"Making Liturgy"

Saturday 27 February 2010

St Andrew's Church
Short Street, Waterloo, London

Programme

10:15    Welcome / Coffee

10:45    Welcome Liturgy

11:00    First Session. What does ‘Making Liturgy’ mean? An introductory presentation in the form of a dialogue by some of the authors of the book Making Liturgy.

11:45    Small groups: each small group to be led by one of the authors:

a, Ianthe Pratt on inclusive language in liturgy,

b, Pat Pinsent on creating new liturgies,

c, Myra Poole on what can be expected from experiential liturgies.

12:45   Shared Lunch

14:00   Second session. Developing Liturgy. A short input lecture by Lala Winkley..

14:30   Making liturgy, workshops coordinated by Hilary Thompson:

d, Saying /words, prayers, texts, explanations

e, Sound /music, singing

f, Ambience /movement

15:15   Plenary, coordinated by Dorothea McEwan: 

a, each group reports on its workshop / presents its work / explains why they did what they did.

b, General discussion of problems encountered, pitfalls, solutions.

16:00   Tea

16:20    Concluding liturgy, as prepared by the groups.

16:50    End.       

Reflections on St Thérèse

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On the occasion of her relics being in Yorkshire, we will be looking at the spirituality of St Therese with special reference to her call to priesthood and her wish for a renewed model of ordained ministry

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The Lisieux Trust*  for Women's Ministry Education Day

 

Sat 28th Feb at St Andrews Church

Short Street, Waterloo (street opposite the Young Vic, off The Cut)

 

10.30 for 11.00am - 4.00pm

 

Cost £10 00

 

“Putting Tradition in its place - an encounter with the God of the Letter to the Hebrews”

 

Led by  The Ven. Dr. Joy Tetley

 

Joy Tetley is an Anglican priest, theologian and teacher.  Until recently, she was Archdeacon of Worcester.  Now based in Oxford, she is further exploring a ministry of prayer, writing and teaching. As well as parochial and Cathedral ministry, her previous posts have been in the field of theological education, relating to both pre- and post-ordination training.

 

Joy was made deaconess in 1977, deacon in 1987, and was among the first tranche of women to be ordained priest in the Church of England in 1994.  Over recent years, she has been closely involved in the C of E's examination of the issue of women in the episcopate.  She has a keen interest in ecumenism, being a member of the Church of England's Council for Christian Unity and having  participated in a number of ecumenical dialogues (most recently the Anglican-Orthodox conversations).  Her areas of particular focus are biblical studies, spirituality and ministerial theology.  She has a special and long-standing passion for the Letter to the Hebrews (the subject of her doctoral thesis) and its vital significance for today.

* see the link on our home page

On Thursday, June 26, Archbishop Raymond Burke imposed penalities on Sister Louise Lears, Sister of Charity, for her support of women's full equality and justice in the Roman Catholic Church.

Stand up for Vatican II

 

A meeting to launch Stand up for Vatican II will be held on the 26 January 2010, at St Vincent’s Carlisle Place, Westminster SW1P 1NL,  (alongside Westminster Cathedral), starting at 7.00 pm.

 

Stand up for Vatican II is a campaign designed to involve the whole Church, Catholic organisations and individuals, who recognise the benefits the Second Vatican Council brought to the Church to stand together to celebrate the forty fifth anniversary of the closure of the Council. 

 

Our speakers will be:

 

·        Robert Nowell, as assistant editor of The Tablet he reported from the Council, subsequently report widely on Church affairs as well as translating the works of Hans Kung.

·        Myra Poole SND de Namur - Educator, Historian, Feminist Theologian and activist for women in all churches but especially in the RC Church. Present main interest - 'Ecclesiology in a Different Voice'.

·        Michael Winter is a theologian, and founder member of the Movement for Married Clergy. He is the author of several books on English Catholicism, including WHATEVER HAPPENED TO VATICAN II?

 

Who will each describe why they are standing up for Vatican II and why the whole Church should gather together celebrate this important anniversary.

 

In the chair Frank Regan

 

We hope that many people will want to join us on this important occasion and ask only that you let us know in advance that you will be coming. Please send an email to standup4vat2@yahoo.co.uk or write to Bernard Wynne at 180 Blackfen Road, Sidcup, DA15 8PT.

 

There will be a WOW steering committee meeting on 3-6 April at the The Royal Foundation of St Katherine, Butcher Row, London E14 8DS.

There will be an event on Friday 4 April. For more details please contact info@catholic-womens-ordination.org.uk as above

St Andrew's
Short Street
London
SE1 8LJ

Please contact info@catholic-womens-ordination.org.uk for further details.

This is to commemorate the document Mulieris Dignitatem (see http://www.womenpriests.org/church/mulieris.asp) which is now 20 years old.

We are sending our thoughts on this document to the Vatican via one of the representatives who are attending the discussion.

Please contact info@catholic-womens-ordination.org.uk for details of what we have sent.

London & Southwark WATCH (Women and the Church) and CWO (Catholic Women’s Ordination) are combining to hold a service on 6th October at 3.30 pm in:
St John's Church, Waterloo (opposite Waterloo Station)
followed by a wine reception.

This service is held in celebration of women's ordination to all three orders.

Looking back to 20 years of the diaconate and 13 years of the priesthood.

Looking forward in anticipation of the appointment of women as bishops and to support the call of RC women to be Deacons and Priests.

