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Dagmar Braun Celeste
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womanpriest 2002 |
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Dagmar Braun Celeste, MA, in Theology and Addiction Counseling, BA in Women Studies and Public Policy, APP, is an experienced Life Balance coach. Her autobiography, We Can Do Together / Impressions Of A Recovering Feminist First Lady was published by Kent State University Press, 2002. She was a board member of the Women’s Ordination Conference and Mary’s Pence, First Lady of Ohio twenty years ago, taught at Kent State University and published numerous articles. She is active in the hospice movement and lives at "The Tyrian Oasis", a hermitage in Cleveland's Inner City where she offers retreats, ritual celebrations and sacramental opportunities. Wesite: www.tyrian.net and email:
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Michelle Birch Conery
Ordained
womandeacon 2004
womanpriest 2005 |
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Michele Birch-Conery, Ph.D. in English Literature, teaches at North Island College in Port Alberni, BC. From 1963-1974, she studied and taught with the Sisters of the Holy Names in the state of Washington. Michele says, "Since returning from the St. Lawrence ordinations, July 2005, I have come to appreciate the depth and extent to which, the SNJM's influence my gifts in ministry. Their charism in education for social justice, their spirituality of tenderness and compassion grounded in contemplation in action are with me always. Now, I also experience the giftedness of the prophetic community of Corpus priests and their companions on Vancouver Island. I am blessed by these people with whom I now serve in my call to ordination as a Romancatholic Womanpriest.” michelebirchconery@shaw.ca |
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Marie Bouclin
Ordained
womanpriest 2007 |
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Marie Bouclin Marie Evans Bouclin, a former nun and high school teacher, worked as a free-lance translator in religion and ethics for over twenty years. She is serving a second term on the national work group of the Catholic Network for Women's Equality (CNWE) and was coordinator of Women's Ordination Worldwide from 2002-2006. Marie was ordained a deacon in August, 2006, and will be ordained to the priesthood on May 27, 2007 in Toronto. Her area of ministry is to women who have been abused by clergy. She is the author of Seeking Wholeness: Women dealing with abuse of power in the Catholic Church (Liturgical Press, 2006). mbouclin@tyenet.com |
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Cheryl Bristol
Ordained
womandeacon 2006
womenpriest 2007 |
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Cheryl Bristol, lesbian by birth, Catholic by choice, has felt called to ministry for 25 years. Born on an apple farm north of Detroit, worked as a Paralegal while raising her son, Richard. Living in Jerusalem from 1999-2002 deepened her interest in justice and interfaith relations. In 2005 Cheryl served as a delegate to the United Nations Non Governmental Organization Conference. She is currently a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, rights activist working with Catholics and other groups to end intolerance and religion abuse. Other ministries include chaplaincy, playing the harp, and performing Holy Unions. cherylbristol@yahoo.com |
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Juanita Cordero
Ordained
womanpriest 2007
womandeacon 2006 |
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Juanita Cordero has an MA in Human Development and is a nurse. She
currently teaches at De Anza College in California. Her present ministries include teaching, alternative healing, and forming a new Catholic Community in San Jose. Juanita and her husband, Don have raised five children and have been involved in liturgy and music planning for more than 30 years. joredroc@sbcglobal.net |
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Marie David
Ordained
womandeacon 2005
womanpriest 2005 |
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Marie David, M.Ed., Reiki Master/Teacher, has over 20 years experience in Catholic education, spirituality and parish ministry. Marie and her husband, Jim, are directors of Evensong by the Sea Retreat & Spirituality Center in Harwich Port, Massachusetts (www.evensongretreat.com). Marie is the mother of two grown daughters, Martha and Elizabeth. Her ministries include women's spirituality and wellness, Reiki treatments and training, spiritual direction and retreat work along with maintenance of sacred space at Evensong for retreatants to come away and renew their friendship with God. marie@evensongretreat.com |
