Among those who attended the July 26 celebration in Philadelphia were some history-makers. They included, left to right, the Rev. Alison Cheek (Philadelphia 11), retired Bishop of Costa Rica Antonio Ramos (who joined in the laying on of hands at the Philadelphia 11 ordinations), the Rev. Carter Heyward (Philadelphia 11), Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori (whose election in 2006 made her the first women primate in the Anglican Communion), the Rev. Merrill Bittner (Philadelphia 11), the Rev. Betty Powell (one of the Washington Four who were ordained in September 1975), the Rev. Marie Moorefield Fleischer (Philadelphia 11), the Rev. Nancy Wittig (Philadelphia 11) and retired Massachusetts Bishop Suffragan Barbara Harris (who is this year celebrating the 25th anniversary of her consecration as the first woman bishop in the Anglican Communion). Photo: Mary Frances Schjonberg/Episcopal News ServiceEpiscopal News Service – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] A joyous celebration of the 40th anniversary of women’s priestly ordination on July 26 here included calls for people to realize that the dream of a more egalitarian and less patriarchal Episcopal Church – and society – that was embodied by the Philadelphia 11′s ordinations requires much more work.“I wonder why we cannot speed up the work of gender justice and aligned oppressions in the days and years ahead,” Fredrica Thompsett Harris, Mary Wolfe Professor Emerita of Historical Theology at Episcopal Divinity School, asked during her keynote address to a symposium that kicked off a day meant to celebrate the July 29, 1974, ordinations of 11 women deacons atChurch of the Advocate here. “This would be one way to honor our courageous sisters and those who stood with them.”The Rev. Merrill Bittner, the Rev. Alison Cheek, the Rev. Alla Bozarth, the Rev. Emily C. Hewitt, the Rev. Carter Heyward, the Rev. Suzanne R. Hiatt, the Rev. Marie Moorefield, the Rev. Jeanette Piccard, the Rev. Betty Bone Schiess, the Rev. Katrina Welles Swanson and the Rev. Nancy Hatch Wittig were ordained on that day in 1974, slightly more than two years before the General Convention of the Episcopal Church gave its explicit permission for women to become priests.Retired Colorado Bishop Suffragan Daniel Corrigan, retired Pennsylvania Bishop Robert L. DeWitt and retired West Missouri Bishop Edward R. Welles II (Katrina Wells Swanson’s father) were the ordaining bishops. They were joined by Costa Rica Bishop Antonio Ramos, the only one of the four who then was exercising jurisdiction in the church. Ramos did not participate in the actual ordination, but joined in the laying on of hands.The group “40 Years Ordained – 2,000 Years in Ministry”, organized by the Diocese of Pennsylvania in conjunction with others throughout the church, designed the July 26 celebration not just to mark the Philadelphia 11’s ordinations – and those of the Washington Four on Sept. 7, 1975, at St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. – but also to celebrate the ministry of all women, lay and ordained, in the past, present and future. The gathering included Holy Eucharist at Church of the Advocate, followed by a reception amid displays of various ministries in which women are engaged....there is much more: http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2014/07/28/philadelphia-11-ordinations-marked-with-calls-for-continued-justice-work/SPANISH
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Una línea de tiempo interactiva de la historia de la ordenación de mujeres en la Comunión Anglicana está aquí.
[Episcopal News Service - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] Una alegre celebración del 40 aniversario de la ordenación sacerdotal de las mujeres el 26 de julio aquí incluye las llamadas para que las personas se dan cuenta de que el sueño de unaIglesia Episcopal más igualitaria y menos patriarcal – y la sociedad – que se plasmó por ordenaciones del Philadelphia 11 requiere mucho más trabajo.
“Me pregunto por qué no podemos acelerar el trabajo de la justicia de género y opresiones alineados en los días y años venideros”, Fredrica Thompsett Harris, Mary Wolfe profesora emérita de Teología Histórica en Episcopal Divinity School , pidió durante su discurso en el simposio que se inició fuera un día destinado a celebrar el 29 de julio de 1974, las ordenaciones de 11 mujeres diáconos en la Iglesia del Abogado aquí. “Esta sería una manera de honrar a nuestros valientes hermanas y los que estaban con ellos.”
La Rev. Merrill Bittner, La Rev. Alison, el reverendo Alla Bozarth, el reverendo Emily C. Hewitt, el reverendo Carter Heyward, la Rev. Suzanne R. Hiatt, la Rev. Marie Moorefield, la Rev. Jeanette Piccard, la Rev. Betty hueso Schiess, la reverendo Katrina Welles Swanson y la Rev. Nancy Hatch Wittig fueron ordenados en ese día en 1974, poco más de dos años antes de la Convención General de la Iglesia Episcopal dio su permiso explícito para que las mujeres convertirse en sacerdotes.
Retirado el obispo sufragáneo Daniel Corrigan, se retiró Pennsylvania obispo Robert L. DeWitt y se retiró West Missouri Obispo Edward R. Welles II (padre de Katrina Wells Swanson) fueron los obispos a ordenar. A ellos se sumaron Costa Rica obispo Antonio Ramos, el único de los cuatro que entonces ejercía la jurisdicción en la iglesia. Ramos no participó en la ordenación actual, pero se unió a la imposición de las manos.
El grupo “40 Años Ordenados – 2000 Años en el Ministerio “, organizado por laDiócesis de Pennsylvania en conjunto con otros a través de la iglesia, diseñó la celebración 26 de julio no sólo con motivo del Philadelphia 11 ordenaciones – y los de la Washington Cuatro en septiembre 7, 1975, a San Esteban y la Iglesia Encarnación Episcopal en Washington, DC -, sino también para celebrar el ministerio de todas las mujeres, laicos y ordenados, en el pasado, presente y futuro.El encuentro incluyó la Santa Eucaristía en la Iglesia del Abogado, seguida de una recepción en medio de las pantallas de los distintos ministerios en los que las mujeres participan...there is much more: http://evangelizadorasdelosapostoles.wordpress.com/2014/07/28/philadelphia-iglesia-episcopal-mas-igualitaria-y-menos-patriarcal/
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The Most Reverend Armando Guerra Soria, Rector of St. Alban Mission, Bishop of Guatemala and Primate of Central America
The Reverend Ricardo Frohmader
Associate Minister of St. Alban Mission
Antigua, Guatemala
St Alban Mission holds English services every Sunday at Noon
Casa Convento Concepcion, Antigua Guatemala, All are welcome.
See welcome letter at the sidebar.
St. Alban English Mission, Antigua, Guatemala is an outreach project of The St. James English parish, Episcopal Diocese of Guatemala, IARCA
The Most Reverend Armando Guerra Soria, Rector of St. Alban Mission, Bishop of Guatemala and Primate of Central America
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