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“It is time to walk a different path. This path is not about accumulating stuff. It’s not about money and power. It’s not about dominating other living being...
A contemporary Sikh 'saint' may offer insights into overcoming polarization
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On Sept. 15, 2021, I gathered on a warm Mesa, Arizona, evening with a few hundred others to honor the memory of Balbir Singh Sodhi, who had be...
What if conversations had the power to transform society? Justice Rising, a new bi-monthly podcast created by the Intercommunity Peace and Justice Center, is setting out to do just that! Each episode will highlight people and organizations doing justice work, exploring the central question: How can we bring about healing, liberation, and transformation in our church, our world, ourselves, and our communities?
In preparation for the Sept 24th Beyoncé Mass Seattle, Rev. Yolanda Norton presented two classes on August 24 and 31. During the August 31st class, Rev. Norton shares the unexpected origin of Beyoncé Mass, its roots in Womanist Theology, and where this project may be headed. August 24th: www.dropbox.com/s/vxzn5a54om29ic0/Norton%20Presentation%20Wk%203%20FINAL.mp4?dl=0![]()
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As Pope Francis travels to Slovakia, Sr. Miriam Therese Winter joins FutureChurch and the Women’s Ordination Conference to recall the ministry and life of Ludmila Javorová, a woman who was ordained a Roman Catholic priest by Bishop Felix Davidek to serve in the underground church there when the church was under threat by the Communist regime from 1948 through 1989.![]()
Learn about her life, ministry, and why she is important as the world follows Francis to Slovakia.
Pope Francis, Meet Your Priest: Ludmila Javorová with Miriam Therese (M.T. Winter)
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Along with a number of other faith leaders from across the U.S., Intercommunity Peace & Justice Center's executive director Will Rutt will join a march led by asylum seeking migrants at the border in Nogales, Arizona & Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. Join the march virtually to stand in solidarity with asylum seekers and restore protections for holy families.![]()
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Join Intercommunity Peace & Justice Center on Zoom to celebrate National Migration Week as we gather in solidarity with the migrant community at our southern border. Come and share your connections to migration, learn about what’s happening on the border, pray and reflect on where God is calling us to respond, and find out what we can do to make a difference. Wed., September 22, 5 - 6pm PDT![]()
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Beyoncé Mass uses the music and life of Beyoncé as a tool to cultivate an empowering conversation about Black women—their lives, bodies, and voices—and create an experience of story, scripture, and song that calls for the liberation of all people. The mass is free and everyone is welcome.
Interview: Valarie Kaur is a civil rights activist, lawyer and filmmaker. She is the author of See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love. Read more at www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/interview/valarie-kaur/
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As Pope Francis travels to Slovakia next week, Sr. Miriam Therese Winter will join FutureChurch and the Women's Ordination Conference to recall the ministry and life of Ludmila Javorová, a woman who was ordained a Roman Catholic priest by Bishop Felix Davidek to serve in the underground church there when the church was under threat by the Communist regime from 1948 through 1989.![]()
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The conversation will take place on Tuesday, September 14, at 12:00 PM ET. Register at www.futurechurch.org/pope-francis-meet-your-priest-ludmila-javorova for the Zoom link. ![]()
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During his travels (Sept. 12-15), Pope Francis will visit his Jesuit brothers and likely recall the heroism of Jesuit priest Ján Chryzostom Korec who, under Communist rule, was secretly ordained a bishop (at the age of 27) and carried out his underground pastoral ministry - work that landed him in prison. Korec was later made a cardinal by John Paul II.![]()
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Yet, Pope Francis will not spend time with 89-year-old Ludmila Javorová, a Catholic woman who put her duty to care for the Church and God's people over her need for safety by becoming secretly, but fully ordained as a priest under the communist regime. ![]()
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Ordained in 1970 by Bishop Felix Davidek, Javorová became vicar general for a major branch of the underground Czech church for twenty years. ![]()
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Ludmila Javorová became the first woman ordained to the priesthood to tell her story publicly, confiding her experience in its entirety to Sr. Miriam Therese Winter, who later published her authorized biography in 2001. ![]()
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Join us as Sr. Miriam Therese Winter shares her story of meeting Ludmila. Learn how the story of her heroism unfolded between them and how they became very close friends along the way. We will also discuss the implications of her clandestine ordination and the Vatican's effort to "erase" it because Ludmila is a priest who is a woman. ![]()
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This story is important for all people as Pope Francis journeys to meet Catholics in Slovakia and celebrate those who courageously protected and pastored Catholics there when the times called for such selfless measures.
