Friends of the Campaign for the Ordination of Women in the Roman Catholic Church

Though we are an international Charity, we have special bonds with the USA. We have a daughter Charity in the USA called Housetop Center for Women’s Ministries

• Many of our voluntary workers, academic advisors and patrons are Americans.
• Half of the visitors who visit our website, that is: 250,000 a year, hail from the U.S.

Anyone who gives us a donation becomes our Friend, of course. But we invite you to become a ‘Friend and regular donor’, if at all possible. Regular Donors give us $ 96 or more a year [= $ 8 a month] or £60 or more a year [=£5 a month] .

	1. Please, send a short email to me, Jackie Clackson, to enrol yourself as a ‘Friend’. [To avoid spam, the email address is not-clickable. Copy the address to your Outlook Express.]

2. And give us your donation online

To give online, you can use our safe credit card facility. This is a quick and secure way.

Credit card donations through our site are handled by two reputable firms: SecureTrading and the NatWest Bank.

You will receive two email acknowledgements of receipt: one from SecureTrading and one from us.

I will donate by credit card now

NOTE Our credit card facility to receive donations is really secure. You can make your donation through five major credit cards (see above) and in the major currencies. Unfortunately we can not accept American Express just now Credit card donations through our site are handled by two reputable firms: SecureTrading and the NatWest Bank. You will receive two email acknowledgements of receipt: one from SecureTrading and one from us.

Thank you!

Note: Our credit card facility to receive donations is really secure. You can make your donation through five major credit cards and in the major currencies. Credit card payments through our site are handled by two reputable firms: SecureTrading and the NatWest Bank. You will receive two email acknowledgements of receipt: one from SecureTrading and one from us.

Thank you!

How do you benefit from being a Friend?

St. Thérèse had a priestly vocation

1. You share in our work as a real partner We cannot all do the same thing. Some need to plan, to give academic advice, to research, to photocopy texts in university libraries, to coordinate the work. Others need to scan, to proofread, to edit, to transfer text into HTML format and insert internal and external links. Others again need to translate into the key languages spoken in our Church. Last not least, some provide the financial backing through which the basic costs for all this can be met. By your regular donation you will ensure that our campaign will maintain and increase its efficiency.

 

2. You become a member of CIRCLES

We have an open message board in CIRCLES, but also a special area reserved to our members (and friends).

Membership CIRCLES is an international network of women and men dedicated to reform in the Church. It offers its members the opportunity to be involved in a non-stop, world-wide, multi-sided interaction over the internet:

• sharing valuable insights and experiences
• planning effective action on local level
• pooling available information
• linking isolated efforts into wider networks
• giving mutual support and, where needed, healing.

CIRCLES runs congresses on which discussion will be going on day and night.

We also have chatrooms attached to CIRCLES in which special-interest groups can meet at specific times of the week. The chatrooms will be open all the time, of course, so that members and guests can discuss matters "live" at times of their own choosing -- or just wander in and chat!

3. We will send you our regular electronic Newsletter

Through this we update you regarding new material published on our website and about other important developments relating to women priests.

4. Last not least, you will be part of our network of prayer

From the beginning we have always been convinced that our action in the Church will only be fruitful if it is carried by prayer.

Every week, on Mondays at 12.00 noon Greenwich meantime, we celebrate a team eucharist in which we reflect on Sacred Scripture, break the bread and remember our friends and contacts world wide.