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Events
Projected Ordinations for Summer-Fall 2010
West:
Santa Barbara, California (September)
East: TBA
South: TBA
Great Waters: TBA
Midwest: Coralville, Iowa (June)
Canada-East: Quebec (October)
More details will be announced as they are made available. If you are interested in attending one of the RCWP 2010 Ordinations, please see our Contact Us Page and email the administrator in the region where the ordination is to take place for further details.
Join us at the Call to Action Conference (November 5-7, 2010)
A PROPHETIC MASS FOR EVERY GENERATION
“Prophesying, Interpreting, Confronting, Visioning”
Roman Catholic Womenpriests invite you to join them
for an inclusive Eucharistic celebration. Please come
and help us set a vision of compassion and hope for
a renewed Church community."
For the most up-to-date articles related to women's ordination
please visit Bridget Mary's Blog:
Bridget Mary's Blog Spot
Bridget Mary's Blog operates independently of Roman Catholic Womenpriests-USA, Inc.
This third party blog is for informational purposes only.
RCWP Episcopal Ordinations April 19, 2009
Bishops pictured from left to right: Ida Raming (Germany) Regina Nicolosi (Minnesota),
Patricia Fresen (Germany), Andrea Johnson (Maryland), Christine Mayr-Lumetzberger (Austria),
Joan Houk (Pennslyvania), Bridget Mary Meehan (Virginia and Florida)
Call to Action Conference November 2009
Roman Catholic Womenpriests meet with Next Generation Group
at annual CTA Conference in Milwaukee Conference
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Catholic Bishops Conference Baltimore, Maryland November 16-19th 2009
RCWP networks with CORPUS and FCM (Federation of Christian Ministries) outside Mariott Waterfront in Baltimore. These three groups stand together at the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops to call attention that there is no shortage of priests and no need to close parishes if only the Vatican would recognize womenpriests and married priests.
Roman Catholic Womenpriests: Map - Red dots represent locations
of
womenpriests in U. S.
Left to right: Andrea Johnson, RCWP (bishop of Eastern region), Zemaya Jones, (representative of Living Water Inclusive Catholic Community, Catonsville, MD., woman on right, name unknown).
Roman Catholic Womenpriests and CORPUS (association of married priests) witnessed on our behalf at the recent USCCB meeting on Wednesday of this week.
The red dots on the map represent all of our ordained women.
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Call to Action Conference Milwaukee, Wisconsin Nov. 6-8, 2009
Roman Catholic Womenpriests: Booth Displays Information about RCWP at Call to Action Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin/Nov. 2009
Left to right: Ron Hindelang, Jean Marchant
(Jean,RCWP and Ron, a married couple, are both priests who
serve Spirit of Life, A Community of Justice and Joy in Framingham, Massachusetts)
Juanita Cordero, RCWP, serves a community in the Los Gatos, California,
Suzanne Thiel, RCWP, ministers in a nursing home and prison in Portland, Oregon
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Deacon Mary Kay Kusner, RCWP
Iowa City, Iowa
The Roman Catholic Womenpriest Movement was well-represented at Call to Action Conference (approximately 2000 attendees) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Nov. 5-7, 2009. RCWP had a booth in the exhibit hall. Here our members gave out our prayer for vocations and shared information about our growing movement. The response was heart-warming! Many Catholic leaders in the reform movement expressed support for our vision of a renewed priestly ministry.
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Federation of Christian Ministries 2009 Conference July 17-19th Columbus, Ohio
Juanita Cordero and Suzanne Thiel's presentation on
Women Ministering to the Frail and Imprisoned:
Healing Through Listening and the Embrace of the Community
CORPUS 22nd Annual Conference Bishop Patricia Fresen will be a speaker
Dallas, Texas, June 26-28th, 2009
Call to Action Northwest Oregon Bishop Andrea Johnson and Panel of Womenpriests speak on Women Find A Way: A Call to Prophecy.
May 31, 2009 Portland, Oregon
Intentional Eucharistic Communities Conference May 15-17 , 2009
National 4-H Conference Center, Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Bishop Bridget Mary Meehan will be co-leading a session
on women in ministry.