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Eileen McCafferty DiFranco
Ordained
womandeacon 2006
womanpriest 2006 |
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Eileen McCafferty DiFranco, M.A.Ed., RN, is a writer, a registered nurse that works at a busy urban high school and teaches nursing part time at a local university. Eileen was active in her parish community for many years and is currently involved in building an intentional church community in the Philadelphia area. She is a core member of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Women's Ordination Conference. Eileen and her husband, Larry have a daughter and three sons. EMDiFranco@aol.com |
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Olivia Doko
Ordained
womandeacon 2006
womanpriest 2006 |
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Olivia Doko MA, OSB, Cam. Oblate, is the founder and director of
Olive Tree Ministries through which she provides spiritual retreats and
workshops. She has a private Holy Listening practice, offering
directed retreats and spiritual direction, with a focus on contemplative
prayer, to individuals and small groups. Qualified as a pastoral consultant through Loyola University, New Orleans, Olivia also holds an MA in Adult Christian Community Development from Regis University, Denver. She and her husband, Slavo, have been married 43 years. mdoko@dslextreme.com |
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Joan Clark Houk
Ordained
womandeacon 2006
womanpriest 2006 |
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Joan Clark Houk, M.Div., is a careful and cheerful listener to the
movement of the Holy Spirit in the world and in her life. She and her husband, John, are life partners and occasional partners in ministry. They have raised six children, and recently were blessed with their fifth grandchild. Joan’s ministries, that began over 30 years ago, include Catechesis, Sacramental preparation, youth ministry, adult education, and Pastoral Director of two parishes without priest pastors. Her education includes a BA in Education from St. Martin’s College, an MS in Conflict Management from George Mason University, and a M.Div. from the University of Notre Dame. jhoukmdiv@comcast.net |
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Rose Marie Hudson
Ordained
womandeacon 2007
womanpriest 2007
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Rose Marie (Ree) Hudson I was called to the ordained ministry at age 14. I have been married for 40 years, have four children and eleven grandchildren. My college and university degrees are in religion and education, the most recent of which was a Master of Pastoral Studies from Loyola of New Orleans. Presently I am in prison ministry where I have served for 12 years. I am considering further study in the area of homiletics. My home is in Festus, Missouri. Contact me at: reehud@sbcglobal.net |
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Alice Marie Iaquinta
Ordained
womandeacon 2007
womanpriest 2007 |
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Alice Marie Iaquinta,
M.Div., ABD for Ph.D., M.A., B.A., A.A. “My ordination is an act of surrender to the Spirit and obedience to God, not an act of defiance of the church. I love the Roman Catholic Church and want to see the reforms of the Vatican II Council fulfilled. This is the ‘new springtime’ that Pope John XXIII and the Council recognized and we are the ‘signs of the times’ that will be read.” She has taught college for 35 years. Alice became aware of her call to the priesthood after graduating with honors from St. Francis Seminary, Milwaukee, WI. Future ministry may include giving workshops and retreats, and ministering with the married priests of Jesus Our Shepherd parish, Nenno, WI an inclusive Roman Catholic community, which supports her ordination, as does the Sensus Fidelium.*
* (The "sense of the faithful," refers to the beliefs, consciences and experiences of good and honest Catholics as one of the valid sources of truth in Catholic theology. Catholic religious leaders are supposed to consult the sense of the faithful when making decisions about Catholic doctrine and canon laws. When Catholic laity dissent from the Catholic hierarchy, it may be that the laity are in fact following the correct and "true" Catholic line while the Catholic leaders are in error. Loyal dissent is a matter of conscience and to be taken seriously by the magisterium. See: Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, n.12 and Dogmatic Constitution of Divine Revelation, n. 10.) |
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Andrea M. Johnson
Ordained
womanpriest 2007 |
