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Women priest carry on despite Vatican.(NATION)(Gloria Ray Carpeneto, Judy Lee, Gabriella Velardi-Ward, MaryAnn McCarthy Schoettly )
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National Catholic Reporter
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June 27, 2008
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- Coday, Dennis
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Despite a recent decree that reiterates the official Vatican stance that women cannot be ordained and that those who attempt it are automatically excommunicated, women continue to step forward for ordination.
Three women are to be ordained to the priesthood and one woman as a deacon July 20 in Boston. Presiding at event will be Bishop Dana Reynolds, who is the first U.S. bishop for the Roman Catholic Womenpriests movement,
At a ceremony in Boston's Church of the Covenant, Reynolds will ordain Gloria Ray Carpeneto, Judy Lee and Gabriella Velardi-Ward to the priesthood and MaryAnn McCarthy Schoettly to the deaconate.
On its Web site, Roman Catholic Womenpriests ...