Justice with every stride

 

Your gift makes a difference! Today is the third day of the WOC-a-Thon and as we walk toward our goal, please consider renewing your commitment to equality in the Catholic Church with a donation. As a small organization with a big goal, your gift will have a significant impact on our efforts. Greetings! Women’s Ordination Conference calls all Catholics, regardless of gender, to realize our baptismal promise of priesthood. Each of us is baptized priest, prophet and royalty, and it is time for us to live out that promise in the hope of a renewed church.  Every single day I am grateful for the courage of the faithful Catholics who are willing to speak out against the false narratives that we have been taught, and to “speak truth to power” on behalf of all of us.  We must have the faith in women that Jesus had, when he asked St. Mary Magdalene to be the first of all of his Apostles to bring the Gospel to the world.  Recent surveys have shown that the majority of Catholics support the ordination of women, and I am proud to be working with a group that will shout that from the rooftops. Keep up the noise with us by making a donation today! Donate to WOC May God Bless us all on this journey to inclusivity, Anne Latour WOC National Board of Directors "Men Are Failing" In her post this week for WOC's blog The Table, Regina Bannan writes about how the failure of institutions run by men has historically been a precondition for women taking the reins. She wonders: Is this what we're seeing in the Church right now? "Is the Catholic Church in the US collapsing? Or is a new church arising?" Women's Ordination is Not a Crime! Pope Francis updated the code of canon law to include a revision that codified the "grave crime" of ordaining a woman, with a punishment of automatic excommunication (Canon 1379). While it is not new, it continues to be an affront to the people of God and to women and people of all genders who authentically discern a call to ordained ministry. Sign our petition, rejecting canon 1379 Pride event with Escuchando a las Mujeres and Teología Sin Vergüenza - June 30th Join WOC's Spanish-language team for a conversation about faith and feminism through a Latinx queer theology lens, with guests: ​Rev. Alba Onofrio and Rev. Dr. Lis Valle-Ruiz of Teología Sin Vergüenza. Wednesday, June 30th at 6 pm EDT, Live on Facebook. RSVP here. ** This event will be held in Spanish **   ‌  ‌  ‌  ‌