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Andrea M. Johnson, a former program officer in international education exchange with the Senior Fulbright Scholars’ Program, has worked for many years, and in several dioceses, as a religious educator at the adult and secondary levels. In the 1980’s, she served for two years as a parish life director in a priestless parish of the military diocese. Always active in her parish communities, she served from 2004-2006 on the pastoral council of her current parish, as president during the second year of her term. An active member of the Women’s Ordination Conference since 1984, she served that organization as executive director from 1996-2000. Andrea’s educational background includes a BA in French from Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana, and a MA in diplomacy and international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. Currently a candidate for a M.Div. with Global Ministries University, her particular interest is ministry with marginalized and underserved Catholics. amjohnson1969@gmail.com |
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Kathleen Kunster
Ordained
womandeacon 2005
womanpriest 2006 |
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Kathleen Kunster, M.Div., M.A. Clinical Psychology, Candidate Psy.D. is Co-Coordinator of the Program of Preparation for Priesthood in the Western Region of Roman Catholic Womenpriests. Her other ministries include serving as a counselor in a continuation high school and in a community mental health agency, spiritual direction, and presiding at weddings and other services. She also has a background in parish ministry. Ms. Kunster was born in Florida, but lived in California most of her life, most recently in the San Francisco Bay Area. She delights in her daughter and son-in law, four grandchildren, and great granddaughter. Katknst@sbcglobal.net and mywedding.com (San Francisco, A Celebration for You). |
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Jean Marie Marchant
Ordained
womandeacon 2005
womanpriest 2005 |
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Jean Marie Marchant, M.Div., D.Min., a co-founder of Sacred Threads: A Center for Spirituality & Healing, is a Spiritual director, certified chaplain and licensed marriage and family therapist. Formerly the Director of Health Care Ministry for the Archdiocese of Boston, a position she resigned following her announcement of her ordination as priest, Jean’s primary ministry for the past 25 years has been as chaplain to dying and grieving adults and children in hospital and hospice programs, and to the staff and chaplains who minister to them. She presently serves as RCWP Preparation Program Coordinator for the East Region of the US. Jean and her husband, Ron Hindelang, STL, Ph.D., are the co-ministers of Spirit of Life: A Catholic Community of Justice and Joy in the Boston area (www.SpiritofLifeCommunity.org). Jean is the mother of 2 adult daughters, and grandmother to 3 grandsons and 2 granddaughters. rjblessings@gis.net |
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Elsie Hainz McGrath
Ordained
womandeacon 2007
womanpriest 2007
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Elsie Hainz McGrath, MA/Theology, has been in active ministry for over 30 years. Widow of a RC deacon, she and her husband worked as a team, particularly in marriage preparation and marriage enrichment programs. She has been a college campus minister, an editor and writer who is involved in parish ministries, women’s liturgies, small prayer communities, and sacrament preparation. Presently engaged in further studies with an eye toward hospice/geriatric ministry and possibly a D.Min., and anticipating Walking With Women Called as a WOC mentor, she is an active member of Call To Action and Catholic Action Network. She lives in St Louis near many of her 4 children, 11 living grandchildren, and soon-to-be 9 great-grandchildren. elsiemc@sbcglobal.net |
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Judith McKloskey
Ordained
womandeacon 2006
womanpriest 2007
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Judith McKloskey has been advocating for women priests ever since she discovered in fourth grade that girls couldn't be altar servers. A long time member of the Women's Ordination Conference, she was active in Women's Worship Circle and Never On Sunday, a group studying lectionary references to Biblical women. Judith earned a B.S. in Biology and an M.S. in Library Science, and managed library networks and religious organizations. Active in parish ministry for many years, Judith prays with several small faith communities, including a national Marianist Lay Community which has been gathering for retreats since the 1960s. While continuing her theological studies, Judith serves as a hospice volunteer and a gatherer and encourager of those who hear calls to ministry. She lives in Minnesota with her husband, Dan Shaw. They have one grown daughter. RCWPJudith@comcast.net |
