Women, make your presence in the Church known by your absence
“Niche issue”…“Further study is needed” …“When the time is right”
Sound familiar? These are headlines from the past month of the Synod on Synodality. The same tired excuses to continue to keep women out of ordained ministry.
We will no longer wait until ordained men decide the time is right.
Catholic Women Strike is a global campaign aimed at seeking to “remove all barriers to ministry and governance, including Holy Orders, for women and people of all genders, through withholding women’s time, labour, and resources from the Catholic Church for the duration of Lent 2025”. CWS is a project of Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC).
Check out the website, There is a tool kit with loads of ideas which is also available in Spanish, German, and Italian
CWO and Root & Branch invite you to a meeting about Catholic Women Strike (CWS), Thursday 20 February 2025: 20.00 – 21.30 (UK time)
More information will come in the newsletters as and when we have it
WOC’s Executive Director, Kate McElwee, will join us to talk about the project, to update us on global actions and to answer questions. We’ll also be joined by activists from around the world taking part in CWS who’ll be striking in their own way – each group, each individual will interpret ‘strike’ action for themselves.
CWO and Root & Branch are CWS partners. More information and a chance to register as an individual supporter is here: Get Involved — Catholic Women Strike