Book review: In Women of the Bible, Tel Aviv-based photographer Dikla Laor celebrates dozens of biblical women and aims to shine a light on the important roles that biblical matriarchs played in the holy texts. Read more: www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/golan-heights-landscapes-photographer-reimagines-biblical-womens-s...
In Golan Heights landscapes, photographer reimagines biblical women's stories
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So often when many of us think of women in the Bible, Eve comes to mind. But who else? A self-published photography book, aptly called Women o...
A webinar : Early Textual Changes to the Gospel of John: Suppressions of Mary Magdalene's Authority?![]()
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Elizabeth Schrader (M.A. '15, S.T.M '16), a current Ph.D. Candidate in Early Christianity at Duke University, will present her research on the manuscripts of the Gospel of John. Schrader is well-known...
People's Catholic Seminary offers a new course beginning on September 14: Blessing Book facilitated by Mary Ann Matthys.
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Home Interest - Season of Creation
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Season of Creation 2021 A home for all? Renewing the Oikos of God WATCH: Amid crises that have shaken our world, the global Christian family was awakened to the urgent need to heal our relationships w...
PCS 707 - We Make The Road By Walking: A Year Long Quest for Spiritual Formation
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Journey with us as we use Brian McLaren's book to explore Christian theology. It is a work of constructive theology—offering a positive, practical, open, faithful, improvable, and fresh articulation...
Stand with us for LGBTQI+ Non-Discrimination
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The Western Region of Roman Catholic Womenpriests endorses New Ways Ministry’s statement “A Home for All: A Catholic Call for LGBTQ Non-Discrimination.” God hears the cries of those suffering, s...
July 22: Mary Magdalene’s Feast Day, 2021 - Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
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Sister Joan Chittister calls Mary Magdalene “an important icon for the 21st Century” who urges women to listen to the call of Christ over the call of the church; and who calls “women to courage ...
The feast of St. Mary Magdalene, Apostle to the Apostles, is quickly approaching, and our members across the country are planning events to celebrate the woman called by Jesus to proclaim the Resurrection and the people of all genders whom God calls to ordained ministry today. ![]()
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Vigils are planned in the following cities on Thursday, July 22:![]()
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Chicago: 4:30 p.m. CST, Archbishop Quigley Center, 835 N. Rush St. ![]()
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Philadelphia: Morning vigil at Three Sisters Park. ![]()
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Washington, D.C.: Candlelight vigil and procession to St. Matthew's Cathedral (1725 Rhode Island Ave. NW). Meet at Dupont Circle fountain at 8:00 p.m. EDT, with vigil at the steps of the Cathedral beginning at 8:15 p.m. ![]()
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If you'd like to participate and there's not a vigil in your location, don't worry! You can download our prayer card here. Consider wearing red (and including a paper red egg if you can!) and sharing a photo on social media with the hashtags #OrdainWomen and #ToutesApotres. You can tag us on Instagram @womensordination and on Twitter @OrdainWomen.
PCS 707 - We Make The Road By Walking: A Year Long Quest for Spiritual Formation
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Tomorrow we are sending out our first regional newsletter, "Hope for a Renewed Church." Please subscribe to receive this newsletter and stay connected with us. The encouragement and support from people like you continues to sustain us and our commitment to creating pathways for Roman Catholic people excluded by the Vatican to be ordained and follow their callings from God. ![]()
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The Women Who Want to Be Priests
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They feel drawn by God to the calling—and won’t let the Vatican stop them.