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Rebecca McGuyver
Ordained
womandeacon 2005
womanpriest 2006 |
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Rebecca McGuyver is a university biology teacher, a professional science writer, and an invited speaker on the bio-theology of sex and gender. Her ministries include teaching, writing, public speaking, and internet-based theological communications -- particularly in the areas of scripture, church documents (including the Documents of Vatican II), and bio-theology. A grandmother, a divorcee, and an avid tennis player, Rebecca McGuyver shares her home with her two dachshunds. Biotheologian@aol.com |
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Bridget Mary Meehan
Ordained
womandeacon 2006
womenpriest 2006 |
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Bridget Mary Meehan, D.Min., a Sister for Christian Community, has fifteen years of experience in parish ministry. Irish-born Meehan is author of fifteen books including The Healing Power of Prayer (translated in seven languages) and award-winner Praying with Visionary Women. Dr. Meehan is currently Dean of the Doctor of Ministry Program for Global Ministries University, and producer of the award-winning television program, GodTalk TV, www.godtalktv.org |
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Regina Nicolosi
Ordained
womandeacon 2005
womanpriest 2006 |
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Regina Nicolosi, MA, was born in a small town on the Rhine River. She was a teacher in Germany before she came to the USA. She and her husband Charles, a radiologist and deacon, raised four children. Regina participated fully in Charles’ preparation to the diaconate. She earned her Masters Degree in Pastoral Studies, worked as a chaplain in both a correctional facility for boys and in a drug and alcohol recovery unit, and as housing manager for seniors. Her present ministry is as a chaplain in a nursing home. Regina and Charles have been married for 36 years. They live in Red Wing, MN and have one grandson. crnicolosi@yahoo.com |
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Dana Reynolds
Ordained
womandeacon 2005
womanpriest 2006 |
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Dana Reynolds is a spiritual director, volunteer hospice chaplain, and author. She is a student of iconography and a certified labyrinth facilitator. For more than twenty years, Dana has been a teacher and retreat facilitator for the feminine creative/spiritual process. She has a Bachelor of Religious Studies degree and she completed training at the Hesychia School of Spiritual Direction. Dana is passionate about the sacred arts and is currently studying iconography and icon-writing. She is the mother of two adult children and a grandmother. She shares life with Don, her husband of forty years. Visit her web-site www.sacredimagination.com
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Mary Ellen Robertson
Ordained
womandeacon 2006
womanpriest 2007 |
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Mary Ellen Robertson, BA in Theology, RN, Dominican Associate, ministers through spiritual direction, retreat work, collage art, poetry, publishing a spirituality reflection letter, The Spiritual Connection by subscription, past hospital chaplain (4 yrs), and presently a hospice chaplain. She has authored two books, Meditations for Working Women and Meditations for Working Men, owned and manageda motel for 17 years and written various articles including business, personal interviews and spirituality. She is a mother of three adult daughters (including twins), grandmother of six and lives with her husband, John of 39 years in Michigan. maryelrob@aol.com |
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Victoria Rue
Ordained
womandeacon 2004
womanpriest 2005 |
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Victoria Rue, M.Div., Ph.D. is a feminist theologian, and
writer / director / teacher of theatre. She teaches at San Jose State
University in Comparative Religious Studies and Women's Studies. Her
book, Acting Religious: Theatre as Pedagogy in Religious Studies was
published in 2005 by Pilgrim Press. Dr. Rue's ministries include
teaching, writing and directing theatre. She also presides at a monthly Eucharist for the Sophia Community of Santa Cruz, California. She lives with her beloved Kathryn, her partner of eighteen years. Victoria's website: www.victoriarue.com or email her at victoriarue@cruzio.com |
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Toni Tortorilla
Ordained
womanpriest 2007
womandeacon 2007 |