Call to Action Conference Milwaukee, Wisconsin November 8, 2008
Roman Catholic Womenpriests: A Mass for Mother Earth and Her Children
(Our call to action has to do with the responsibility that God has given each of us to care for creation, the creation that God saw was good.)
2008 Joint Conference
A joint conference by Federation of Christian Ministries (FCM), CORPUS, Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC), and Roman Catholic Womenpriests (RCWP) July 18 – 20, 2008, Hyatt Harborside Hotel, at Boston Logan International Airport. Download Brochure with all Information, including
Registration
Roman Catholic Womenpriests ordained in St. Louis On November 11, 2007, two women were ordained as Roman Catholic priests in a historic ceremony in the city of Saint Louis. Rose Marie Dunn Hudson of Festus, Missouri, and Elsie Hainz McGrath of Saint Louis, were ordained by Bishop Patricia Fresen of Germany. More Information: Download Press Release
Call to Action Conference: Milwaukee, Nov. 3 - 5, 2006 Roman Catholic Womenpriests presented talks and liturgies at CAC. A press kit for the media included: CTA Conference Information, History Article, Information on RCWP. Click here for .zip file for all 3 documents (269kb).
Pre-Conference Day: Nov. 3rd: Roman Catholic Womenpriests participated in a pre-conference day entitled “Bridging the Gap: Gender Equality, Sex and Ordination on Friday, Nov. 3rd , 2006, sponsored by National Catholic Ministerial Alliance from 9 AM to 2:45pm. The National Catholic Ministerial Alliance, a coalition of groups whose goals include renewing Catholic priesthood presented this program. Andrea Johnson and Anthony Padovano surveyed the post Vatican II history of priesthood reform.. A panel of women and men told of their journey to answer a personal call to priesthood. Bishop Christine Mayr-Lumetzbeger from Roman Catholic Womenpriests gave a presentation on living one’s call as a worker priest. The day included an inclusive Eucharist of gospel equality and partnership with Bishop Christine and Rev. Bill Manseau as co-presiders. A booklet “Reflections for Women Considering Ordination”, co-authored by Roman Catholic Womanpriest Jean Marchant, along with Antony Padovano, Aisha Taylor and Mary Ramerman was available for attendees.
Dr. Patricia Fresen described the Roman Catholic Womenpriests movement that began with the 2002 ordinations of the Danube Seven and has expanded dramatically. It led to her own ordination as priest in 2003 and bishop in 2005. She told her own story. 45 years a Dominican sister in South Africa and theology professor at seminaries in Rome and her native South Africa and theology professor at seminaries in Rome and her native South African and her expulsion after 45 years as a Dominican sister because she was ordained. Bishop Fresen is coordinator of the RC Womenpriests training program preparing scores of women internationally for ordination. She discussed the program and sketches its hope for the future. Friday 3:15pm, Sat. 10:15pm
Roman Catholic Womenpriest Caucus:
An informal discussion between Roman Catholic Womenpriests and those who are interested in learning more about this prophetic movement.
CTA Conference:
Sunday, Nov. 5th -
Roman Catholic Womenpriests Celebrate Eucharist: Roman Catholic Womenpriests invited all to a Eucharistic liturgy in which women, equal and sacred symbols of the Roman Catholic Church, celebrated in an inclusive manner the Sacred Meal of Our Faith. We invited you to join them and discover the future alive in the present. Facilitating this liturgy was six ordained RC Women Priests: Bridget Mary Meehan of Florida/ Virginia; Eileen M. DiFranco of Philadelphia, Joan Clark Houk of Pittsburgh, Kathleen Strack Kunster, serving a small faith community in California; Regina Nicolosi of Red Wing, Minn, a nursing home chaplain and Kathy Sullivan Vandenberg of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. There was also three ordained deacons; Juanita Cordero, a liturgist from California; Mary Ellen Robertson, a hospice chaplain from Michigan, and Janice Sevre-Duszynska from Lexington, Kentucky.
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