From Bernadette Raspante, Vice President, WOC Board of Directors:![]()
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When people hear that I am passionate about ordination justice and inclusivity in the Catholic Church, they always ask why I don’t just leave and join a church that does those things already?![]()
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I’ve stolen my response from my high school youth minister: “If you throw rocks and yell from outside, you are easy to dismiss. If you throw rocks from inside, someone has to clean up the mess.” ![]()
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As a little girl, I tried to fit into a tradition and a spirituality that was not built for me.![]()
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It didn’t fit around my experiences and my understanding of the world. As a young adult, I went “parish hopping,” trying to find a more comfortable space where I felt represented.![]()
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I started to follow WOC’s work and learned that there were spaces that honored my experiences and understanding of the world. I grew even more interested in WOC as I grew in my own feminist thought and theology. I followed WOC from a distance at first and then could no longer help becoming more involved.![]()
I am a newer member of the WOC Board of Directors, but I feel so at home in the spaces that WOC creates. This past year, when all houses of worship moved online, my spirituality was deepened by participating in WOC’s virtual liturgies, retreats, and days of prayer. In addition, I connected with other people in the Young Feminist Network, trying to answer similar questions about the Church. ![]()
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The work of WOC is crucial because these experiences should be commonplace. It shouldn’t be extraordinary that I found a spiritual home as a Catholic woman. This should be how the church works - to be open and welcoming to all, to be truly representative of all believers. To fight for the inclusion and ordination of women, trans and non-binary folks. To stand up to the injustices that the church continues to perpetuate. ![]()
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This work, grounded so deeply in tradition, can not be fueled only by passion. To do this work, to have our voices heard, we need your continued financial support. A donation to WOC is a donation towards an inclusive and renewed priesthood that benefits all believers.
From Jennifer O'Malley, WOC board president: ![]()
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Your support of the Women's Ordination Conference (WOC) is personal for me and countless girls and women who are called to ordination to the priesthood.![]()
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As a young child I was fascinated with liturgy and the role of the priest. Unfortunately, the message I received was that exploring that fascination was not an option because I was a girl. Who God was calling me to be was pushed aside simply because of my gender. ![]()
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The work of WOC gave me hope and I was ordained with the Roman Catholic Womenpriests in 2012. But the struggle did not end with my ordination.![]()
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The Roman Catholic Church continues to say that only males can be validly ordained and continues to promote policies that oppress half of the world's population. Recently, the Vatican reaffirmed their oppression of God’s call of women when they revised the Code of Canon Law and included the automatic excommunication of any women “attempting” ordination. ![]()
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WOC works tirelessly to bring awareness to the oppression of women and people of all genders in our Church and to be sure that the voice of all those called to ordination is heard. WOC works consistently to attempt dialogue with those in Church leadership to emphasize the importance of recognizing and lifting up the call to ordination of people of all genders. ![]()
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This work must continue so that one day no young child will think that their call to ordination has to be quashed simply because of their gender.
Donate Now | Justice With Every Stride by Women's Ordination Conference
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The Torah affirms and celebrates LGBTQ+. #pride #jewish #torah #rabbiRabbi Seth Goldstein (@rabbi_360) has created a short video on TikTok with music Vayehi Binsoa. | The Torah affirms and celebrates LGBTQ+. #pride #jewish #torah #rabbi | “And ALL people were created in the image of God.” —Genesis 1:27
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Urge Your Senators to Pass The George Floyd Justice Policing Act!
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On this anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, we continue to cry Black Lives Matter! Since the death of George Floyd, according to Mapping Police Violence at least 1,068 people have died at the h...
On this Juneteenth, let us never forget the legacy of slavery and how it has and continues to shape the reality of our lives. May we continue to work towards liberation, haunted by the collective and individual sins of our past, and inspired by the strength and resilience of all those who struggle for freedom.
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As many of you may have seen already, Women's Ordination Conference created a recent campaign that calls for the Vatican and Pope Francis to stop criminalizing God's call to women. They are encouraging everyone to sign the petition, and we would like to help them in their campaign that resists the patriarchal heirarchy's criminalization of women's ordination. ![]()
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1. Reading and signing the petition at www.womensordination.org/pope-francis-stop-criminalizing-gods-call/. ![]()
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3. Sending an email or letter to your local bishop, explaining why you are signing the petition and why you care about uplifting women's ordination. ![]()
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WOC's campaign comes in the wake of the Vatican affirming the harsh punishments for people ordaining women and women-ordained. RCWP can join WOC in spreading a message of the evident, empowering, and flourishing embodiments of Christ through women-priests. God's call should not be criminalized.
