"Patience Running Thin for Church in Ireland" by Daniel O'Carroll /It is time for Womenpriests in Ireland

http://www.irishcentral.com/story/news/danny_boy/patience-running-thin-for-church-in-ireland-104235494.html

"The writing is well and truly on the wall that the female ordination issue will be a major bone of contention between the Church and its faithful in Ireland, and opposition to the stalemate now seems to be springing from within the ranks of the Church and the faithful itself. The Irish Examiner reports yesterday that a campaigning nun from Fermoy (Co.Cork) is challenging the Church's no-go stance on ordaining female priests. "People are looking for change now," wrote Sr Louvenagh Heffernan in the Cork-based daily, "and that means the priesthood has to change." But Sister Heffernan is just the latest figure within 'the fold' to criticize the way the modern Roman Catholic Church is run, and to take issue with the notion that the issue of female ordination isn't up for discussion. "

Bridget Mary's Reflection:
Right on Daniel O'Carroll. Thank you Sister Louvenagh for speaking up for women's ordination. May our Church practice the equality that Jesus modeled to embrace all women and men whom the Holy Spirit has called for sacramental service. Now is the time for courageous Irish women who are unafraid to embrace their vocation for priestly ministry. Do it in the name of Jesus who called Mary Magdalene and Junia as apostles, and Phoebe as deacon, Theodora and Brigit of Kildare as bishops. Join the growing movement of ordained women serving the People of God in egalitarian, inclusive Catholic communities. The full equality of women in the church is the voice of God in our time. For more information, visit
www.romancatholicwomenpriests.org
Bridget Mary Meehan, RCWP
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