I am so thrilled to introduce you to our new Digital Organizer, Anna Burnham!
When I first met Anna she told me that her ministry is grassroots organizing -- bringing people together for collective action. Right away, I knew she would be a wonderful addition to the dynamic WOC team.
The work of a digital organizer is not only to amplify our mission, but also to strengthen the WOC community to empower one another.
I have no doubt you will begin to see her mark on our communications, social media, and programs, as she brings her passion and experience to our movement.
Anna Burnham is a writer, researcher, and organizer whose experiences in community and political organizing led her to attend Harvard Divinity School for her Master of Divinity degree. There, her study focused on all things religion, politics, public life, gender, social movements, Catholicism, and popular culture.
Her master's thesis, "Sandwiches for the Picket Line, Potluck for the Protestors: Food, Community, and the Sacred, Hidden Labor of Feeding Social Movements," used Marxist, feminist, pop culture, and theological frameworks to examine how food and women's labor have sustained activism throughout history and how that work might be understood as sacred.
She is passionate about making activist and political spaces more religiously and spiritually literate and making religious spaces (especially Catholic ones) more equitable, inclusive, and oriented towards justice. Raised amidst the farmlands of central Pennsylvania, she currently lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Over the next several months there will be many opportunities to meet Anna, including during our "Vocations Awareness Week" events (see below!), but feel free to introduce yourself and welcome Anna to WOC by sending her an email or send a message to her on our social media accounts! |
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Kate McElwee Executive Director |
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Vocations Awareness Week November 1-9, 2020 |
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The USCCB has designated November 1-7, 2020 to be National Vocations Awareness Week, a week to "promote vocations to the priesthood, diaconate and consecrated life through prayer and education."
The Women's Ordination Conference is using this opportunity to agitate and make space for the many people who are aware of their vocations—women and non-binary people! And we've even expanded the week by two days!
Through our alternative schedule of events, we're engaging with this week in our own spirit of inclusion. Join us by registering at the links below, and download our toolkit!
Sunday, November 1 Lucile Murray Durkin Scholarship Applications open for the 2021 Lucile Murray Durkin Scholarship, a $2,200 award for women and non-binary persons discerning ordination to the Catholic priesthood. Visit womensordination.org/scholarship for details.
Monday, November 2 The Cardboard Cardinal View our groundbreaking, first-ever conversation with a member of the highest echelons of the Church as we bring you a dialogue between Cardinal Cartone and supporters of women's ordination.
Tuesday, November 3 Election Day! VOTE!
Wednesday, November 4 "Don't Discern Without Us" — A Form Swarm! Join the effort to flood the inboxes of diocesan and order vocations directors with letters from women called to the priesthood and their supporters. You can send letters on your own, or if you're looking for some company as you draft, join our Zoom writing party at 12 PM Eastern. Drop in and out! Register here.
Thursday, November 5 Form Swarm, Part 2 Our swarm continues! Keep flooding those inboxes. At 7 PM Eastern, we'll gather on Zoom once again for community! Feel free to drop in and out. Register here.
Monday, November 9 What It Means to Be a Woman Priest At noon ET, join representatives from Roman Catholic Women Priests and the Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests to learn about the history of the organizations, hear stories of vocation, ask questions, and find out how to further your own discernment process. Register here. |
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| Do we dare speak our own prayers? Liberating Liturgies 2.0 is now available! |
We at Women's Ordination Conference are incredibly excited to share a new resource we have lovingly curated: Liberating Liturgies 2.0!
This 95-page collection includes selections of prayers, poems, liturgies, rituals, blessings, and were all chosen for their diversity, adaptability and creativity, with the hope that they may resonate widely and deeply.
With original watercolor paintings by artist Liz Kalloch, this beautiful collection also models ecumenical solidarity, which is reflected in the pieces we have chosen. It echoes the spirit of our original Liberating Liturgies, published in 1989, while reflecting the ways our understanding of radical inclusion, intersectionality, and feminism(s) has evolved over the following 30 years. |
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Save the date! Our 45th Anniversary Virtual Gala will stream free of charge online from November 27-30. Please RSVP on Facebook and share with your community! |
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