“Women Find A Way” Edited by Elsie Hainz McGrath, Bridget Mary Meehan, Ida Raming
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ISBN: 978-1-60264-223-2 , softcover, $19.95. 158 pages Meet Roman Catholic Womenpriests who are shaping a more inclusive, Christ-centered, Spirit-empowered Church of equals in the twenty-first century. All are welcome at the sacred Eucharistic table. Meet women bishops ordained in full apostolic succession who continue to carry on the work of ordaining others in the Roman Catholic Church. Meet women who are serving the People of God in many ways including house churches and parish communities, hospital and hospice chaplaincy, anointing of the sick and elderly, and ministering with the homeless. Roman Catholic Womenpriests are leading the Catholic Church into a new age in which the identity of priest reflects the experiences of women. For more information, visit www.romancatholicwomenpriests.org ABOUT THE EDITORS Bridget Mary Meehan, a Sister for Christian Community, holds a Doctorate of Ministry from Virginia Theological Seminary. She is the author of eighteen books including the best-seller The Healing Power of Prayer which has been published in seven languages, Praying with Women of the Bible, Praying with a Passionate Heart, Affirmations from the Heart of God and Praying with Celtic Holy Women. Bridget Mary presides at liturgies in house churches in Florida and in N.VA. She serves as a member of the North American Leadership Circle of Roman Catholic Womenpriests and is the media contact for RCWP in the United States. She can be contacted via email at sofiabmm@aol.com. Elsie Hainz McGrath, womanpriest and co-pastor of the THERESE OF DIVINE PEACE INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY in St. Louis, MO: A Roman Catholic Parish Where ALL Are Welcome, where they celebrate the Catholic sacraments in a Unitarian chapel. She has over 30 years of ministerial experience, and theology degrees from Saint Louis University and the Aquinas Institute of Graduate Theology. Currently a Senior Connections volunteer with nursing home residents, a Program Coordinator for RCWP, and a mentor in the Walking With Women Called program. A certified minister with the Federation of Christian Ministries and the International Association of Women Ministers, on the Board of the Singer Institute, member of Call To Action-USA, and involved with various women’s groups and ecumenical/interreligious undertakings. A widow, with 4 children, 12 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren, she lives with two mutts in the heart of the city and is an avid Cardinals baseball fan. She can be contacted at elsiemc@sbcglobal.net. Dr. Ida Raming was born in 1932 in Fürstenau in the northwestern part of Germany. During Vatican Council II, in 1963, together with Dr. Iris Müller (her colleague and friend), she drew up a published petition to the Vatican Council, challenging the exclusion of women from the priesthood. Dr. Raming received her doctorate in theology from the University of Münster in 1970, and her thesis on “The Exclusion of Women from Priesthood: Divine Law or Gender Discrimination?” was published in Germany in 1973 (Böhlau Verlag, Köln / Wien); an English translation of her thesis was published by Scarecrow Press in 1976, a second edition in 2004). She has published numerous books and articles on the history and theology of women, especially on the position of women in the Roman Catholic Church. Considering the continuing oppression of women by the Vatican regarding their baptismal right to ordination, especially the definitive decision of Pope John Paul II against the priesthood of women (Ordinatio Sacerdotalis, 1994.) On June 29, 2002, she was one of the seven women who were ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood. Since then, numerous ordinations of qualified women have taken place in Europe, the USA and Canada. She was ordained a bishop in June 2006. Together with other women bishops and priests, she is still very involved in the growth and development of the movement, RCWP, and thus in the renewal of the church. Login to review this product