“Act Now to Support Maryknoll Priest Roy Bourgeois: Hold Maryknoll and Vatican Accountable”
We congratulate Fr. Roy Bourgeois for his courageous stance in public support of women priests. The Vatican’s oppressive tactics that have led Maryknoll to demand that he recant his support for women priests or be dismissed after 40 years in religious life are shameful. This patriarchal response manifests a domineering consciousness and not the Christ consciousness that affirms women and men as equals. More than any order, the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers are aware of the connection between "might makes right" and the suffering of women, children, and all marginalized peoples. Instead of standing up to the Vatican and shining their light by supporting Fr. Roy, and women priests, the Maryknoll Order is participating in the Vatican's abuse of power.
Our “Spirited” movement is growing in Canada, U.S. Europe and in Latin America. Now more and more people, including priests, nuns, and theologians are expressing their solidarity with women priests as a movement for justice and the full equality of women in the church. For the Catholic hierarchy, women priests are a revolution, for Fr. Roy and millions of people, the time has come for this holy shakeup!
Now it is your turn to take action and support Roy Bourgeois. Let us follow St. Catherine of Siena’s advice and cry out as if we had a million voices.
1. Contact Maryknoll by email, letter of phone. Express your support for Fr. Roy’s prophetic stance for justice and equality for women in the church.
Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers • Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Inc. PO Box 305 • Maryknoll, New York 10545-0305 Phone: (914) 941-7590
Write a note of thanks to Rev. Roy L. Bourgeois, M.M. P.O. Box 3330 Columbus, GA 31903
2. Sign petition of support of Ft. Roy on WOC website:
http://www.womensordination.org/index.php?option=com_chronocontact&chronoformname=form
Bridget Mary Meehan, rcwp
941-955-2313
Janice Sevre-Duszynska, rcwp
859-684-4247
rhythmnsofthedance@msn.com
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