Posted on 08/01/2006 7:41:43 AM PDT by NYer
On a riverboat cruising the confluence of Pittsburgh's three rivers yesterday, eight women held hands triumphantly and danced with three others they call bishops, as one of the latter proclaimed: "It is with great joy we present to you our newly ordained women priests."
More than 350 invited guests burst into applause and cheers for eight priests and four deacons of the group Roman Catholic Womenpriests. But the Catholic Church, which the women claim to have been ordained for, says they have excommunicated themselves through their actions.
This is the fourth such group ordained worldwide since 2002, and the first in the U.S. The women came from across the nation. All have been held on boats, because they are a traditional symbol of the church.
The ceremony followed the form of the Catholic rite, but with changes in ritual and language.
Dagmar Celeste, a former first lady of Ohio who was among the group's first ordinands in 2002, said, "Today we give honor to our mother God ... Just as the water broke in the wombs of our mother, so we open the waters of mother church."
In the most traditional part, the candidates -- most of whom are grandmothers or old enough to be so -- prostrated themselves on the floor before a makeshift altar. The congregation chanted a litany of saints with many traditional names, but also those of non-Catholics, such as the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., and whose lives also challenged Catholic teaching, such as Harvey Milk, a gay San Francisco city councilman who was shot to death in 1978.
But at the prayer of consecration, they offered their first Eucharist, "together with Benedict, our pope, and with all our bishops, men and women."
(Excerpt) Read more at postgazette.com ...
Eileen McCafferty DiFranco of Mount Airy pours water into a bowl in a "Mingling of Waters" ceremony the community's ordination rites yesterday.
Women ordained as priests and deacons joined hands and celebrated after the community's ordination. Among them was Ms. Houk, third from left. Left of Ms. Houk is Dr. Gisela Forster, one of the community's presiding bishops; at right is Ms. McCafferty DiFranco.
Dagmar Celeste, a former first lady of Ohio who was among the group's first ordinands in 2002, said, "Today we give honor to our mother God ... Just as the water broke in the wombs of our mother, so we open the waters of mother church."
My pastor on his blog puts it this way:
FBS (Feminazi Broadcasting System) is proud to announce its new series The Heresy Boat! Joining hit series everybody Loves Kung and the Dick Vosko Wreckovation Challenge comes this story doctrinally impaired 'water witches' being empowered to fight the evil patriarchal hierarchy and be an "open forum for Catholics who are struggling with their consciences and want to discuss abortion, women's ordination and the need to minister to people who feel estranged from or abandoned by the church."
premiers live from Pittsburgh July 31st!
http://orthometer.blogspot.com/2006/07/coming-soon-to-tv-near-you.html
Going through the motions doesn't make it real.
I don't know about anyone else but I am sick to death of these stories.
I would think this is called forming a new sect or in their case a cult.
Is it just me or does anyone else find this mummery just gross. I can almost smell the Vicks vapo-rub and moth-balls from here.
You notice that from these pictures, most of these women are middle-aged are older. There's a reason for that.
not now
A bunch of apostates playing dress up.
They continue to grow their ranks. Their 'seminary' is now filled with 40 more women, some married men and a few gay men.
Unitarians are pretending to be Catholics now?
Pagans of the worst sort.
They certainly are liberal. Are they still pro life?? If not, how can they be true feminists.
MLK and Harvey Milk are like saints to them? Hard to take them seriously after reading that.
I'm worried that even God Himself might have thrown up a little bit in his mouth after hearing that one.
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| Hey Wayne, I think I'm going to hurl |
God have mercy...
LOL! I love the sign!
Not just apostates. These people are seriously, demonically possessed.
From the pages of Vivificat!
Folks, this occurred practically in my backyard. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Group ordains 8 women as priests.. Please, continue reading here.On a riverboat cruising the confluence of Pittsburgh's three rivers yesterday, eight women held hands triumphantly and danced with three others they call bishops, as one of the latter proclaimed: "It is with great joy we present to you our newly ordained women priests."
More than 350 invited guests burst into applause and cheers for eight priests and four deacons of the group Roman Catholic Womenpriests. But the Catholic Church, which the women claim to have been ordained for, says they have excommunicated themselves through their actions.
This is the fourth such group ordained worldwide since 2002, and the first in the U.S. The women came from across the nation. All have been held on boats, because they are a traditional symbol of the church.
Commentary. Folks, there's little I can add at this time to this story, except for a delicious spoof published at Greg Popcak's Heart Mind and Strength blog:
TWELVE WOMEN BECOME DUCKS IN ELABORATE CEREMONYPlease continue reading and laughing here.On July 31, a dozen well-educated, experienced human women will pass into uncharted metaphysical waters on a boat cruising Pittsburgh's rivers.
On that afternoon, three women dressed in feathers and beaks will lay their hands on the heads of the 12 women and anoint their hands with oil during a "Water Fowl Creation Ceremony" that will be the first of its kind in the United States. . . .
It will be the fourth such ceremony in the world since 2002, all unrecognized by the conservation group, Ducks Unlimited. The women are part of a growing international movement to push for women's ability to become another species. . . .
Presiding at the ceremony will be Patricia Fresen, Gisela Forster and Ida Raming, who live in Germany and are Mallards in WomenWaterFowl International, an international group of women who support women's right to make damn fools of themselves. . . .
The women claim they are not violating natural order because they at least share some similar DNA as natural ducks. The women claim that many scientists agree with them, but refuse to name them for fear that Ducks Unlimited will send their highly trained albino assasins to kill these scientists. When asked about this, Ducks Unlimited's Messer said "I mean no disrespect, but these women are out of their frickin' trees."
Ms. Forster and Ms. Raming joined the "Danube Seven," a group of women who turned themselves into turkey vultures on the Danube River near Austria in August 2002.
In January 2003, all seven were committed to mental institutions. The women appealed but the decision was affirmed.
"This is a sad moment for us. It has fostered even greater disunity in the church than what existed before this day began. We pray for reconciliation we pray for unity," said the Rev. Ronald Lengwin, spokesman for the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh.
"Either you accept the teaching of the church or you don't. If you don't in the public manner in which they have done today, then they are choosing to separate themselves from the church, even though they say they are not doing so."
Exactly my thoughts. Hear hear.
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