Dear Blog Visitors:
I want to take this opportunity to congratulate two Roman Catholic women who were ordained in Philadelphia on April 26. I also want to thank Rabbi Linda Holtzman for allowing the ordination to take place at her synagogue.
Mary Schoettly was ordained a priest and Chava Redonnet was ordained a deacon. Chava is from Rochester, so I am especially pleased that she joins the ranks of the ordained, and I know she will do a spectacular job in our community. (She is pictured above.)
What follows is a brief article from Philadelphia.
Peace to all,
Ray
Posted on Mon, Apr. 27, 2009
Catholic women ordained in Phila. despite censure
Two Roman Catholic woman were ordained yesterday, one as a deacon, the other as a priest, in the sanctuary of Congregation Mishkan Shalom, a Reconstructionist Jewish synagogue in Roxborough, Senior Rabbi Linda Holtzman said.
The ceremony was the first ordination of women in Philadelphia. On Friday, it elicited a one-page denunciation from Cardinal Justin Rigali, archbishop of Philadelphia.
Mary Schoettly, 66, of Sussex County, N.J., was ordained a priest. Chava Redonnet, 51, of Rochester, N.Y., became a deacon.
About 200 attended, Holtzman said. "It was really beautiful," she said. - Harold Brubaker
Find this article at:
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/20090427_Catholic_women_ordained_in_Phila__despite_censure.html
Here is a video that was taken during the ordination (provided by the 'Star-Ledger New Jersey'):
| NJ woman ordained as a priest in controversial ceremony |
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