MILWAUKEE (CNS) -- A Milwaukee parish's decision to host a prayer service marking the seventh annual World Day of Prayer for Women's Ordination drew an objection from Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan. About a dozen prayer services took place in the United States and Europe to mark the event, but the March 25 service at St. Matthias Church in Milwaukee was the only one held in a Catholic church, according to organizers. Dressed in a long white alb with a green, embroidered stole draped over her shoulders, Ginny Kiernan Dahlberg "presided" at the Milwaukee service as part of the worldwide event organized by the Women's Ordination Conference. About 35 people attended. St. Matthias agreed to host the prayer service, according to Father David Cooper, pastor, only after consultation with pastoral staff, parish council members, parish trustees and members at large. But the consultation process did not include Milwaukee archdiocesan officials or Archbishop Dolan, who according to his spokesman, Jerry Topczewski, did not learn of the service until hours before it occurred. Archbishop Dolan "was surprised an organization that was in direct opposition to defined teachings of the church would be welcome at one of our parishes," said Topczewski.