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Jamie Manson gave a hugely entertaining and thought provoking talk at our Annual Gathering 28.9.2024
Jamie Manson is President of Catholics for Choice. For over 15 years, she has been a thought leader and advocate in the field of women’s equality and reproductive rights in the Catholic Church and the public square. Jamie was a columnist at the National Catholic Reporter where she was the only openly lesbian journalist in the Catholic media in the world and an often-solitary voice for feminism, LGBTQ equality, and reproductive freedom. Jamie’s expertise in Catholicism and sexual ethics was first formed during her studies at Yale with her mentor, Margaret Farley, RSM. She is the recipient of the Sr. Theresa Kane Woman of Vision and Courage Award and was named a “Religious Leader to Watch” in 2020 by the Center for American Progress.
International Women’s Day
8th March 2023
Sr Mary Jo McElroy and Katharine Salmon
(Hosted by Root and Branch)
What if….
CWO in the media
Catholic Womens Ordination
BBC Points West 12 May 2019
CWO celebrated 20 years of campaigning on 24 March 2013, one of the coldest days of the year!
The struggle goes on.
“I Still Have Joy” and “Amazing Grace”
arranged by Peter Amidon, in his collection
“Fifty-Five Anthems for the Small Church Choir” – http://www.amidonmusic.com
Pippa Bonner on BBC News
What if…
Women called
Pippa… What form I hope my ministry would take
The Sin of Sexism
Origin of CWO and why people are part of this movement
Spiritual sustenance and liturgy in CWO
CWO Theology
Women’s Ordination Worldwide
Our foremothers
Ianthe Pratt has been involved in the Feminist movement in this country for many years. She ran The Association for Inclusive Language in the Liturgy.
In an interview in 1993 (CWO’s founding year) she was reported in the Catholic Herald saying she was certain there would be women priests. “I don’t believe you should deny someone something on the grounds of biology”. Ianthe has been and continues to be an inspiration to us all.
Una Kroll was trained as a surgeon, later became a nun and was ordained as a priest in the Church of England in 1993 after decades of campaigning for equality for women in religious organisations.
She then became a Roman Catholic to fight for justice for Roman Catholic women called to priesthood. She is also author of many books on feminism and spirituality including Flesh of My Flesh.
Eileen…
…a woman’s lifelong story of what influenced her within the Catholic Church and organisations, including CWO.
In her 90s, Eileen Sikorski recalls some of the influences on her faith journey. This spans links with St Joan’s Alliance (founded in 1911 advocating women’s equality in the church) and CWO. She keenly supports CWO locally, regrets that she did not say more about it on the video and is known to many CWO members nationally with whom she has campaigned over the years in faith groups . She illustrates that age does not dampen her enthusiasm and inspires many of us to continue CWO’s work.