Pope Francis: Stop Criminalizing God's Call - Women's Ordination Conference
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Dear Pope Francis, Your recent codification of the “crime” of ordaining a woman is nothing less than an attempt to criminalize God’s call. This effort is theologically unsound and incompatible w...
A note from Phil Owen, SideWalk Executive Director: ![]()
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March of last year heralded a frightening and lonely time for us all. It impacted people experiencing homelessness in a fierce way. Restaurants and retail shops closed. Windows were boarded up. Pedestrians disappeared from the sidewalks. People experiencing homelessness witnessed the world disappear.![]()
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Answering to the closure of critical services for our most vulnerable neighbors, SideWalk mounted a response. We doubled our operating hours. We set up a bank of phones and computers for people to use for accessing services. We converted our backyard to a day center. We worked quickly to create a remote system for our volunteers to provide housing services. And finally, our hard-working team of housing case managers continued to provide wrap-around services to those with the greatest need.![]()
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Despite all the challenges that a global pandemic brought us, SideWalk helped 226 people safely move off the streets and into homes in 2020.![]()
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I'd personally like to thank our community partners, fellow social service providers, and donors. We owe you an enormous debt of gratitude for the outpouring of support that allowed us to expand services.![]()
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And to our amazing volunteers, interns, and staff, thank you for seeing us through these difficult times. You persevered. You served others with more dedication and compassion than humanly possible. ![]()
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In service and with deep gratitude...Phil
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RESCHEDULED: Honest Conversations on Racism (Now on June 16)
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Sunday: CTA Metro NY is pleased to welcome Lincoln Cochrane to speak about the Tulsa Race Massacre and its historical significance today, 100 years later.
The Tulsa Race Massacre: 100 Years Later
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Lincoln Cochrane, a leader in Black Wall Street Alliance, will speak about the historical significance of the Tulsa Race Massacre.
Pope Francis: Stop Criminalizing God's Call - Women's Ordination Conference
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Dear Pope Francis, Your recent codification of the “crime” of ordaining a woman is nothing less than an attempt to criminalize God’s call. This effort is theologically unsound and incompatible w...
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The author, activist, and pastor shares her vision for the future of the Catholic Church.
Interfaith Works is hosting a Summer Camp for children Grades 2 - 6 from July 26-30. For more information, please see the link below.
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Join us for 2021 Faith Explorations, an Interfaith Works Summer Camp, July 26-30, 2021.
tonight:
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In March, the Vatican released a statement saying that the Catholic Church could offer no blessings to the same-sex couples. While disappointing, we know that millions of Catholics all over the glob...
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Pope Francis’ June 1 changes to the Code of Canon Law (Book VI) on offenses and punishments fail to correct the mischaracterization of the “grave crime” of women following their authentic vocati...
Urge Your Senators to Pass The George Floyd Justice Policing Act!
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On this anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, we continue to cry Black Lives Matter! Since the death of George Floyd, according to Mapping Police Violence at least 1,068 people have died at the h...
Laudato Si’ Week 2021: Everything you need to know - Laudato Si Week
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Laudato Si’ Week 2021: Everything you need to know, who is speaking, where, and how you can participate and watch on YouTube.
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people-2577925_1920 c.jpg (Pixabay/StockSnap) An international group of theologians and scholars released an academic statement on May 4...
Celebrate Pride Month. Bless LGBTQI People.
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Add Your Name to the Catholic Pride Blessing In March, the Vatican released a statement saying that the Catholic Church could offer no blessings to the same-sex couples. While this statement has cause...
The Community Kitchen’s team needs your help. We have ten days to raise a total of $5K for the 2021 Hunger Walk. You can donate here to join our team! The event ends May 2nd and we may reach our goal yet. If The Walk is successful this year, The Community Kitchen, Senior Services and Thurston Food Bank will each receive $20,000.
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A Virtual Walk to equally benefit Thurston County Food Bank, Senior Services for South Sound and The Community Kitchen. 100% of the funds raised go to feeding people of all ages. Hungry neighbors get ...
