WOMEN PRIESTS

Then and
Now

St. Priscillas Catacomb in

Rome
Woman deacon (center) Bishop ordaining
woman priest (left)
Mary, Mother of Jesus, shows continuity in Apostolic
Succession (right)

St. Priscillas Catacomb in

Rome
Early Eucharistic liturgy led
by women

St Praxedess Church in
Rome 820 CE
Bishop Theodora (left), St. Praexidis, Mary, Mother of
Jesus, St Prudentia (right)

Ludmila Jovorova, ordained priest in 1970 in

Czechoslovakia
by Bishop Felix Davidek.

Palm Sunday 2002 - first diaconate ordination

of six women in Austria
Bishop X presents the book of the Gospel to Christine.

Danube Seven Ordination June 29, 2002

Iris Muller, Ida Raming, Pia Brunner, Dagmar Celeste,
Adelinde Roitlinger, Gisela Forster, Christine MayrLumetzberger

Laying on Hands of Danube Seven by Bishop

Braschi (Argentina)

January 27, 2003 Danube Seven excommunicated by

Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF)
May 29, 2008 the CDF issued a statement saying,
Women priests and the bishops who ordain them are
excommunicated Latae Sententiae (automatic by your
very action).

Women Priests reject the penalty of excommunication

issued by the Vatican.
Roman Catholic Women Priests are loyal members of the
church who stand in the prophetic tradition of holy
obedience to the Spirits call to change an unjust law that
discriminates against women.
Women Priests will continue to serve our beloved church in
a renewed priestly ministry that welcomes all to celebrate
the sacraments in inclusive Christ-centered, Spirit
empowered communities wherever we are called.

Christine and Gisela were ordained bishops on May 19,

2003 in Europe at which male Bishop X presided.
Therefore all our ordinations are valid and in apostolic
succession.

In 2003 Patricia Frezen from South

Africa was ordained by Bishop Gisela
and Bishop Christine.
On January 2, 2005, Patricia was
ordained a bishop by Bishop X in
Europe.
Since 2005 she has presided at many
diaconate and priestly ordinations,
including the ordination of seven
women bishops.

Three of the women ordained on the St. Lawrence

Seaway are Victoria Rue, Michele Birch-Conery, Jean
Marchant. and Marie David (not pictured).

July 31, 2006 twelve woman were ordained in Pittsburgh on

the Majestic riverboat on the three rivers. Eight woman were
ordained priests and four were ordained deacons.

Deacons ordained were Cheryl Bristol, Juanita Cordero, Mary

Ellen Robertson, and Janice Sevre-Duszynska.

Ordained priests were Bridget Mary Meehan, Sibyl Dana

Reynolds, Olivia Doko, Reberta Meehan, Eileen
McCafferty DiFranco, Joan Clark Houk, Kathleen Strack
Kunster, and Kathy Sullivan Vandenberg.

The three ordaining bishop for the first US ordination

were Ida Raming, Patricia Fresen and Gisela Forster.

On May 29, 2008 Jim Lauder

became the first male priest
ordained by Bishop Patricia Fesen
in St Aidans Church, Toronto,
Canada. From left to right are Jim
Lauder, Monica Kilburn-Smith,
Marie Bouclin, and Bishop Patricia
Fresen.

James Thomas Marsh

is the first ordained
male priest by ARCWP
on April 16, 2016.

Bishop Sibyl Dana Reynolds was ordained the first North

American bishop on
April 9, 2008 in Stuttgart, Germany.

August 9, 2008 - Janice Sevre-Duszynska was ordained a

priest in Lexington, KY. Fr. Roy Bourgeois gave the homily
and was later excommunicated for advocating for
womens ordination.

April 19, 2009 in Santa Barbara, CA. Bridget Mary Meehan

Regina Nicolosi , Andrea Johnson, and Joan Houk were
ordained bishops by Bishop Patricia Fezen, Bishop Christine
Myar Lumetzberger and Bishop Ida Raming.

On June 23, 2013 two priests and three deacons were

ordained in Falls Church, VA. Bridget Mary has presided at
numerous ordinations since 2009. As of April 2016 there
are 222 in the international movement, in thirteen
countries, 31 states, serving 81 communities.

September 24, 2015 three bishops were ordained at

Pendle Hill, PA., Mary Collingwood, USA, Olga Lucia
Alvarez, Colombia; Michele Birch- Conery, Canada.

WOMEN PRIESTS
21st
Century

Eucharistic Communities and

Ministries
Eleanora Marinaro, &
Ronnie Dubignon, Spirit
of Life, MCC Church, Port
Richey, FL,

Upper Room Inclusive

Catholic Community,
Albany, NY
Kim Panaro, James
Marsh, Kathleen Ryan
and Mary Theresa Streck

Roman Catholic Women Priests

Jane Via and Janice Sevre
Duszynska; former Maryknoll
Priest Roy Bourgeois occupy
steps of Vatican Embassy on
Holy Thursday to protest
Vatican policy on women
priests, March 24, 2016

Bishop Mary Eileen

Collingwood, St.
Bridgets Community
in Cleveland, OH

Bridget Mary Meehan, Mary Mother of Jesus Inclusive Catholic

Community in Sarasota, Florida.

Bishop Olga Lucia

Alvarez Benjumea
ordains Blanca Cecilia
Santana as a priest and
Lucero Arias in Medellin
on Oct. 18, 2015.

Olga Lucia Alvarez,

ARCWP presides at
Mass in Soacha,
Bogota, Colombia.

Bridget Mary officiating at Rich and Nancy

Sapps wedding.

Mary Theresa officiating at Kellie and TQuomas Van

Bergens wedding

Baptismal ritual at the Upper Room Inclusive Catholic

Community in Albany, NY.

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