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				 I am John Wijngaards, a priest,
				  theologian and writer.  
				I obtained a Master's in Scriptural
				  Studies at the Pontifical Biblical Institute (LSS) and a Doctorate in Theology
				  at the Gregorian University in Rome.  
				I taught at St John's Major Seminary in
				  Hyderabad, India (1963 - 1976). After a spell as Vicar General of the Mill Hill
				  Missionaries (1976 - 1982), I lectured at the Missionary Institute London which
				  was affiliated to Louvain and Middlesex Universities (1983 - 1998).
				   
				I am a member of the Catholic
				  Theological Association of Great Britain, of the European Society of
				  Catholic Theology and the Catholic Theological Society of
				  America. 
  
		   
		
  
	  
		 
		   
		   
		   
		   
		 
	  
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			 Other documents in this section 
			   
		   
		   
			 Reasons that
				made me resign   
			   Answers to
				questions regarding my resignation 
			   The
				Question of the Priestly Ordination of Women 
		   
		   
			 Articles I wrote on
				Church Reform 
			 ‘Family
				Planning’, The New Leader (India) 1972/1973 
			 ‘Do Jesus’ Words
				on Divorce (Lk. 16:18) Admit of no Exception?’, Jeevadhara vol
				4 (1975) pp. 399-411. 
			 ‘Authentic Christian
				Worship in India’, The Outlook, 15, no 5 (1977) pp.
				134-138 
			 ‘Towards an adult
				faith’, The Tablet 5 January 1980, pp. 7 - 10 
			 ‘That Dutch
				Church!’, The Tablet 25 February 1984 , pp. 181 - 183  
		   
		   
			  
			 ‘Celibacy should not
				be a Requirement’, The Catholic Herald (London) 7th August
				1987 
			 ‘God and
				our New Selves’, Religioni e Sette del Mondo 4 (1998) pp. 172 -
				193 
			 My Press Statement, 17
				September 1998. 
			 ‘My Stand for Women
				Priests’, NewWomen, NewChurch, vol. 23 (Spring 2000) p. 3 
			  
		   
		   
			 Supporting
				texts 
			   
			 ‘Doomed love affair led
				priest to suicide’, Times of London, November 4, 1993 
			 ‘The Law of Celibacy
				must Change’ Journal of the Catholic Women’s Network, no
				54, March 1998, pp. 6-7 
			 ‘Deficiencies of the
				Church’s present leadership’, by Bishop Reinhold Stecher, May
				1998 
			  
				Why don’t you write to me?


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Other documents in this section
Reasons that made me resign		Answers to questions regarding my resignation		The Question of the Priestly Ordination of Women
Articles I wrote on Church Reform	‘Family Planning’, The New Leader (India) 1972/1973	‘Do Jesus’ Words on Divorce (Lk. 16:18) Admit of no Exception?’, Jeevadhara vol 4 (1975) pp. 399-411.	‘Authentic Christian Worship in India’, The Outlook, 15, no 5 (1977) pp. 134-138	‘Towards an adult faith’, The Tablet 5 January 1980, pp. 7 - 10	‘That Dutch Church!’, The Tablet 25 February 1984 , pp. 181 - 183
	‘Celibacy should not be a Requirement’, The Catholic Herald (London) 7th August 1987	‘God and our New Selves’, Religioni e Sette del Mondo 4 (1998) pp. 172 - 193	My Press Statement, 17 September 1998.	‘My Stand for Women Priests’, NewWomen, NewChurch, vol. 23 (Spring 2000) p. 3
Supporting texts		‘Doomed love affair led priest to suicide’, Times of London, November 4, 1993	‘The Law of Celibacy must Change’ Journal of the Catholic Women’s Network, no 54, March 1998, pp. 6-7	‘Deficiencies of the Church’s present leadership’, by Bishop Reinhold Stecher, May 1998	Why don’t you write to me?