Women's Ordination Conference
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Fall into WOC! Register for our Autumn 2026 events
WOC has a busy season of programming planned for our favorite season – the fall (of the patriarchy). Join us for the events below! Women’s Ordination Foundations – A Two-Part Series Moving forward from our 50th anniversary celebrations, WOC has updated and refreshed our online…
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RNS: Vatican blocks women’s homilies, testing Leo’s view of women in church
The executive director of the U.S.-based advocacy group for women’s ordination and gender equality in the church, Kate McElwee, called the Vatican’s decision “shameful” and “insulting” in a text message to Religion News Service. “There are countless qualified, trained, and…
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“Women’s Ordination: The Long View” by Mary E. Hunt for WOC50
Catholic Women’s Ordination: The Long View by Mary E. Huntfor Women’s Ordination Conference 50th Anniversary, Detroit, MIMay 23, 2026 Introduction Good evening and thank you for a very generous introduction. Many thanks to the organizers, WOC staff and board, speakers and…
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Toledo Blade: Activists mark 50 years of calling for women’s equality in the Catholic Church
A young Christine Schenk once sat in a pew at St. John Catholic Church in Lima, overcome by the beauty of the Mass, and thought she would love to be a priest. But the second grader knew she couldn’t because she was a girl. After graduating from Lima Central Catholic High School…
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Global Sisters Report: Nuns gather in support of 50th anniversary of Women’s Ordination Conference
It was a time to look back at a 50-year journey, but also a time to look forward to the next 50 years. More than 200 attendees at the Women’s Ordination Conference’s 50th anniversary celebration May 22-24 mourned the members who have died since the first gathering in 1975,…
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Global Sisters Report: After 50 years, women’s ordination advocates brainstorm paths to transform institutions
There were so many uplifting and energizing things to celebrate at the 50th anniversary of the Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) held over Pentecost weekend in Detroit, Michigan. Coalition work is key to any movement, and this one is no exception. So it was wonderful to see…
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NCR: Women’s ordination movement has always been about ‘more than ordination’
It’s time to completely rethink what ordination could look like in the Catholic Church, said one keynote speaker at the 50th anniversary celebration of the Women’s Ordination Conference. More than 200 attendees at the May 22-24 Women’s Ordination Conference’s mourned the members…
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Women’s Ordination Conference Marks 50 Year Anniversary with Detroit Gathering
For Immediate Release: May 22, 2026 DETROIT, MI: The Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a landmark gathering in Detroit, Michigan, May 22–24, 2026. Returning to the city that hosted its first conference in 1975, the conference will bring…
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Vocations Sunday 2026: Be Not Afraid!
“Vocations Sunday” is an annual day of action for the Women’s Ordination Conference. When the institutional church prays for vocations on Good Shepherd Sunday each spring, we make visible the many vocations turned away on the basis of gender. This year our message is Be Not…
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The Independent (UK): Vatican urged to follow Church of England’s example on ordaining women
A Catholic woman who flew from the United States for the installation of the first female Archbishop of Canterbury has voiced her hope that the Vatican is “paying attention” to the historic occasion. Jane Varner Malhotra, 57, from Washington DC, held a sign reading “Catholics,…