Please contact us for more information

St Chad’s Church,
Otley Road, Far Headingley, Leeds LS16 5JT
7.30pm
1st Oct 2007

Speakers will talk about Therese's call to priesthood and share their own vocation journeys towards ordained ministry. There will be discussion on the campaign for Women's Ordination Worldwide (WOW). There will be the opportunity to share prayer together, and refreshments afterwards.

For further information
katharinesalmon@hotmail.com
pat@patbrown-at.co.uk

womenwordspirit annual gather

• all women welcome
• 11.00am - 5.30 pm
• £15 waged £10 low/unwaged
• Bring food to share

 Rosemary Radford Ruther -"Where is feminist theology Today?"

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Vatican Action - WOW! in Rome

 

Wednesday 15^th October, the Feast Day of St Teresa of Avila, saw a series of actions in Rome which challenged the Vatican over its ban on Catholic women’s ordination and its exclusion of women from Lectionary readings.  On 15^th October, at a well-attended press conference organized by the German branch of We Are Church, journalists heard strong statements from national and international groups, speaking as members of Women’s Ordination Worldwide.  The group included Anne Brown (New Wine) and myself; Angelika Fromm (We are Church Germany), Aisha Taylor (Women’s Ordination Conference, USA), and Marleen Wijdeveld (Roman Catholic Womenpriests, Netherlands).  There were also representatives from Portugal and Japan.  We decorated the press-room with purple and gold silk table covers from We Are Church, and a WOC banner.  In the press release (see CWO website) which was picked up by AP, the Catholic News Service, the International Herald Tribune, the Washington Post and other papers, the speakers challenged the Papal ban on discussion of the issue, reminded listeners that in 1976, Catholic theologians had found no scriptural objections against women’s ordination, and linked the issue to Jesus’ gospel message of liberation and justice and worldwide issues of women’s poverty and oppression.   Unfortunately, no British journalists attended the press conference, but we were pleased that last week’s Tablet published a short piece (with cartoon!)      

 

Several of us then dressed in classical costume typical of early Roman Christian women (lots of 21^st-century safety pins), with placards identifying us as prominent women leaders of the early Church.  Others wore multilingual purple T-shirts, courtesy of Aisha and Erin from WOC. We processed, singing, to St Peter’s Square, followed by photographers.  In balmy sunshine, we entered the Square and moved around with the WOC banner, talking to people and giving out leaflets; people were friendly, sometimes indifferent, but rarely hostile.  As far as I recall, we saw no police at this time. 

 

Later that day, having replaced our togas with T-shirts, we held a short street liturgy outside a nearby church, and returned to the Square where Angelika and Marleen were due to hand in a petition at the Bronze Doors (where the Swiss Guards stand).  The petition, calling for the restoration of the diaconate to women, had been coordinated by Housetop (www.womenpriests.org) and had been signed by 26 Catholic organisations and over 1700 individuals.  This time, we were accosted by the police (doubtless alerted by the press release) almost as soon as we entered the Square, and our passports were taken from us and details noted.  More and more security personnel appeared – at one point, we counted 13!  Finally, the top Vatican security official rolled up in a shiny car, told us politely we could not go any further and said he would make sure the petition reached the Pope.  As the police still had our passports, we had no choice but to accept his offer.

 

Next day, we returned to the Square to continue handing out leaflets, but were stopped almost immediately and our passports checked against a typed list.  The police were friendly, but told us we needed authorization to hand out material, both in the Vatican or Italy, and that we shouldn’t do it again.  However, we continued to do so discreetly as we explored other places in Rome (two of us wearing the ‘Better Birettas’ made by Pat Brown, which attracted lots of amused looks and brought people over to find out more).

Jennifer Stark

For pictures, and lots more on the Rome event, go to

www.womensordination.org

 

 

 

Worldwide Ordination of Women (WOW) have issued a press release about the recent decree by the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, which automatically excommunicates anyone involved in the ordination of women priests

Read it here

Saturday 13 October 2007
St Andrew's Anglican Church
Short Street
London
SE1 8LJ

10.00	Welcome and refreshments
10.30-12.30	Business meeting
12.30-2.00	Lunch and time to chat
2.00-4.00	Talk by Rev. Robert Kaggwa, SMA, Roman Catholic Chaplain at University of Roehampton. Expert in Contextual Theology "Young People and the Church" Questions and Discussion Closing liturgy

CWO Annual Gathering

Saturday, 11 October 2008

Morning session

76 Church Road, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 3EB

10.30am Arrivals refreshments

11.00 am – 1.00pm CWO AGM

1.00pm – 2.00pm buffet lunch

Afternoon session

Lower Bebington Methodist Church Hall (5 minutes from 76 Church Road)

2.00pm Resources Exhibition on Conservation

2.30pm Main speaker – Martin Deane, activist and Green Party Candidate

Small group discussion and preparation of questions

Tea

3.30 panel of speakers

5.00pm finish

Directions M53 junc. 4

Follow signs to Bromborough

Turn left at traffic lights on to Church Road

No 76 is 100 yards along on left next to local shop

Members in North West offer accommodation to some members for overnight stay

There is also a Travel inn at Bromborough

Contact info@catholic-womens-ordination.org.uk   07904210010

Greenbelt  22 - 25 August 2008 at Cheltenham Racecourse

Greenbelt gives space to a range of issues, especially those that are given little or no debate at other Christian events.

We have booked a stall at this years festival so come and see us if you’re visiting the festival.

See http://www.greenbelt.org.uk/ for more details.