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Saturday, May 22, 2010

"Unsanctioned Ordination: Washington's First Catholic Woman Priest"

Unsanctioned Ordination: Washington's First Catholic Woman Priest

BY AUSTIN JENKINS

"Washington is about to have its first Roman Catholic woman priest. Oregon has at least four. And many more serve around the country. The unsanctioned ordination will take place Saturday in Olympia.
Diane Smith Whalen says she's been called to the priesthood since she was a girl. She's a lifelong Catholic, married with two grown daughters. Has a Doctor of Ministry and works as a spiritual counselor. .."



7 comments:

Anonymous said...

How wonderful! If I had known about this before, I would have driven down to Olympia for it.

Many years to God's new priest!

Mike said...

Can I be pretend ordained too?

Crusader said...

Well, Mike are you ordained or not ?

If you want to pretend just tell us you are "pretending". I assure these women are NOT pretending !

Ravensbarque said...

Crusader -- Mike is just your average, run-of-the-mill, wet-behind-the-ears misogynist. He doesn't realize that children and actors PRETEND. Adults in serious pursuuit of the truth and their calling do not PRETEND.

Mike said...

"Adults in serious pursuuit of the truth and their calling do not PRETEND."

Bridget Mary is quite the actor then, or she has the mind of a child.

Honorious IV said...

My teddy was ordained last year. I'm pleased to report that the ordination was valid, because the bishop was validly ordained. Teddy discerned for 2 years, then achieved his M.Div. Teddy now presides at my daughter's tea parties along with Barbie, Ken, and Raggedy Anne.

Ravensbarque said...

dis-Honorable --

Your profile says you are a 19 year old male and here you say you have a Teddy that presides at your daughter's tea parties. If you've got a daughter old enough to have tea parties, you must have been screwing around at a very young age.