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| Excommunicated Catholic Maureen Mancuso |
A Catholic from birth, Maureen Mancuso has always felt compelled to
minister for the Roman Catholic “We feel the call by God, and God for us is a higher authority,” she
said. “I think the church has to recognize that it does have the power
to ordain women, and that women can be woven into the tradition.” Mancuso, 59, of San Ramon, is a member of the Roman Catholic
Womenpriests, an international group that says it has ordained about 150
women as priests, bishops and deacons worldwide — including two priests
who work in Los Gatos and San Francisco.
Church. Now, she’s facing
excommunication for what she will do Saturday: become the first woman of
her faith ordained a priest in Northern California.The Catholic Church says the practice goes against the church’s official canon, and women who seek the ordinations automatically are expelled from the church. Mancuso, who was born in San Francisco and is now a teacher, attended seminary and earned a master’s degree in divinity in 1996 from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley.
She had hoped that by the time
she was ready, the church would allow women in the priesthood. Instead,
the Vatican hardened against the idea. Mancuso joined the Womenpriests
group, which began in 2002 when an anonymous Catholic bishop ordained
seven women on the Danube River in Germany.
Link (here) to read the full article at California Catholic Daily
1 comment:
Maureen was never "Catholic from birth" unless a priest delivered her and baptized her on her way out of her mother. Not surprisingly, the original writer of this article reveals a clear lack of understanding about Catholicism in general and is very sympathetic to this priestesses' plight; "Instead, the Vatican hardened against the idea" No...it simply reaffirmed the 2,000 year old teachings of the church on the subject. "Mancuso joined the Womenpriests group, which began in 2002 when an anonymous Catholic bishop ordained seven women on the Danube River in Germany." No...no bishop ordained any women. They may have all had fun playing make believe, but there is no such thing as a woman Catholic priest any more than there is a pregnant male priest; hence no ordination.
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