Like the traditional barn raising rooted deep in Midwestern tradition, this is our time to join together and "Raise the House" for our most vulnerable neighbors.
Raise the House For the Love of our Community
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You have a part in contributing to raise $2 million to turn the new Interfaith Works Shelter into a home where quality is never compromised.
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"Ask a seminarian"
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The second installment of my series, without the lamb puppet this time.
Ecumenical Advocacy Days is coming up next week (April 18-21) and it is not too late to sign up for this year's virtual gathering.
Home - Ecumenical Advocacy Days for Global Peace with Justice
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Annual gathering of Christian advocates and activists grounded in biblical witness and shared traditions of justice, peace and the integrity of creation.
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COVID19 | United Way of Thurston County
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COVID-19 Response & Recovery Volunteers Thank you for joining United Way of Thurston County in our response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Your support means a great deal as we unite to m...
People's Catholic Seminary announces new program: Belle Coeur Spiritual Formation by Sibyl Dana Reynolds
"Unbreakable Solidarity" Online Course
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"Unbreakable Solidarity" is an online course from White Awake that focuses on how we build collective power on the bedrock of interdependence and use this power to get free. Register today!
PCS 703 - Icon Painting with Peter Pearson
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Paint a simple icon with Iconographer, Peter Pearson
People’s Catholic Seminary Announces New Course beginning in April 2021. This course provides new perspectives on the legacy of Jesus in the earliest Christian communities that include a fresh mixture of the traditional New Testament Gospels alongside a treasure chest of ancient texts that were lost for centuries and now have been discovered and translated: the Gospel of Mary, the Gospel of Thomas, the Acts of Paul and Thecla, the Prayer of Thanksgiving, and The Thunder: Perfect Mind. These texts are just as important as the canonical New Testament in shaping early Christian communities and beliefs. They reveal a fuller portrait of the life, teachings, and ministry of Jesus that broaden intellectual understanding and spiritual growth.
PCS 505 - A New, New Testament: Exploring Sacred Texts
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Rev. Dr. Bridget Mary Meehan, MA, D.Min, ARCWP, a Sister for Christian Community, is one of the founding members of the People’s Catholic Seminary. She is a member of the pastoral team at Mary Mothe...
The Vatican 'Doubts' Same-Sex Love, But More Doubt The Vatican
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Beware the Ides of March, the day Julius Caesar went to his reward in 44 BCE. This was the day that the “Responsum of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) to a dubium regarding the b...
Join with Olympia UU’s and other faith groups around the globe in launching a Green Faith Initiative, “Sacred People, Sacred Earth” on March 11 at noon. During this virtual gathering, faith groups will make demands and take action for our collective social and environmental well-being. March 11 will begin eight months of advocacy in the name of love and equity to prepare for the global November 2021 Climate Conference. The Olympia launch will include mindful prayer, song, and a listing of demands by different faith groups, as well as a call for concrete actions. Registration is preferred, but not required. ![]()
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Register by e-mailing olympiagreenfaith@gmail.com. You can join us by Zoom with meeting ID: 899 8077 5923, and passcode: 258381.
GNRC is responding to recent events in Ghana, where Catholic Church leaders have targeted LGBTIQ groups and their right to operate in Ghana. GNRC recently issued this press release regarding this issue.
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The Global Network of Rainbow Catholics reports that the Ghanaian LGBTIQ community is under attack following a letter from Ghana’s Catholic Bishops. English / Español / Portuguese / Italian / Frenc...
Fasting - Almsgiving - Prayer The Great 100 Days
Fasting - Almsgiving - Prayer The Great 100 Days
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This short video expounds upon the practices of fasting, alms giving and intensive prayer, the essential practices mentioned in The Great 100 Days video.
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JHO friends and family, A lot has been happening at this year's legislative session. Housing advocates and engaged community members have been working hard to push for legislation aimed at keeping peo...
