BREAKING SILENCE, BREAKING
BREAD – Christ Calls Women to
Lead
Women’s Ordination Worldwide
(WOW)
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Second International Ecumenical
Conference
July 22 to July 24, 2005 Carleton
University, Ottawa, Canada
We are honoured and happy to be welcoming as a key
speaker Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza – renowned Professor of New
Testament and Theology (Harvard University) and author of many feminist works
including In Memory of Her and Discipleship of Equals.
Just a 10 -15 minute ride by car from the Ottawa International Airport
and about the same from the bus and train terminals, the campus of Carleton
University is located at the picturesque confluence of the Rideau Canal and the
Rideau River. It provides a very attractive locale for WOW’s second
international meeting. Carleton is proud of its reputation for accommodating
those who have mobility problems. Details about on-campus accommodation (rooms
& meals) during the conference will be forthcoming in our second
announcement – due out July 2004.
Conference fee - To be
specified in our second announcement due out July 2004.
About WOW
Membership:
As the vision of WOW is all encompassing to include all Christian
denominations in every part of the globe, membership of WOW is open to all
groups which work for the overall goals of WOW.
Aims & Objectives:
The aims of WOW, as stated in its inaugural (1996) constitution, are:
To bring together different national organizations working towards
the ordination of women in all Christian Churches and to leadership
positions.
To support women's equality in religions.
To free the churches from the sin of sexism and heal divisions
between men and women, clergy and laity.
To foster the awareness and the development of vocations in women to
renewed ordained ministry.
To coordinate, advise and represent the women's ordination movement
worldwide.
To facilitate, through regular international conferences, a public,
global forum to raise awareness about the issue of women's ordination within
the Roman Catholic Church and to facilitate broad based discussion.
Other News:
It is hoped that those whose proposals are chosen for the conference
will be in some way reimbursed, e.g., by a reduction in their conference fee.
About entering Canada: You are advised to check requirements with
authorities in your country well in advance of the date of the conference.
Women’s Ordination Worldwide
(WOW)
