From the Association of
Roman Catholic Women Priests (ARCWP) www.arcwp.org
For immediate release:
March 23, 2017
Media contacts:
Janice
Sevre-Duszynska, 859-684-4247, rhythmsofthedance1@gmail.com
Bridget Mary Meehan, 703-505-0004, sofiabmm@aol.com
Association of Roman
Catholic Women Priests Celebrates Worldwide Day of Prayer with Ordination of
Woman Deacon in Florida on March 25, 2017
The Association of Roman Catholic
Women Priests (ARCWP) joins Women's Ordination Worldwide (WOW) in celebrating
the World Day of Prayer for Women's Ordination by ordaining Elena Garcia a
deacon at 4 PM at St. Andrew United Church of Christ in Sarasota, Florida.
Elena will then baptize her grandson, Brohdi Lucas Courtney, as her first act
of loving diaconal ministry. All are welcome!
We give thanks
for each other in our Roman Catholic Women Priests Movement who, since
2002, are living God's call in a renewed priestly ministry that welcomes the
people of God to celebrate sacraments in inclusive faith communities. We have
grown from seven brave women ordained on the Danube in 2002, to approximately
240 internationally in Europe, North America, South America, Asia and
Africa.
“With Mary, of the
Magnificat,” Bishop Bridget Mary Meehan writes, “we pray that justice will
triumph over oppression everywhere and that our institutional church will no
longer discriminate against women by prohibiting ordination. On this World
Day of Prayer for Women's Ordination, we join in solidarity with our sisters
and brothers who advocate for women priests and work for equality in the Roman
Catholic Church. We rejoice that for fifteen years, women priests have been
leading the way toward justice and equality in the Roman Catholic Church.”
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