Women Playing Dress-Up

Women of the cloth | Salon Life
On Monday, a dozen women will be ordained Catholic priests in a forbidden ceremony in Pittsburgh. But can the womenpriests movement ever succeed?

Uh… NO. A dozen women won’t be ordained Catholic priests because the Catholic church doesn’t ordain women. Rather, a dozen women will dress up in pretend-vestments and go through a pretend-ordination-ceremony. You’d think women this age would be a little too old for playing dress-up, but… apparently not.

If these women feel a deep calling to priesthood, they should become Episcopalians. The Episcopal church ordains women — and it’s a perfectly fine religion. They’ve got lots of the same stuff the Catholics have — sometimes even more so! Go become Episcopalians and quit screwing around with the Catholic church.

It’s the tradition in Catholicism that only men are priests. I don’t have a problem with that. If some women have a problem with it, then they should join another church. Unless, they think Catholicism is the one true faith. And if that’s the case, I really have to wonder why they’d want to change it!

Posted by RebeccaHartong on July 31, 2006 under Uncategorized

7 Comments to Read

There is a perfectly good reason why these women don’t just switch curches – one of the main beleifs of Catholics is that the Eucharist is literally the body of Christ, while as far as I know, most other Christian religions, including Episcapalians, take it more figuratively.

These women all follow the Catholic religion strongly, therefore they must believe in the literal Eucharist and could not simply switch denomination.

Meghan on July 31st, 2006 at 11:53 am

Actually I think some Anglicans in the Church of England believe in a literal Eucharist – They are called ‘high Anglicans’. Don’t ask me why! I certainly don’t think there are ‘Low Anglicans’.

But I think Rebecca is right – this does come across as a little silly…

Matt on July 31st, 2006 at 12:34 pm

Well, I guess the choice is to switch or to stay and attempt to change things. Kid of like I’ve chosen to eventually move to Canada instead of bother myself with politics here much anymore. I’ve chosen to switch, mainly because I’m tired of the fight. More power to those who continue the fight, including these “Catholic women priests.”

Michael Lewis on July 31st, 2006 at 9:56 pm

When Bush was elected the second time, I began investigating Australia and New Zealand as potential homes. Canada’s good though, too — particularly for those of us who like a brisk climate.

Rebecca Hartong on July 31st, 2006 at 10:34 pm

“When Bush was elected the second time, I began investigating Australia and New Zealand as potential homes”

I moved to England.

As for the difference between high and low Anglicans, high Anglicans have a more traditional (ritual based?) church service, like the Catholic mass, than low Anglicans, which explains their belief in transubstantiation.