ordained in Ashville

4/13/2017

 
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The Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests
joyfully invites you to the 
PRIESTLY ORDINATION
of
ABIGAIL ELTZROTH
 
Ordaining Bishop: Bridget Mary Meehan
 April 30, 2017  5:00 PM
Jubilee! Community
46 Wall Street
Asheville, NC 28801 
Kindly RSVP by April 1
All clergy are invited to wear red stoles.

Silvia Antonia Guillermina Brandon Pérez to be ordained in Berkely

3/21/2017

 
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The Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests
La Asociación de Presbíteras Católicas Romanas
joyfully invites you
les invita con júbilo
to the / a la 
PRIESTLY ORDINATION
ORDENACIÓN PRESBITERAL 
of/de 
SILVIA ANTONIA GUILLERMINA BRANDON PÉREZ
 
Ordaining Bishop/ La obispa que ordena: 
Olga Lucía Álvarez Benjumea 
April 8, 2017 – el 8 de abril de 2017
11:00 AM / a las 11 a.m.
St. John’s Presbyterian Church
en la Iglesia Presbiteriana de San Juan
2727 College Avenue
Berkeley, California 94705 
All clergy are invited to wear stoles with the color of their choice.
Se invita al clero a ponerse estolas del color que quieran.

Elena Garcia to be ordained in Sarasota

2/23/2017

 
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The Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests
Invites you to the
Diaconate Ordination
of 
Elena Garcia
 
Presiding Bishop: Bridget Mary Meehan
March 25, 2017 - 4:00 PM
Mary Mother of Jesus Inclusive Catholic Community
St. Andrew’s United Church of Christ
6908 South Beneva Road
Sarasota, FL 34328

Marilyn Elizabeth Rondeau, Ed.D. to be Ordained in Baltimore

2/21/2017

 
The Eastern Region of Roman Catholic Womenpriests

invites you to share our joy at the ordination of  
 Marilyn Elizabeth Rondeau, Ed.D.
to the Priesthood

 
Saturday, April 29, 2017
at 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon
 
St. John’s United Church of Christ
1000 South Rolling Road
Baltimore, Maryland 21228
 
Officiating, Bishop Andrea Michele Johnson

RCWP-USA, Eastern Region

Claudia Adamson Ordained

9/20/2016

 
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Last Wednesday, Sept. 14, in Cincinnati, Claudia Adamson (center) was ordained a deacon
​by Bishop Joan Houk (left). Also pictured: Rev Elsie ​McGrath, Program Coordinator. 

August 6th Ordination of Kathy Rolenc

8/22/2016

 
​Here’s a picture from the August 6th Ordination of Kathy Rolenc in Oaklawn Illinois:
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Back row: Revs. Mary Grace Crowley-Koch (Chicago), Lillian Lewis (Three Oaks, MI), Mary Keldermans (Springfield, IL), Marty Meyer-Gad (Mankato, MN), Ann Klonowski (Cleveland, OH), Paula Hoeffer (Cincinnati, OH), Susan Vaickauski (ordained 6-11-16, Chicago).

Front row: Revs. Elsie McGrath (St. Louis, MO), Kathy Rolenc (ordained 8-6-16, Chicago), Bishop Joan Houk (South Bend, IN), candidate Catie Shinn (St. Louis, MO).

August 6th Ordination of Judy Dahl

8/16/2016

 
From: The Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader
Port Townsend, WA
Ordination of a renegade priest: 'I am ready’
By: Ross Anderson Contributing Writer Aug 10, 2016
As a devout Catholic schoolgirl in the 1950s, Judy Dahl was certain that she had been called to become a priest.

She was, of course, dreaming the impossible dream. For centuries, the Catholic Church has insisted that the priesthood is restricted to men. Even Pope Francis, the popular reformist, has made it clear that “the door is closed” to women.

Last weekend, however, Dahl’s dream was fulfilled when she stood at the front of the Cape George Colony clubhouse and, in a solemn and ancient ceremony, was ordained a priest by nearly 200 friends, neighbors and fellow Catholics.     continue reading

Joanna Truelson Ordained

6/29/2016

 
Lamorinda Weekly
Published June 29, 2016
Womenpriests Ordain First Orinda Woman Catholic Priest
By Sora O'Doherty
CALIFORNIA: Joanna Truelson took a big step in her spirituality when the Orinda resident was ordained a Roman Catholic womanpriest at a ceremony at the Orinda Community Church June 25. 

