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Events

Projected Ordinations for 2012

March 3, 2012
Portland, Oregon
Diaconate Ordination

April 15, 2012
TBA, Indiana
Priest and Deacon Ordination

June 2, 2012
Catacomb (Minnesota)
Priest Ordination

June 23, 2012
San Francisco, CA
Diaconate Ordination

October 7, 2012
TBA Southern California
Priests Ordination

Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests
January 21, 2012
Ft. Myers, Florida
Priest Ordination

More details and other ordinations will be announced as they are made available. If you are interested in attending one of the RCWP 2012 Ordinations, please see our Contact Us Page and email the administrator in the region where the ordination is to take place for further details. 

Please Join RCWP-USA at 7th Annual Symposium
on Catholicism and Homosexuality
March 15 - 17, 2012

RCWP-USA womenpriests will be attending "From Water to Wine" Conference in Baltimore, Maryland sponsored by New Ways Ministry

Please Join RCWP-USA at Religious Education Congress
March 23 - 25, 2012

RCWP-USA womenpriests will be attending the Religious Education Congress at the Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, California). Look for us outside the Center.

Please Join RCWP-USA at Call to Action (CTA) Conference
"Justice Rising"
November 9 - 11, 2012

RCWP-USA womenpriests will hold a liturgy Saturday morning at the Milwaukee Convention Center. Details to be announced at a later date. Bishop Patricia Fresen will also be one of the speakers at the Conference.

Pink Smoke Over the Vatican



click on the pink smoke for more info

A riveting new documentary about the controversial movement
of women ordained as priests in the Roman Catholic Church

Pink Smoke Over the Vatican chronicles the difficult journey of women ordained as Catholic priests beginning with the early history of the church, to the seven women ordained on the Danube River in 2002, and provides a glimpse into the ministries of the courageous women ordained in Europe and North America over the last eight years.

The film has already won "Best Female Filmmaker" and "Best Faith-based Film" at the Action on Film International Film Festival and Best Documentary in the Santa Fe International Film Festival.

”Nearly 100 women have been ordained or are in training to be ordained through the Roman Catholic Women Priests movement, vividly documented in Jules Hart's award-winning film, “Pink Smoke Over the Vatican.” Angela Bonavoglia, Huffington Post

"Scenes from the... ordinations... provide a visual richness... The personal stories and observations of the women priests are moving... [The film] captures the reason all these women choose ordination as women priests but do not leave the Church." Marjorie Reiley Maguire, National Catholic Reporter

"One of the most thrilling moments of the first national Association for the Study of Women and Theology conference was the world premiere of the documentary... At the end of the showing, the audience rose to its feet in a surge of loud approval." Patricia Monaghan, Ph.D., ASWT

NEXT SHOWINGS:

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For more up-to-date articles related to the women's ordination
movement, please visit Bridget Mary's Blog:

Bridget Mary's Blog Spot

Bridget Mary's Blog and the Association of Roman Catholic Womenpriests
operate independently of Roman Catholic Womenpriests-USA, Inc.
This third party blog is for informational purposes only.


RCWP-USA at CTA Conference Nov. 4 - 6, 2011

RCWP-USA will be available at their booth in the Exhibit Hall at
Call to Action 2011 National Conference:"Living the Gospel of Love"

November 4 - 6: Milwaukee Convention Center, Wisconsin
On Saturday, November 5:
Showing of Pink Smoke Over the Vatican
8:00 - 9:30 p.m.

Presentation 3:30-3:45 p.m.
"Confronting Sexism in the Catholic Church: Why We Need WomenPriests"
Roy Bourgeois, Jean Marchant, Alta Jacko

Showing of Pink Smoke Over the Vatican: 8:00 - 9:30 p.m.


RCWP-USA at the American Catholic Council

Brochure coverJune 10 - 12, 2011
The Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center
Roman Catholic Womenpriests-USA
will have more information about women's
ordination movement in the Exhibit Hall.

Celebrating the Spirit of Vatican II
for more information, visit: americancatholiccouncil.org/


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. RCWP with 600+ CTA members set a vision of
compassion and hope for a renewed Church community.


RCWP Episcopal Ordinations April 19, 2009

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



Call to Action Conference November 2009
Roman Catholic Womenpriests meet with Next Generation Group
at annual CTA Conference in Milwaukee Conference


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.
Click on photo to enlarge.


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
Click on photo to enlarge.


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. Click on photo to enlarge.


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.

2006 Roman Catholic Womenpriest Ordinations Information on the two ordination ceremonies that happened this year.  A media folder available for the Pittsburgh ordinations contained: News Release,  History Article,  Brief Bios,  Lady is a Bishop.
Click here for .zip file with all 5 documents (99kb)


 

 

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