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)
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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 feminist-focused support and advocacy group for women and men in the
Roman Catholic tradition. We seek to effect structural change in the institutional
church that reflects the mutuality and integrity of a community of co-equal
disciples, and to create life-giving alternatives to the present institutional
structures. We are a Canadian group, with members in most Canadian provinces.
Catholics
for a Free Choice (CFFC)
Catholics for a Free 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
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.
Community of
the Anawim / Denver
description to follow
Con-Spirando
Collective
description to follow
Dignity
/ USA Committee for Women's Concerns
Dignity/USA is committed to ministry to women. We support
the ordination of women and the use of gender inclusive language in Liturgy.
Grail Women
Task Force
description to follow
Greater Cincinnati
Women-Church
description to follow
Institute Justice
Team - Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
description to follow
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
description to follow
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.
Massachusetts
Women-Church
Massachusetts Women-Church
is working to make their vision of liberation in the Church and in the
world a reality. We focus on issues pertaining to oppression by
the Catholic hierarchy, while maintaining an openess to women of other
denominations.
Mercy Justice Team
description to follow
National Coalition
of American Nuns (NCAN)
Founded to study, work and speak out on issues of justice in church and society.
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 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)
description to follow
Sisters of Charity Office of Peace, Justice & Integrity of Creation
description to follow
Sisters of Providence
Contact: Sue Paweski
Southern California Women-Church
description to follow
Women-Church
of North Virginia
Women-Church North Virginia is a community of women who
meet monthly to celebrate inclusive, creative eucharistic liturgies. In
this transitional moment in the life of God's pilgrim people, our small
faith community celebrates our priestly function as the "Body of Christ
serving the Body of Christ to the Body of Christ." For more information
e-mail Bridget Mary Meehan or phone
703-671-6712 or (cell) 703-283-2929
Women
Eucharist Boulder
description to follow
Women In Spirit
of Colorado
description to follow
Women's
Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual (WATER)
WATER is a feminist educational center, a network of justice-seeking
people responding to the need for theological, ehtical, and liturgical
development for and by women.
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.
Women-Church Baltimore
description to follow
Women's Ordination Worldwide (WOW/USA)
description to follow