Posts Tagged ‘Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests.’

Women at the Vatican – more needed

Monday, May 8th, 2023
Women at the Vatican

Ask me about almost anything related to the church or politics, and I will err on the side of traditionalism, conservatism…whatever you would like to call it. I have always been a rule follower: I liked wearing uniforms at my all-girls Catholic schools, and I get annoyed when the priest goes off-book saying some of Read more

Women with vocation to Catholic priesthood meet US delegation

Thursday, August 17th, 2017

Five women  have contacted a US delegation visiting Ireland this month because they believe they have a vocation to the Catholic priesthood. The delegation is led by Irish-born Bishop Mary Bridget Meehan, who is visiting Ireland to recruit female priests. Meehan, who leads the US-based Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests (ARCWP), says the women seeking Read more

Female bishop holds religious service in Dublin

Tuesday, August 9th, 2016

Female bishop, Dr Bridget Mary Meehan,  who leads a breakaway Catholic group that welcomes female and lesbian priests, presided over a religious service in Dublin on Sunday. Meehan who is originally from Rathdowney in County Laois and is now based in Florida, has the position of bishop within the Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests. She Read more