"...At the Saturday presentation, several
women who had long felt frustrated and put down when they spoke of feeling
called to ordination were encouraged to speak of their own experience. Some had
been insulted for their "presumption." At best they were just told "no!" Priests
who are nice guys felt ashamed to speak so to these women, knowing no real cause
for this treatment. Others are not so compassionate. Many of us at the talk had
never thought much about the question, but on hearing about the experiences and
the shattered feelings of the women who felt called, we began to see the
injustice of the church's stance. Some attending who felt vocations heard for
the first time that a few women have already been ordained. They were in tears
with excitement. They don't feel they're defying the church. They feel called by
God and frustrated at not being able to accept. Now they have hope...."
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