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Toni Tortorilla is a psychotherapist and spiritual director in Portland, Oregon with an MDiv from a Jesuit theological school. She has been in the counseling field for 27 years, landing there originally in an attempt to pursue the calling to ordination that had seemed to pursue her relentlessly since she was 5 years old. She completed a B.A. in Theology just after the conclusion of Vatican II, and worked as a DRE during the early transition years. She taught high school religion, got fed up with the hierarchy and its position on women, followed other wise and transformative spiritual paths for 20 years, then came around full circle to the heart of the RC tradition once again. After returning, Toni soon found herself in a parish working with a team of people interested in reaching out to disenfranchised and alienated Catholics. When anti-gay initiatives came before the voters of Oregon she approached a sympathetic priest with the idea for an outreach ministry to the gay and lesbian community. He was enthusiastically receptive, and this pastoral experience became the launching pad for her application and acceptance into seminary. |
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Kathy Sullivan
Vandenburg
Ordained
womandeacon 2005
womanpriest 2006 |
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Kathy Sullivan Vandenberg, MS, M.Div., is a feminist theologian, clinical therapist, and trauma specialist. She is presently doing counseling with the disenfranchised. Ms Vandenberg's current ministries include counseling, adjunct graduate educator, and hospital chaplain. For the past 30 years she was active in several ministries in her parish. She has two grown daughters and one grandson. Kathy has been active in the women's ordination movement for over thirty years. pastorksv@aol.com |
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Jane Via
Ordained
womandeacon 2004
womanpriest 2006 |
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Jane Via
was born in St. Louis, Mo. in 1947. She has a B.A. in Spanish Language and Literature from Purdue University, a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Marquette University, and a J.D. from the University of San Diego. She is a county prosecutor in San Diego, California and a former professor of Religious Studies. Jane was ordained a deacon in 2004 on the Danube River and a priest in June of 2006 on the Bodensee off Swiss shores. Jane and friend, Rod Stephens, founded the first RCWP “parish” in November 2005. Mary Magdalene Apostle Catholic Community meets weekly in San Diego, Ca. with an average attendance of 75.
Jane is also the convener of a small church community, whenever possible a participant in Call To Action, and is active in an ecumenical Christian Community. She shares her life with her husband of many years and their 2 college aged sons.
You can contact Jane through the “Contact US” link at the MMACC website: www.mmacc.org. |
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Jean Beauchemin
Ordained
deacon 2007 |
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Johane Filiatrault
Ordained
womandeacon 2007 |
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Johane Filiatrault and Jean Beauchemin
Mariés et parents de six enfants, Johane et Jean consacrent leur vie à une oeuvre qu'ils ont fondé ensemble, "Les Ouvriers de Paix", dont le but principal est de collaborer à la construction d’un monde bon et accueillant pour tous. La corporation sans but lucratif fait la promotion de tout ce qui élève l’âme, l’esprit et le corps: soit les arts, la culture générale, les rencontres vraies entre les personnes et la vie spirituelle. Ils gèrent un lieu communautaire ouvert à tous où quelqu’un est toujours disponible pour écouter et accompagner les personnes et offrent des activités d'insertion au travail, de création artistique et de croissance personnelle et spirituelle. Jean et Johane terminent actuellement un certificat en théologie à l'université Laval de Québec.johane.jean@cgocable.ca
Voici un essai de traduction anglaise:
Married and parents of six children, Johane and Jean dedicate their life to a group that they founded together, " Les Ouvriers de Paix ", whose main purpose is to collaborate on building the good and homey world for all. The corporation non-profit-making makes the promotion of all which raise soul, mind and body: arts, general culture, true encounters between the persons, and spiritual life. They manage a community place opened to all, where somebody is always available to listen and to accompany the persons, and give activities of insertion at job, artistic creation and personal and spiritual growth. Jean and Johane end a certificate in theology at Laval University of Quebec.
