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At our June meeting, some members agreed to meet in the summer and coordinate our gatherings for the coming year ~ the 30th year of CNWE!! Marie Cerny graciously offered her home for our meeting yesterday with Marie, Christine Gebel, Bonnie O’Brien, Ann Manuel, Rita Patenaude and Mary Ellen Chown.

We came up with a tentative plan for the year and there will be more details coming in September but MARK YOUR CALENDARS and plan now to participate in our first fall gathering!


“Women with a past….shaping a future!”

Saturday, October 2, 2010
9:30-12:30 pm
Locke Public Library
3083 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON 416-393-7730
(At Lawrence subway stop ~ also free parking in small lot off Lawrence East)

https://beta.torontopubliclibrary.ca:443/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMLIB060&R=LIB060

Hoping that this finds you enjoying these warm days of summer.

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This morning, twenty-seven international Catholic organizations issued the following joint statement in response:

We, the undersigned, express our solidarity with Catholics who continue to seek equality, including those who practice feminist ministries and those who are ordained. We know these women and men to be firm in their faith and courageous in their work as they seek an inclusive and accountable church, undeterred by threats of excommunication or other canonical penalties. In addition, we stand with our brother priests and bishops who are also being threatened by this new policy for their support of women's equality in the church. Furthermore, we take great offense that good faith struggles for gender equality could be misunderstood as a sacrilege and placed on par with the sexual abuse of children. In 1976, the Vatican's own Pontifical Biblical Commission concluded there is no valid scriptural reason for denying ordination to women. Therefore, we welcome such efforts to expand the scope and variety of ministry and we celebrate women's faithfulness despite huge institutional obstacles.

We are gravely disappointed that the Vatican would largely repackage its sexual abuse policy norms from 2001 in yesterday's re-issued statement without adding many meaningful changes to canonical procedures on how to handle the sexual crimes of its religious leaders. We stand with survivors in calling for the release of the names of all credibly accused Catholic religious leaders and for the Vatican's immediate adoption and implementation of global child protection policies. Nothing less is adequate to the crying needs of a community torn asunder by its own leaders' crimes.

Catholic Organization Signatories

Association for the Rights of Catholics in the Church (ARCC), USA
Patrick B. Edgar, D.P.A., M.Div., President

BASIC (Brothers And Sisters In Christ), Ireland.
Contact: Una Ruddock
+353 1 621 6816

DignityUSA
Marianne Duddy-Burke, Executive Director,
617-669-7810

Call To Action, USA
Jim FitzGerald, Executive Director
773.404.0004

Catholics for Choice- Canada
Rosemary Ganley, Coordinator

Catholic Coalition for Church Reform, USA
Paula Ruddy, Bernie Rodel, Michael Bayly, Co-chairs
(612) 379-1043

Catholic Network for Women's Equality, Canada
Paula MacQuarrie, Coordinator

CORPUS, USA
Contact: William Manseau

Corriente Somos Iglesia, Spain
Raquel Mallavibarrena, Coordinator
+34 649332654

Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir, Mexico
Maria Consuelo Mejia, Director
+5255 5658 1163

Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir, Spain
Mar Grandal, President
352 88946

8th Day Center for Justice - Women's Group, USA
www.8thdaycenter.org

Femmes et Hommes en Eglise/Genre en Christianisme, France
Danielle Penuel-Monneron, President
(0)2 33 90 78 10

Institute for Feminism and Religion, Ireland.
Mary Condren, Th.D., Director
001-353-1-4624504

Interreligious Convention of European Women Theologians
Lee Wax, Coordinator
0044-208 884 0476

Kerk Hardop, Netherlands
Marleen Wijdeveld, President
Isaac Wüst, Editor-in-Chief
0031-20-441.3339

National Coalition of American Nuns, USA
Contact: Donna Quinn

Noi Siamo Chiesa (Italian Section of IMWAC), Italy
Contact: Vittorio Bellavite

Nous sommes Aussi l'Eglise, France
Lucienne Gouguenhem, Vice-President
33 1 45 88 04 92

Pax Christi Maine, USA
Bill Slavick, Coordinator
207-773-6562

RAPPORT, USA
Conatct: Gloria Ulterino

Roman Catholic Faith Community Council of the Federation of Christian Ministries
William J. Manseau, Evelyn Hunt, and Thomas Quinn, Co-Chairs
603-886-7158

Roman Catholic Women Priests, Europe-West.
I. Riedl, Coordinator
0049-089 845 830

Roman Catholic Womenpriests-USA, Inc
Contact: Alice Iaquinta
414-791-9952

Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual (WATER), USA
Mary E. Hunt and Diann L. Neu, Co-directors
301 589-2509

Women's Ordination Conference, USA
Erin Saiz Hanna, Executive Director
202-675-1006

WomenPriests.Org, International
Therese Koturbash, Coordinator
+44 (0)1923 779 446
]]> http://www.cnwe.org/index.php?entry=entry100717-223306 No Author Sun, 18 Jul 2010 02:33:06 GMT http://www.cnwe.org/index.php?entry=entry100709-081144 Sekineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani in Iran. Please join in urging the Government of Iran to rescind this stoning sentence and remove provisions in the Iranian legal codes that discriminate against women.

Take action here: http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/6208/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=3486

Learn more about the campaign here: http://www.equalitynow.org/english/take ... 25_en.html
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Dear friends,

It is with great joy that I inform you that Bill C-268 has finally passed the Senate of Canada!

I am so pleased that our country now has a law that assures significant penalties for those who traffic children. No longer will traffickers walk out of jail a week after being convicted.

I want to take a moment to thank you for the amazing support you have shown over the past year and a half. Tens of thousands of Canadians have voiced their support for Bill C-268 through petitions, emails, letters and phone calls. Your voice was heard!

