Bridget Mary's Blog

Ordinations in Toronto 2007
Bishop Patricia Fresen ordains Marie Bouclin

I have been re-reading this passage from Rosemary Radford Ruether’s recent book Catholic ≠ the Vatican, which I underlined because it gave me hope. It is my prayer for you and all of us this day.

"(We) are engaged in a process the future of which cannot be predicted. It may be that those of us concerned with (church) reforms will grow tired of institutional intransigence and go elsewhere, or it may be that at least parts of the official institution will open itself to greater acceptance of such movements. I hope that we are engaged in a process that will lead to eventual transformation of the official institution to allow legitimacy to the broader range of thought and life. But meanwhile, we can and must carry on living ways of being a Christian community that satisfy our vision of what is authentic and truthful. In short, we need to insist on being the church today and not waiting to be allowed to do so in some distant future. "(emphasis mine).

For RCWP Europe and RCWP Canada,

Marie Bouclin