Ordination of Janice Sevre-Duszynska Fr. Roy co-celebrates liturgy, Bishop Dana Reynolds in red vestments, Janice on right, Bridget Mary Meehan, next to Roy on left. and Ree Hudson on far right)Bourgeois has long drawn inspiration from women
By LINDA COOPER AND JAMES HODGE
Published: December 23, 2008
By LINDA COOPER AND JAMES HODGE
Published: December 23, 2008
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Humbled by the torrent of support he’s received after refusing to disavow his belief that God calls women to the priesthood.
Humbled by the torrent of support he’s received after refusing to disavow his belief that God calls women to the priesthood.
(Quote from Bishop Gumbleton's homily at Jane Donovan Peace Center, Philadelphia, Pa.)
"We are aware that our church is lacking in ministers, those who can speak prophetically in our public liturgy, those who can be pastoral leaders in our communities. But they are available and Father Roy has made the plea and a public statement through his action by being present at the ordination of a woman, and has urged our church and proclaimed to our church, “Go back to the beginning” when house churches -- places like we are assembled here today in a home with a small community gathered -- were led, we learned from the letters of Paul, the Acts of the Apostles, by women.
We must open ourselves to this reality, take us back to the beginning, so that we flourish in the church with new ministers, ministers who can be that prophetic voice as these women were in the beginning..."
We must open ourselves to this reality, take us back to the beginning, so that we flourish in the church with new ministers, ministers who can be that prophetic voice as these women were in the beginning..."
"has urged our church and proclaimed to our church, “Go back to the beginning” when house churches -- places like we are assembled here today in a home with a small community gathered -- were led, we learned from the letters of Paul, the Acts of the Apostles, by women."
ReplyDeleteHow misleading. Don't forget in the early Church that women were not permitted authority over a man, nor to teach a man (1 Tim. 2:12), nor to speak in church (1 Cor. 14:34-35). Careful what you wish for. You want to return to this fantasized early Church, but it wasn't all peaches and progressive hooey like you claim!
Nice try, B.M., but another swing and a miss.