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Ruth Fitzpatrick and Bridget Mary Meehan, from Women-Church Convergence invite you to participate in W-CC's Open Forum
We welcome you to an open forum to share your vision of a "discipleship of equals." What does a church that is not dominated by patriarchy, hierarchy and sexism look like?
W-CC is conducting an open forum in cyberspace so that the entire community of faith may make their views known about important issues in the church's life.
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Movie of the Roman Catholic WomenPriest Ordinations on July 25, 2005 on the St. Lawrence Seaway"
Highlights and Moments to Remember
of Ordinations on St. Lawrence Seaway
View a full-length "TV show" (26 minutes). The download is 10 MB, and is in the .wmv format (Windows Movie) download here
Movie is provided thanks to Bridget Mary Meehan, of God Talk TV
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Video Clips from Roman Catholic WomenPriest Ordinations
on July 25, 2005 on the St. Lawrence Seaway
Clip I: Roman Catholic WomenPriests Ordinations (run time: 25 seconds; see chart below for link).
Clip II: An explanation of apostolic orders received from Roman Catholic male bishops in
good standing; the three women bishops were ordained validly (run time: 60 seconds; see chart below for link). |
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Two Video Clips from Panel on Women, Religion and Justice
Dr. Mary Hunt discusses need for transformation of Roman Catholic church.
On May 15, 2004, a coalition of Catholics women's organizations met in Cincinnati to discuss "Women, Religion and Justice." A Panel Discussion included Louise Akers, SC, Virginia Froehle, RSM, Mary E. Hunt, WATER.
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The Ordination of Denise Donato as a Catholic Priest
The Ordination of Denise Donato as a Catholic Priest: In this program, view highlights from the Ordination Ceremony of Rev. Denise Donato, Family Minister of Spiritus Christi Church in Rochester, New York.
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Video Clip 1 Opening Ceremony of Ordination: This clip features the joyful celebration by the Spiritus Christi community at the beginning of the Ordination Ceremony of Denise Donato. |
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Video Clip 2 In this clip you will see her response to the call of ordination in sacred dance.
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Video Clip 3 Laying on of Hands: Bishop Peter Hickman, Rev. Mary Ramerman, Rev. James Callan and members of the Spiritus Christi community pray over Rev.Denise Donato. |
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Video Clip 4 Praying Over Candidate: Bishop Peter Hickman prays for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Rev. Donato's priestly ministry. |
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Women's Ordination:God's Gift for a Renewed Church
Women's Ordination:God's Gift for a Renewed Church: Rev. Ida Raming argues that baptism, not male gender, is the basis for ordination. Video shows women presiding at Mass.
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Video Clip 1 Rea Howarth, Coordinator of Catholics Speak Out, Dr. Ida Raming and Dr. Iris Mueller, two Catholic theologians and pioneers of women's ordination speak about their experience of ordination as a spiritual and political challenge. Raming's doctoral study (1969) argued that the church's exclusion of women from the priesthood was based upon the concept of the ethical inferiority of women. In her presentation, Ida reminded her audience that the canons of the church in Medieval times taught that baptism, not maleness, was the essential criterion for priestly ordination. In Christian baptism, there is neither male nor female, all are one in Christ. |
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Video Clip 2 Consecration of Mass: Women Priests: Dr. Iris Mueller, Dr. Ida Raming and Rev. Joan Hammond lead congregation in praying Words of Consecration at Eucharist in N. Va. in April 2003. |
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Video Clip 3 Dr. Iris Mueller calls on women to have burning hearts to stuggle against unjust discrimination in the church. |
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Video Clip 4 Dr Ida Raming recalls that St. Therese of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church, felt that she was called to priesthood. In Story of a Soul, Therese wrote: " I feel in me the vocation of the warrrior, the priest, the apostle." |
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Video Clip 5 In this clip, Dr. Ida Raming affirms that the ban on women's ordination in Roman Catholic church is based on discrimination against women. She asserts that in the Middle Ages canonists (official church teachers) taught that baptism, not male gender is the basis for ordination. |
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Archaeological Evidence of Women Priests and Bishops
Bridget Mary Meehan, host of GodTalk TV, interviews Dr. Dorothy Irvin, a Catholic theologian and archaeologist, who presents convincing evidence from mosaics, frescoes, and inscriptions in Jewish and Christian sources that women ministered as priests and bishops. These archaeological sources, from the first century on, provide a powerful testimony to the early church tradition of women functioning in priestly roles in the Christian community in Rome and the Mediterranean area.
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Women and Men as Equals and Partners in Ministry
In this program Rev. Joan Hammond and Rev. Ed Leis, a married couple who are priests in the Free Catholic Church discuss team ministry, eucharistic sharing and community building in an inclusive comunity.
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Women in the Winds of Change
This clip features several scenes of girls and women celebrating their life-affirming connections with people of all races, creeds and nations. The Circle Dance is a a scene of a Women-Church Convergence Pentecost liturgy.
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