[Sundaycommunity] Fwd: [Ruah] Catholic Network for Women's Equality WOC’s Statement on Final Document

[Catherine Walther]

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Date: Sat, Oct 26, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Subject: [Ruah] Catholic Network for Women's Equality WOC’s Statement on
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FYI. Catherine



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 26, 2024


The Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) finds the Final Document of the
16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops
<https://8irde5bab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001RiskEFH1R-g9ykBxRep_H_hlw-tgxPwtc4Jym5yiuS2GQ54tdJJ25NB9W-mjmhrCDJTD9ffdoHviGHdoF1kefcU7GHXYYImRf0uqE68IGdjm0dTt5v5Vppyh5DbCbpETFtMZaUW6n8VeRAjgk7zG_MdPc0eVy2YI6ZXicvYVI2JncgSsJeIfBGpWrUTuqP4zXJR9ysw_Xf3yw5aSTD7F55XjqpbRrSjdwawt51wwMzKi7GLRCTcof_5s6uYvoUIt1z5ovrb-cSo=&c=yrF5tuBXZ3mvV_2XIcOxcu9QxJ3f5FyQxiynqiT95VhPn5CyAj-Nvg==&ch=XCQHPKrZcJSlnWcX03_WC3jEqoDfTsfVGkd_jet8VW-6pigVEZiBJg==>
, released 26 October 2024 by the Vatican’s synod office, an insufficient
and disappointing response to the multi-year process meant to respond to
the needs of the church today.


While the deeply theological text points to the fruits of a more collegial
church, its overtures to the equality of women and equal gifts bestowed
upon all God’s people through baptism ring hollow without clear steps for
implementation. On the issue of women deacons, simply, the question remains
“open” but in need of further discernment.


Endless “study” on the subject of women is a patriarchal stalling tactic by
ordained men to maintain the status quo. Ordained men decide the parameters
and pace of synodality, and when the time is “ripe” for women’s ministries.
And they do so at an incalculable cost. The church has lost generations of
women who endured the pain and humiliation of having to prove the validity
of their calling. How long must women wait? Or more consequentially: Will
women wait?


If, as the document states, “There is no reason or impediment that should
prevent women from carrying out leadership roles in the church: What comes
from the Holy Spirit cannot be stopped,” then we must work as a church to
remove all barriers to women’s ministerial leadership with urgency.


The document also encourages women’s participation in existing roles within
the church, but doesn’t engage in deeper reflection on the clerical and
machismo culture that discourage or prevent such ministries from being
realized.


Nevertheless, WOC expresses gratitude for the work of the synod assembly,
particularly the lay delegates and experts whose attention to the voices on
the margins made space for the calls of the people of God in the synod
hall. This new model of being church pushed the Vatican toward greater
transparency and accountability, and we pray this spirit of conversion
toward openness

Mary Ellen Chown
905-330-1437

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