Roman Catholic Womenpriests : Ordinations in Minneapolis on Aug. 16, 2009- 500 attend

August 16, 2009 ordination in Minneapolis, MNPictured left to right: Bishop Regina Nicolosi, Mary Kay Kusner, Mary Smith, Mary Styne, Linda Wilcox, Kathy Redig, Alice Iaquinta



From left - Mary Smith (me) - Linda Wilcox and Mary Styne.
Mary Katherine Kusner from Iowa City was ordained a deacon.
Mary Frances Smith, Mary Suzanne Styne and Linda Ann Wilcox were ordained to the priesthood.
The ordination took place on Sunday, Aug. 16th. at 3:00 PM at First Universalist Church in Minneapolis, MN. Approximately 500 people attended.
Several church reform groups, including Dignity ,MN - CTA, MN and the St. Joan's society and friends and family of the ordained helped with publicity and the reception.


Movie Link: Courtesy Matt Kusner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-Sz983N9Dg

Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Article in The Progressive Catholic Voice
Ordination of Women in Minneapolis Reflects Emerging Renewal of Priesthood and Church
By Michael Bayly

http://theprogressivecatholicvoice.blogspot.com/
Excerpt from Bishop Regina Nicolosi's homily from article:
“Can we bring this image down to earth and model our church after it?” asked Bishop Nicolosi. It would be, she said, a church “where we are all one in Christ Jesus; a church where the phrase ‘in persona Christi’ does not exclude half of the population; a church where Mary our sister can be a role model for priesthood. After all, she did say: ‘This is my body, this is my blood, and she said it at least twice: in the stable and under the cross, and no one stopped her from holding and touching Him then.”
Nicolosi concluded her homily by inviting all present to take seriously the words of the Magnificat, and, like Mary, proclaim a God who pushes down the powerful and lifts up the poor, who feeds the hungry, who invites all without exception to her son’s table.”