www.independent.com/news/2012/apr/05/women-priests-sb/
..."Perhaps in some prior century, Suzanne Dunn and Jeannette Love might have
been burned at the stake as heretics. These two gray-haired women — both quick
to smile, soft-spoken, and light of spirit — are exactly what the Pope and
Vatican insist can never be: ordained women priests. Yet three years ago,
Dunn — a one-time parish administrator at St. Joseph’s in Carpinteria — was
ordained in Santa Barbara by female bishop Dana Reynolds, who claims she can
trace her own ordination back to St. Peter, the first Pope..." The two have been saying Mass, giving out Communion, and tending to the sick
for a small, slowly growing congregation throughout the South Coast...Late last Saturday evening, Dunn and Love co-celebrated Palm Sunday services
in consecrated space they rent from the First Congregational Church in downtown
Santa Barbara. The congregation of about 30, most of whom appeared to be in
their sixties, were an enthusiastic group, singing together in vigorous, clear
voices. As services go, it was decidedly unorthodox. To an exceptional degree,
the laity took an active role in saying the Mass, going to the altar, for
example, en masse to proclaim — along with the two priests — the Eucharistic
prayer, the most sacred part of the Mass, when Catholics believe the bread and
wine become the body and blood of Christ."
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