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Ruth Broeski
Ordained
womandeacon 2007 |
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Ruth Broeski has always been spiritually motivated. This motivation led to many different turns on the path of her life, among them the novitiate of a religious community in Los Angeles, graduate study in theology and spirituality, and a sojourn of a few years on Orcas Island in Washington state. Ruth's philosophy about her journey -- I believe at every moment we are exactly where we are supposed to be. She presently lives in Portland, Oregon and is a spiritual director there. Ruth
has an M.A. in Psychology, a Certificate of Theological Studies, and an M.A. in Spirituality. She will be ordained a deacon on July 28, 2007. Ruth lives in Portland, Oregon.
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Gloria Ray-Carpeneto
Ordained
womandeacon 2007 |
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Gloria Ray-Carpeneto, D.Min., Ph.D., is a spiritual director, labyrinth facilitator, Reiki Master, writer, and teacher. She was ordained a deacon in New York on July 14, 2007. Gloria has served as Pastoral Associate for Holistic Health Ministry and Stewardship in a Roman Catholic faith community, and has taught in the Psychology, Nursing, and Education Departments of colleges in Maryland. These days, Gloria continues her ministry primarily as spiritual companion and retreat director, walking with men and women – individually and in groups – on their spiritual journeys. She is also active in developing sacred space – gardens and labyrinths – that communities can utilize in interfaith peacemaking activities. Gloria may be reached at gcarpeneto@comcast.net |
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Norma Jean Coon
Ordained
womandeacon 2007 |
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Norma Coon, Ph.D., was ordained deacon in July 2007. Her doctorate is in Psychology and she was a licensed RN and MFCC (Marriage Family Therapist) until her retirement in 1994. Norma had a private practice, specialized in psychological testing, prayer therapy, and in alcohol and drug treatment at an acute care facility where she served her residency. Currently she is fulfilling required theology studies in preparation for the priesthood and specializes in centering prayer, elderly, dying, lectio divina and scripture studies. She is married 44 years and has five children and lives in San Diego. rcoon4@cox.net |
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Monica Kilburn-Smith
Ordained
womandeacon 2007 |
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Monica Kilburn-Smith, who currently works as a health care chaplain, holds a Master of Theological Studies degree, a Graduate Diploma in Dance Movement
Therapy, and a B.A. in Fine Arts and Journalism. She practices Healing
Touch and Reiki and is currently training to be a Spiritual Director.
Formerly married and now single, she has two school-age daughters and
lives in Calgary, Alberta (Canada). Monica commits herself to creative
work in the intersections of spirituality, liturgy and the arts, and the
empowering of women to claim their wisdom, beauty and agency as
Beloveds of Godde. She can be emailed at gemstones@shaw.ca. |
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Jim Lauder
Ordained
deacon 2007 |
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Jim Lauder James (Jim) A. Lauder, BSW, MA, sfo (Secular Franciscan Order) is the creator of Life's Circle Lasting Memorial Tributes www.lifescircle.com and offers a variety of person-centered tributes to families in his ministry. He has over twenty years experience in counseling and facilitation, and is currently enrolled in ongoing theology studies at the Masters level. Additionally, he is a cancer survivor and author of Fear, Valor, Humor, a story about his healing experience. He brings to his work a deep sense of compassion, sensitivity and spirituality. “I am so honored to advocate for equality in our church, and be a part of a strong community and movement that models a renewed priestly ministry.” |
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Janice Sevre-Duszynska
Ordained
womandeacon 2006 |
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Janice Sevre-Duszynska, is co-chair of the Ministry of Irritation of the Women's Ordination Conference, the oldest and largest organization working for ordination of a renewed priestly ministry in the Catholic Church. From teaching ESL to children from around the world she says she learned about the value of nonviolence. A local and national peace activist, she is a former Prisoner of Conscience for the School of the Americas Watch. She recently completed a Christian Peacemakers Team delegation into the Sonora Desert of Mexico and Tucson in solidarity with Mexican migrants as part of the Migrant Trail Walk. She writes essays, poetry, and plays, rides horses, keeps a lovely English cottage garden and enjoys being a Busia (grandmother) to her grandchildren and aunt to her nieces and nephews. email: rhythmsofthedance@msn.com |
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