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<em>Find out more with Root & Branch</em><br>
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<strong>Thursday 20th February,<br>
8pm London time</strong><br>
<span style="color:#000000">9pm Rome 3pm New York 12 noon Los Angeles<br>
<strong>Friday 21st February</strong><br>
1.30am Mumbai 4am Perth 7am Sydney 9am Wellington</span></p>
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is calling on women who are regular churchgoers, who work for the church on a voluntary basis or who have paid jobs with Catholic organisations<br>
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calling for the ordination of women. </em><br>
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Joanna Moorhead, The Guardian, 24/11/2024</p>
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<span style="color:#000000"><strong style="color:#000080;font-family:lato,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">KATE McELWEE<br>
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<font face="lato, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif" size="3"> We're <span>delighted</span> that Kate will be with us on 20th February to tell us more, and share ideas.<br>
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How to take part? As little or as much as you feel able. Withold your weekly <span>contribution and drop a note into the plate saying why? Withdraw your musical, financial, coffee or cleaning services for Lent? Kate's got help, ideas, and <a href="https://rootandbranchsynod.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dfea9a6f4410c4dbe6a4d95c4&id=b97c131152&e=f4cd4422be" style="color:#4c2402;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">toolkit</a> to share.</span></font></span>
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<span style="color:#b22222"><span style="font-size:24px"><em>"But what will Father say?"</em></span></span><br>
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Never underestimate the strength of Catholic cultural conditioning. Like the stick of rock, it goes right through too many of us. It can be scary being ahead of the curve.<br>
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So, Catholic Women (and Men) Strike!</p>
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<span style="color:#000080"><span style="font-family:lato,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><strong>BREAKING THE SILENCE</strong><br>
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Click <strong>Anna Adamcikova's </strong>pic, left, to watch her powerful evening with us on 23rd January, sensitively steered by <strong>Brian Devlin,</strong> telling us the story of her 25 years with Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity.<br>
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The Chat, and our subsequent postbag, was full of praise:</span><br>
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<em>"Anna, you have shown great love for Jesus. You could hardly love Jesus more. Your decision was utterly heroic, courageous, and daring".<br>
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"I am so glad to hear that you (now) feel free, Anna."</em><br>
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