Your Action and Support are needed for a Woman Priest
Ordained this year
Kathy Vandenberg
Reminder
Photos of the ordination of 2005 and 2006 are found at
www.corpus.smugmug.com
More will be added as well
The following letter was placed in every church bulletin
Letters of support can be sent to Kathy at
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Marjorie Reiley Maguire, Ph.D.,
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Letters to the Milwaukee/Journal Sentinel can be sent to
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Letters to Archbishop Dolan can be sent at
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Stay tuned we are planning her first Mass in September
Dear Parishioners,
Over the last week, there has been media attention regarding an attempted ordination of women in
The following is Archbishop Dolan?s statement regarding this activity:
Archdiocese of
With sadness I have heard the reports that a woman of the archdiocese, Kathy Vandenberg, has attempted a simulated and invalid ceremony of ordination in
As my duty, I must notify the Apostolic See of this unfortunate even. If the past is any guide, I would anticipate that the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith in
I am also disappointed because Ms. Vandenberg and I had begun a fruitful dialogue on the matter last fall. At that time, in company with the Chancellor of the archdiocese, Dr. Barbara Anne Cusack, I had advised her that any attempted ordination would affect her relationship with the Church. I believed her sincerity when she assured me that she was unaware of such a consequence, and did not want that to happen. I invited her to reflect on the gravity of such a decision, to renounce it, and to return to the Church. She asked for time to consider, which I gladly gave her, reminding her that, in the meantime, she should refrain from the sacraments and any public role in the Church. She promised she would confer with me about the next step. In two subsequent letters, I have asked for her decision. Her regrettable participation in the protest gives me her unfortunate answer.
The ultimate goal is to encourage repentance and reconciliation with the Church.
My prayers for this result remain fervent.
Most Reverend Timothy M. Dolan
Archbishop of
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