Our History and Archives

Preserving Our History

A collection of personal narratives, historical documentation, and movement milestones preserving the legacy of Roman Catholic Womenpriests.

Archives, History

2026: RCWP-USA: Faithfully Here, Faithfully Growing

In 2026, over one hundred ordained members of RCWP-USA are living out our callings, in apostolic succession, through acts of prophetic obedience.…

Archives, History

2005-2006: Roman Catholic Womenpriests-USA (RCWP-USA) is Born

The Roman Catholic Womenpriest movement expanded across North America with a historic wave of ordinations in 2005 and 2006, presided over by…

Archives, History

2004: Making Waves in North America

In 2002, attorney and biblical studies professor Jane Via read about the Danube Seven and felt called to help move the Church…

Archives, History, International, South Africa

2003: Rising with Courage: Patricia Fresen

Patricia Fresen was consecrated a bishop in 2005 in apostolic succession. She spent two decades building formation programs and ordaining women across…

Archives, History

2002: Born on the Danube

On June 29, 2002, seven women were ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Rómulo Antonio Braschi on the Danube River in deliberate…

Archives, History

Early Church: Roots Deeper Than the Danube

For over a thousand years, women served as deaconesses, abbesses, and altar ministers before medieval canon lawyers reshaped the definition of ordination.…

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