Dr. Shanon Sterringer, ARCWP, Ordained a Priest in Linz, Austria - August 3, 2019

Dr. Shanon Sterringer from Fairport Harbor, Ohio, was ordained a priest in Linz, Austria on August 3, 2019 by Bishops Mary Eileen Collingwood, ARCWP, and Christine Mayr-Lumetzburger, RCWP. Shanon will preside at her first Eucharist on Sunday, August 4, 2019 in Linz, Austria, with family and friends. She will continue her ministry at the Hildegard Haus in Fairport Harbor, OH. 

Ordination Preparation for Shanon Sterringer, ARCWP - Ceremony at Danube - August 2, 2019

Christine Mayr-Lumetzberger, RCWP, and Shanon Sterringer, ARCWP, went with a group of priests to the banks of the Danube for a water ritual of prayers and blessings for the women priests movement. A film crew followed the group to document the event.  

Shanon Sterringer

Mary Theresa Streck and Mary Eileen Collingwood

Mary Eileen Collingwood, Dagmar Celeste, Shanon Sterringer and Christine Mayr-Lumetzburger

Christine offers first prayer as she floats her flower wreath on the Danube.

https://youtu.be/Y6ZS_VuoPpk 

Shanon's prayer: 

https://youtu.be/AeG_Z9CkiSg

https://youtu.be/ZB1UpfIDhPQ