Imprisoned for breaking apartheid law, excommunicated for breaking Vatican law, Bishop Patricia Fresen looks more sweet grandma than warrior — especially carrying the stuffed black sheep she presents with a smile: “We’re the black sheep of the church,” she said.
A church celebrates with women as priests
Several months ago, Kathy Schuck’s 15-year-old daughter posed a question that seemed innocuous but that became a call to action.
The gist of Ann Schuck’s question: Why did girls and women seem to be less important than men in their
Female bishop speaks up for views, talks about ‘Womenpriest Movement’
Bishop Patricia Fresen says she dreams of establishing a church in which people of all genders, races and sexual orientations are treated equally and allowed to assume positions of leadership.
Fresen, a leader of the Roman Catholic Womenpriest Movement, spoke
An American Nun Responds To Vatican Criticism
As an aside, the Sisters of St. Francis in Dubuque, Iowa were the spirit-filled women who formed me in grade school at St John Brebeuf Parish in Niles IL. God bless them all.
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Lexington woman ordained as priest
To the Vatican, Donna LeMaster Rougeux, a married mother of three who works as a hospice chaplain, is part of a revolt.
But Rougeux and others believe she is following a spiritual calling.
Rougeux, 52, was ordained through the Association
Sexism and the Roman Catholic Church
By — Roy Bourgeois
I have been a Catholic priest for years and like most people I know, my experiences in life have changed me.
Growing up in a small town in Louisiana, as Catholics, my family did not question
Holy Wisdom Monastery provides church services for disaffected local Catholics
Alice Jenson’s faith took an irreversible turn six years ago.
It was Nov. 5, 2006, and she was contributing to Mass at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Madison as a lay person, reading Bible passages from the lectern.
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Former North Side Catholic nun gets ordained
The Nun’s Story …
A former North Side Catholic nun was ordained a priest recently in an unsanctioned church ceremony in Fort Myers, Fla.
She was immediately ex-communicated from the Catholic church.
“I reject that,” said Judy Beaumont, 74 —
Thoughts on the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter
COMMENTARY by Lisa Fullam
The New York Times reported on the launch January 1 of the new ordinariate (like a diocese, but nation-wide in scope,) for Anglicans wishing to swim the Tiber and become Catholics. (For more about the ordinariate,