This
comment is in response to the 8/22 article, "Bingle Writes to Bishop". The
Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests (ARCWP) chose this time for
ordaining bishops not as a protest but rather a witness, an action for justice
for women's equality. It is a sacred and prophetic event which will serve as a
teaching tool to grow consciousness. It will be seen by many as a blessing,
especially women...
Janice Sevre-Duszynska,
Media, ARCWP
Janice Sevre-Duszynska,
Media, ARCWP
Bingle writes to bishop
When Pope Francis is in Washington,
D.C., on Sept. 24, the Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests plans to
ordain three women bishops at a ceremony near Philadelphia. The Pope will be in
Philadelphia on Sept. 25-27.
Olga Lucia Alvarez of Medellin, Colombia; Michele Birch Conery of
Windsor, Ont.; and Mary E. Collingwood of Hudson, Ohio; will be elevated from
their standing as priest members of the association.
The Rev. Beverly Bingle has written a letter to Bishop Daniel Thomas of
the Diocese of Toledo, distancing herself from the event. The Rev. Bingle is a
Toledoan who was ordained by and is a member of Roman Catholic Women Priests, an
organization different from the association conducting the ordination, though an
RCWP bishop, Sibyl Dana Reynolds, will be one of three consecrating
bishops.
The Rev. Bingle continues to identify herself as a Roman Catholic
although her ordination means that she is excommunicated. The Roman Catholic
Church does not ordain women. She wanted the bishop to know that “I am not
involved with that,” she said.
She considers it inappropriate to use the papal visit for that attention.
“I wish they wouldn't, she said.
During the papal visit, Rev. Bingle said, she plans to stay in Toledo.
She leads the Holy Spirit Catholic Community, which now has Masses at 4:30 p.m.
Saturdays and 5 p.m. Sundays in the chapel at the Washington Church, 3925 W.
Central Ave.
Read more at http://www.toledoblade.com/Religion/2015/08/22/Religion-Offerings-8-22.html#XE59TFFFhMBVVXIZ.99
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