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WASHINGTON (OSV News) — A Georgetown panel considered “the question of women’s ordination” April 17, describing the matter as “unfinished” despite Pope Francis’ current teaching and St. John Paul II‘s 1994 teaching that Jesus Christ reserved the sacred priesthood to men alone even as the Lord promoted the dignity of women.
In the panel discussion titled “Faith, Feminism, and Being Unfinished: The Question of Women’s Ordination,” participants described the sole ordination of men as exclusionary of women, characterizing it as an example of a patriarchy holding on to power.
Sister Celeste Mokrzycki, a Sister of St. Joseph and chaplain for Georgetown’s School of Health and the School of Nursing, painted a picture during the event that its webpage called “the movement of the Spirit among participants.”
The end result was a depiction of a woman as a priest.
“This painting is a reminder we are all always in progress,” Annie Selak, associate director of the Georgetown University Women’s Center, said. “There are few things that are fixed.”
Theologian Pia de Solenni, a former chancellor for the Diocese of Orange, California, who did not participate in the Georgetown panel, told OSV News that while the Church should work to include religious and laywomen in leadership roles, its teaching is fixed on the matter of ordination.
“The gender or sex matters,” de Solenni said. “It’s significant. This person is the bridegroom to the Church.”
Discussions about the concept of women’s ordination have increased in recent decades as women in many nations and societies have gained a more equal status to men in civil society.
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In the panel discussion titled “Faith, Feminism, and Being Unfinished: The Question of Women’s Ordination,” participants described the sole ordination of men as exclusionary of women, characterizing it as an example of a patriarchy holding on to power.
Sister Celeste Mokrzycki, a Sister of St. Joseph and chaplain for Georgetown’s School of Health and the School of Nursing, painted a picture during the event that its webpage called “the movement of the Spirit among participants.”
The end result was a depiction of a woman as a priest.
“This painting is a reminder we are all always in progress,” Annie Selak, associate director of the Georgetown University Women’s Center, said. “There are few things that are fixed.”
Theologian Pia de Solenni, a former chancellor for the Diocese of Orange, California, who did not participate in the Georgetown panel, told OSV News that while the Church should work to include religious and laywomen in leadership roles, its teaching is fixed on the matter of ordination.
“The gender or sex matters,” de Solenni said. “It’s significant. This person is the bridegroom to the Church.”
Discussions about the concept of women’s ordination have increased in recent decades as women in many nations and societies have gained a more equal status to men in civil society.
Continued below.
Georgetown panel argues for 'women's ordination' in face of papal teaching
A Georgetown panel said April 17, 2023, that "the question of women's ordination" is "unfinished," despite Pope Francis reiterating church teaching that ordination is reserved for men.
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