Category Archives: Women’s Issues

Clergy Shirts: To Wear or Not to Wear

I follow the blog at Rev Gal Blog Pals.  There is always something interesting there.  Sometimes it is inspirational.  Other times motivational.  And occasionally even simple and fun.  Today’s post falls into the fun category, until I started thinking about … Continue reading

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Women’s Ordination Conference 17th Annual Day of Prayer

Yesterday was the 17th Annual Day of Prayer for the Ordination of Women in the Roman Catholic Church. In Washington, D.C., a group of Roman Catholic women gathered outside the Vatican Embassy to the United States to protest the on-going … Continue reading

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The Declaration of Sentiments, Seneca Falls Conference, 1848

The work started by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott in 1848, still has a long way to go before seeing their vision of equality fully realized.  One of the last bastions of discrimination toward women in the United States … Continue reading

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Pink Smoke Over the Vatican

  Presented by Eye Goddess Films: Pink Smoke Over The Vatican will also be screening at:The Women’s Ordination Conference 35th Anniversary, September 17th, 2010 in Chicago www.womensordination.orgThe Call To Action Conference November 6th in Milwaukee http://www.cta-usa.org/ And at the SOA … Continue reading

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Call to Boycott Mass

From the Irish Times – Friday, August 20, 2010 “Call to boycott Mass may be start of ‘revolution in Catholic Church” By PATSY McGARRY Religious Affairs Correspondent Speaking last night on the topic Catholic Church Reform: No More Thrones, he … Continue reading

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Women’s Equality: Boycott of Mass by Women in Ireland

As many of you know, though I am not a Roman Catholic (I left the Catholic Church in 1980 because of their strong patriarchal ways), I have been a strong supporter of the women’s equality in the Catholic Church and … Continue reading

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