The ordination, the first of its type in Orinda, was under the auspices of Roman Catholic Womenpriests, an organization founded in 2002 in Germany. The officiant was womanbishop Olivia Doko of San Luis Obispo, who was ordained a womanpriest in 2006 and a womanbishop in 2010. During the ordination Bishop Doko stated, "We are not restricted by the past."  continue reading

Susan Vaickauski to be ordained in Northbrook Illinois

6/10/2016

 
From the Chicago Tribune Northbrook woman to be ordained by Womenpriests group By Phil Rockrohr
Despite the disapproval of some fellow Catholics and her likely excommunication from the Roman Catholic Church, Susan Vaickauski says she must answer the "call."

"For me, 'call' is this inner presence and movement that pushes me in a certain direction, and it is a presence and movement that I have no control over," Vaickauski said. "So when I say I am called to priesthood, I am saying there is this profound 'something' that is more than myself that says, 'Yes, this is what I am asking you to do.'"  Continue reading

Kathy Rolenc ordained deacon

5/9/2016

 
From MS Magazine - Flying in the Face of Catholic Law, These Women Are Claiming the Priesthood ~by Allison Shapiro
In the rest of the city, people are trudging through the rain and struggling to keep their umbrellas from flipping inside out. But inside Chicago’s Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, it’s warm and bright. A small choir and a guitarist are warming up, the sound of their hymn barely filling the open space of the nave. Soon they’ll have the voices of the congregation to bolster them.

Most of the guests have arrived at least half an hour early for the ordination ceremony. Weaving through the family and friends of the ordination candidate, a group of middle-aged women chat with each other, greet guests and help set up. They’re not hand-shakers, they’re huggers, and everyone they say hello to gets pulled in. These are the Roman Catholic Womenpriests (RCWP), a group of women who, in defiance of Roman Catholic Church law, have become priests. They have come from across the country for this ordination ceremony, a chance to put another woman on the path to priesthood by ordaining her a deacon.  read full article

Newly Ordained Women

5/2/2016

 
Iglesia Descalza has published an update on the Women's Ordinations celebrated during March and April. They provide brief bios of the Women Priests and Deacons along with some Ordination pictures.  We extend our congratulations to these women and pray that their ministries will bring compassion, love and healing into a broken world.

Donnieau Snyder and Donna Shaw to be Ordained

4/18/2016

 
From the Fresno Bee - Stanislaus County woman defies ban on Catholic women priests By Razi Syed
Donnieau Snyder knew she had to answer the call to priesthood, even though it meant she would be excommunicated from the faith she grew up in.

Snyder, who is currently a deacon, will be ordained as a reverend in the Roman Catholic Womenpriests movement on April 30 at Trinity Lutheran Church in central Fresno. Snyder and a fellow deacon, Donna Shaw of Southern California, will be ordained as the 125th and 126th women priests worldwide.

The Roman Catholic Womenpriests began in Germany in 2002 and is an initiative that seeks to promote equality for women in the church, including the right of women to be ordained into the priesthood.
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Update on Ordinations

12/29/2015

 
Iglesia Descalza provides us with a recap of Women's Ordinations - August-December 2015 with both pictures and bios of the newly ordained women. Included in the article is information about the Ordination of Carol Giannini in Albuquerque, New Mexico with Cleveland’s own ARCWP Bishop Mary Eileen Collingwood presiding.

Carol Giannini Ordained in Albuquerque October 25th

10/27/2015

 
Bridget Mary's Blog has photos of Carol Giannini's Ordination as Priest in the Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests (ARCWP) on Oct. 25, 2015 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  Mary Collingwood was the presiding Bishop.

Carol Giannini to be Ordained

10/20/2015

 
Marry Collingwood (ARCWP) will serve as the Presiding Bishop at the Ordination of Carol Giannini to the Priesthood. That Ordination will take place in Albuquerque on October 25th.

Clare Julian Carbone ordained Sunday

10/20/2015

 
From Examiner.com - First woman in Utah irregularly ordained Catholic priest by Diane Weddington
Clare Julian Carbone was ordained to the priesthood Sunday at First United Methodist Church in Salt Lake City by the group Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests (ARCWP). The Roman Catholic Church does not recognize the ordination of women and any woman claiming to be ordained is automatically excommunicated. However, according to a 2012 New York Times study, 59 percent of practicing Catholics in the U.S. favor the ordination of women.  continue reading
We don't think there is anything at all "irregular" about Clare's ordination.  In fact, we believe it is both sinful and irregular that the Roman Church attempts to exclude women from the Priesthood.
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