W-CC Member Organizations

8th Day Center for Justice 8th Day Center envisions a world of right relationships where all creation is sacred and interconnected. With Christian Faith, we work for structural change towards creation of a more just world. Contact: Kathleen Desautels, SP. 8th Day Center for Justice, 205 W. Monroe, Chicago, IL 60606 (phone: 312.641.5151 fax: 312.641.1250)

A Critical Mass: Women Celebrating Eucharist A Critical Mass: Women Celebrating Eucharist is a community which empowers women in the Roman Catholic tradition through education.
Contact: Carolyn Kellogg

BVM Network for Women's Issues The BVM Network for Women's Issues is a national grassroots membership organization of persons promoting justice issues globally, nationally and locally for women in church and in society.  An annual gathering, a members' listserv and a newsletter provide opportunities for sharing, bonding, analysis and acting. 

Catholic Network for Women's Equality (CNWE) CNWE is a Canadian feminist-focused support and advocacy group for women and men in the Catholic tradition. We work for the equality of women in all aspects of church and society. In the institutional church, we work to effect change that reflects the mutuality and integrity of a community of co-equal disciples, and to create life-giving alternatives to the present institutional structures.

Catholics for Choice (CFC) Catholics for Choice, an independent not-for-profit organization, is engaged in research, policy analysis, education, and advocacy on issues of gender equality and reproductive health. Contact: Marissa Valeri, (202)986-6093

Catholics for a Free Choice - Canada (CFFC Canada) Contact: Rosemary Ganley

Catholics Speak Out / Quixote Center We are about 5,200 strong, and are a member of Catholic Organizations for Renewal and We Are Church North America.  CSO has worked since 1987 to provide ways for ordinary Catholics to be heard speaking out on behalf of church reform. We're spearheading the building of a coalition of organizations and individuals who support full equality for women in the church and Women-Church Convergence is on the list of co-sponsors.  We will be working to help facilitate planning and execution of collective "next steps" to continue building popular support for women's ordination. Contact: cso@quixote.org and our phone is (301) 699-0042.

Chicago Women-Church An egalitarian faith community that creates and celebrates ritual.

Congregation Peace with Justice Committee, Sisters of Providence

Con-Spirando Collective

Dignity / USA DignityUSA is committed to providing spiritual and social support to lesbian, bisexual, transgender and allied Catholic women. DignityUSA actively supports the ordination of women, the use of gender-inclusive language in liturgy, women co-presiders, women homilists, and other initiatives at the national and local chapter levels to recognize and promote gender equality. Founded in 1969, DignityUSA is the nation’s largest and oldest independent organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgende rCatholics. The organization envisions and works for a time when Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Catholics are affirmed and experience dignity through the integration of their spirituality with their sexuality, and as beloved persons of God participate fully in all aspects of life within the Church and Society. We dedicate ourselves to develop the potential of all persons to become more fully human. To do this, we work toward the eradication of all constraints on our personhood based on the ascribed social roles of women and men and to promote inclusivity in all areas of liturgical and community life.

The Grail in the USA

Greater Cincinnati Women-Church

Loretto Women's Network The Loretto Women's Network is a voluntary association of feminists in the Loretto Community. (The Loretto community is composed of Sisters of Loretto and Loretto Co-Members.) We are committed to act for the empowerment of women. We agree to work toward transforming institutional, personal, and structural relationships based on domination and subordination, both within the Loretto Community and beyond it.

Louisville Women-Church

Mary's Pence Mary's Pence is a progressive Catholic community committed to social justice and the belief that each of us, even in a small way, is called to make a difference in the world.

National Coalition of American Nuns (NCAN) Founded to study, work and speak out on issues of justice in church and society.

Peace with Justice Committee of The Sister of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods

Roman Catholic Womenpriests - North America The goal of the group "RC Womenpriests" (Roman Catholic Womenpriests) is to bring about the full equality of women in the Roman Catholic Church. At the same time we are striving for a new model of Priestly Ministry. The movement "RC Womenpriests" does not perceive itself as a counter-current movement against the Roman Catholic Church. It wants neither a schism nor a break from the Roman Catholic Church, but rather wants to work positively within the Church. Contacts: Bridget Mary Meehan (941) 953-5948) and Susan Farrell

San Francisco Bay Area Women-Church San Francisco Bay Area Women-Church is a community of women who meet to celebrate feminist women's eucharistic liturgies. For further information contact: Karen A. Schwarz, (650) 572-2675.

Sinsinawa Dominican Women's Network Vision Statement: The Sinsinawa Women's Network includes those who are willing to work toward a feminist vision of inclusivity and justice for all peoples and respect for all creation. Goals: To provide educational opportunities in eco-feminist principles and feminist theology so as to rediscover and deepen the fundamental spiritual values which motivate us; to work to achieve full participation for women in the church and society by striving to eliminate sexism, racism, classism and heterosexism; to challenge and change patriarchal behavior and structures in ourselves, in our ministries and in our institutions in order to build solidarity and bondedness with all women.

Sisters Against Sexism (SAS) Sisters against Sexism (SAS) is a feminist based community located in the Greater Washington, DC area. Founded in 1979, it meets in the homes of its members for regular worship, shared meals, retreats, and sisterly sharing.

Sisters of Charity: Office of Peace, Justice & Integrity of Creation

Sisters of Providence Contact: Sue Paweski

Southern California Women-Church

Women-Church Baltimore

Women-Eucharist Boulder

Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual (WATER) WATER is an educational center, a network of justice-seeking people who bring feminist religious values to the work of social change.

Women's Ordination Conference (WOC) The Women's Ordination Conference (WOC) works for the ordination of women as priests and bishops into a renewed priestly ministry in the Roman Catholic church.