My hope is that Bill C-268 is a tipping point for much more action on human trafficking. There is much to be done and I plan to continue to advocate for a National Action Plan to combat human trafficking.

We need to ensure that there are effective prevention initiatives in place and partnerships formed between federal and provincial governments to provide much needed protection and rehabilitation for victims.

I am sure you will join me in the next steps necessary to rid Canada of modern day slavery.

Again thank you for your support during this long journey. We are making a difference!

Sincerely,

Joy Smith, MP
Kildonan – St. Paul]]> http://www.cnwe.org/index.php?entry=entry100617-193017 No Author Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:30:17 GMT http://www.cnwe.org/index.php?entry=entry100610-121948


]]> http://www.cnwe.org/index.php?entry=entry100610-121948 No Author Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:19:48 GMT http://www.cnwe.org/index.php?entry=entry100408-103248 Saturday June 5, 2010.
Contact Ann Manuel: annman@sympatico.ca for more details.]]> http://www.cnwe.org/index.php?entry=entry100408-103248 No Author Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:32:48 GMT http://www.cnwe.org/index.php?entry=entry100304-160827 CNWE Toronto invites you to
A Vigil to Protest Violence Against Women
with a focus on human trafficking.

Friday, March 5, 2010 from 4:30pm to about 5:45pm (this is the Friday before International Women’s Day)

• South-East corner of Bay & Bloor outside the Manulife Building

• Afterwards, we’ll gather inside for refreshments.
]]> http://www.cnwe.org/index.php?entry=entry100304-160827 No Author Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:08:27 GMT http://www.cnwe.org/index.php?entry=entry100108-072150 An Invitation from CNWE Toronto

Where on Earth are we going?
And what can we do about it?

The Awakening the Dreamer Changing the Dream Symposium
is a profound inquiry into a bold vision:
to bring forth an environmentally sustainable,
spiritually fulfilling and socially just
human presence on our planet.

Saturday, February 20, 2010
A day-long gathering
Facilitators: Nathalie Rockhill & Christine Gebel
Venue and exact time to be announced.

Donations will be gratefully accepted.

Bring your mug and lunch or go out for lunch during the break.

Bring your gently used books for Tales for a Toonie.
There will also be books for sale.

All CNWE members & friends welcome!

RSVP: christine.gebel@rogers.com or call Christine at 416-752-8432
]]> http://www.cnwe.org/index.php?entry=entry100108-072150 No Author Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:21:50 GMT http://www.cnwe.org/index.php?entry=entry091015-224141 Details to follow when they become available.

Join us and participate in breaking the silence on women's ordination!

new catholic times sensus fidelium Public Lecture

Join Roy Bourgeois, Maryknoll priest, SOA Watch founder and Marie Bouclin, Roman Catholic Womanpriest , as they speak in Toronto as part of the "Shatter the Stained Glass Ceiling Tour." Join us and participate in breaking the silence on women's ordination.

Sunday December 6th 2009 at 2pm
Emmanuel College
75 Queens Park Crescent East, Toronto
Admission: $10

(easily accessible by public transit)

A Roman Catholic priest faces excommunication for his public support of women's ordination through the Roman Catholic Womenpriests movement. The priest is Fr. Roy Bourgeois, founder of the School of the Americas (SOA) Watch who is known internationally for his work to end U.S. government-funded combat training of Latin American militaries. This November, he has decided to risk his 36 years of priesthood to end sexism in the Church.

The Vatican issued its threat of excommunication due to Fr. Bourgeois' participation in the ordination of Janice Sevre-Duszynska in Lexington, KY on August 9, 2008. Fr. Bourgeois gave the homily during which he said. "Sexism is a sin" and went on to say, "The hierarchy will say, 'It is the tradition of the church not to ordain women.' I grew up in a small town in Louisiana and often heard, 'It is the tradition of the South to have segregated schools.' It was also 'the tradition' in our Catholic church to have the Black members seated in the last five pews of the church. No matter how hard we may try to justify discrimination, in the end, it is always wrong and immoral."

Marie Evans Bouclin, a former nun and high school teacher, worked as a free-lance translator in religion and ethics for over twenty years. She is serving a second term on the national work group of the Catholic Network for Women's Equality (CNWE) and was coordinator of Women's Ordination Worldwide from 2002 to 2006.

Marie was ordained a deacon in August 2006, and was ordained to the priesthood in May 2007 in Toronto. Her area of ministry is to women who have been abused by clergy. She is the author of Seeking Wholeness: Women dealing with abuse of power in the Catholic Church (Liturgical Press, 2006).
To register or for further information please contact johnquinn@cogeco.ca or at 905-934-9115
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An evening of reflection on the indomitable faith and vision of Mary Ward

Daisy Radigan will lead us in a celebration through images, ritual, and song.

Friday, October 30, 2009
at the Mustard Seed, 791 Queen St. East
(Just East of Broadview Ave.)

6:30pm Arrival and chatting over snacks
7:00pm Reflection led by Daisy Radigan

By TTC:
#504 Streetcar from Broadview station - Get off at Queen and walk East
or
#501 or #502 Eastbound Streetcar from Queen station –
Get off one stop past Broadview

By car: There is a small parking lot available just East of the Mustard Seed

Donations received to cover costs will be given to The Mustard Seed

Please RSVP: by e-mail to Christine: christine.gebel@rogers.com
or by telephone to Bonnie: 416-492-8533

Keep December 4, 2009 open for our Advent Gathering with a Pot Luck Supper.
Details to follow.
]]> http://www.cnwe.org/index.php?entry=entry091009-150635 No Author Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:06:35 GMT