Posted on 08/14/2006 9:08:02 PM PDT by SmithL
SAN DIEGO - A woman who says she has been ordained a Roman Catholic priest led a service during the weekend - despite the risk of being excommunicated.
Jane Via, 58, is among 15 American women who have recently gone through ordination ceremonies that are not sanctioned by the Roman Catholic Church, which bars women from becoming priests or deacons.
A hundred congregants attended her service on Sunday at the Mary Magdalene Apostle Catholic Community in San Diego.
It was her first appearance since meeting with San Diego Bishop Robert Brom to discuss the consequences of her claimed ordination, which could ultimately include excommunication.
Via's congregation is not affiliated with the Diocese of San Diego, which does not consider a Mass celebrated by an unordained officiant to be valid, diocese spokeswoman Bernadene Carr said Monday.
Via was ordained June 24 under the auspices of the pro-female ordination group Womenpriests, which says it has arranged ordinations for dozens of women priests and deacons around the world, including 12 in a Pittsburgh ceremony in July.
According to the group, a male priest presided over the first ordination of seven women in 2002 in Austria. The women were excommunicated by the Vatican in 2003.
Via said such consequences were "unwelcome," but also, in a sense, liberating.
"I was so angry for so long at the church and church men who weren't willing to make even the smallest change in language to include women," she said. "My anger is gone."
A majority of Catholic respondents to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll taken just after the death of Pope John Paul II in 2005 said they favored ordination of women.
A Roman Catholic canon says only baptized men may be ordained.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has not taken a formal position on the issue, but three of the American women who say they are ordained priests received letters from diocese officials warning that they had chosen to excommunicate themselves.
Via, a married mother of two, founded Mary Magdalene Apostle in November as an independent congregation.
ON THE NET
Mary Magdalene Apostle Catholic Community: http://www.mmacc.org
Womensordination: http://www.womensordination.org
Uh, uh,... uh, uh.
Dear ladies
I can call my dog - my cat, but he's still a dog.
You can call yourself a priest, but it you're still a dog.
Why stop at being a RC priest? Why not have your friends swear you in as President? Sheesh.
ugh ... grown ... *wretch* ... cough ... ugh
yep ... groan
"... despite the risk of being excommunicated."
He excommunicated herself the moment she participated in this farce.
Really???
In that case they should soon be flocking to Father.....er.....Mother.......er......Sister........er.... Ms. Via's "Masses", right? And also the "Masses" of the other "ordained" women, right? We should soon see an exodus from the official Church of this famous majority who favor the ordination of women, right?
Or could it be that this is a complete crock and Ms. Via and her loony friends will continue to attract a small circle of fellow aging '60s hippies?
It's ONLY A MATTER OF TIME before one of these sick, evil, whacked-out women "priests" gets herself "ordained" as bishop, cardinal, then pope. Only a matter of time.
"Pope Mary I" is something we might even see in our lifetime. Excommunicated, she is, but that won't stop her evil.
Mary Magdalene - Apostle? And here she is, from Via's home page, preaching to the other Apostles.
Via labels her community as ........
A contemporary, expansive and
universal community
for the promotion of
gospel values and
inclusive liturgical celebrations
Why not the Pope? Why not the Messiah?
In order to fulfill our vision and mission, our Long-Term Goals are to:
† Work for women's equality and justice in all dimensions of life and ministry in our church
† Eliminate all forms of domination, discrimination and oppression against women in our church
† Advocate for inclusive, democratic and transparent church structures
† Promote feminist, womanist, mujerista, and other liberating spiritualities
† Change the word ‘man’ to ‘person’ in Canon 1024.
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One wonders about the orientation of these women. Er, persons. Or is it only men who are persons?
Don't you realize that they are PerDAUGHTERS??
Shouldn't that be "Womynpriests", in line with their odd marriage of Roman rite and druid theology?
Sounds like this lady has started a support group for people who don't like Catholic culture, doctrine and tradition.
http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=874
Communists, basically.
Yikes. It's like something right out of the sixties.
Or, why even stop at the borders of the US?
Become King of the World!!!
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