On March 25th, we will celebrate the 27th annual World Day of Prayer for Women's Ordination with "digital greetings" to vocations directors, bishops, and USCCB representatives with the message from the day's Feast of the Annunciation:![]()
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Olympia Mutual Aid Partners (OlyMAP) is raising emergency funds for replacement tents, tarps, heaters, and survival necessities for our houseless neighbors.![]()
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We’ve already had a heavy snowfall and today is supposed to be even worse. Storms like these always fell branches and wreak havoc on tents and makeshift structures. When they do, homeless folks are often faced with the additional loss of whatever was stored inside, now ruined by the wet and the cold.![]()
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We know that many of us in our community can’t look outside from the comfort of our homes without thinking about those without. Please consider giving what you can. For those without the very basics of survival, a little help can make a big difference.![]()
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If you are able to give, you can use the link below. Please share!
Snowstorm: Support our houseless community!, organized by Robert Bruce
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Olympia Mutual Aid Partners (OlyMAP) is raising emergency funds for replaceme... Robert Bruce needs your support for Snowstorm: Support our houseless community!
Perspective | Black Catholic women like Amanda Gorman are forgotten prophets of American democracy
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Recalling their history is crucial to understanding the history of civil rights.
Pope Francis' Latest Moves To Empower Women In Roman Catholic Church
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Pope Francis has appointed women to two Vatican posts previously held only by men. One of the appointments is to a high position in the bishop's synod, which helps decide Catholic rules.
DignityUSA has just launched an advocacy campaign aimed at broadening the number of homes available to children in foster care. On their way out the door, the previous administration changed HHS policy to enable publicly-funded religiously affiliated providers to reject LGBTQ+ applicants from licensure as foster/adoptive parents. We’re asking the Biden Administration to act quickly to overturn this change. Please help us gain the broadest possible endorsement of this effort by signing yourselves and sharing with your network.
Ask President Biden to Restore LGBTQI Family Protections
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Take Action. Ask the President to Restore LGBTQI Protections In early January 2021, the outgoing Presidential administration changed an important rule of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Servic...
Interfaith Works - 2020 Review
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2020 was a year full of pivots and surprises. In this video, we reflect on all the incredible happenings of the year.
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A WEEK TO REFLECT, REMEMBER, AND HEAL February 6-13, 2021
We are pleased to offer the Women’s Ordination Conference’s first-ever virtual retreat February 26-28, 2021, titled “Creative Wisdom, Subversive Spirit.” ![]()
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This is an invitation to come as you are, wherever you are, and know that the living Spirit already meets you there. It is a chance to be renewed and strengthened in the journey for ordination justice in the Catholic Church. ![]()
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The retreat will combine online gatherings with pre-recorded offerings for reflection that fit into your life and schedule. We anticipate a time commitment of 1.5 hours on Saturday and 1 hour on Sunday, plus individual reflection time. In addition, we will have an option, informal meet-and-greet on Friday evening. To participate, you will need to be able to access Zoom on your computer or via phone. ![]()
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Register for "Creative Wisdom, Subversive Spirit" Virtual Retreat
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Please take a minute to read and sign the pledge.
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Good Troublemakers of RCWP-Western Region join with people throughout the world, in committing ourselves to racial justice. And so we pledge together: WE SUPPORT justice, equity, and compassion in hum...
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Join Us for A Week to Reflect, Remember, and Heal — February 6-13, 2021
Prayer services tomorrow and Monday
Press Release: The Good Troubler Makers of Roman Catholic Womenpriests-Western Region
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Press Release: The Good Troublemakers of Roman Catholic Womenpriests-Western Region We stand united in sorrow by our witness of fellow Americans who perpetrated the violent assault on the United State...
Watch: How to make spiritual sense of the attack on the Capitol
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“Yesterday revealed a deep part of who we are as Americans,” said Father Bryan Massingale, in an interview with America’s editor in chief, Matt Malone, S.J.
Catholic Reform Organizations Condemn Violence at U.S. Capitol.docx
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Valarie Kaur's Prayer on 1/7/21
Valarie Kaur's Prayer on 1/7/21
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From the emergency prayer for the soul of the nation hosted by Faith in Public Life following the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol Building on 1/7/21.
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Ring Out Wild Bells- poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson. Written in 1850, when he was declared poet laureate of England. I took the best photos of 2020 from people...
An Interfaith Works fundraiser...
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The only way forward is together—We invite you to stop, take a deep breath, and hold our shelter guests and front line staff in your heart and mind as we move through these dark winter months toward...