Posted on 09/15/2013 5:09:15 AM PDT by NYer
ALBANY -- Eleven of the country's 100 women who call themselves and work as Catholic priests will gather in Albany this weekend for the ordination of Mary Theresa Streck into the Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests.
Streck, who grew up at a church in Loudonville and joined and left a convent, says Catholocism has been her life-long calling and becoming a priest is a fulfillment of her faith.
"To facilitate bringing people together to celebrate Eucharist and all celebrate Eucharist together. We are all saying the words of Consecration and all praying together in a community of equals," Streck explained of her calling.
The ceremony will be performed by a bishop affiliated with the Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests. Bridget Mary Meehan was one of the country's first women priests and denounces the Vatican's position that this is not a valid ordination.
"We are faithful Catholics who love our church and who embrace the vision of Jesus and the Gospel," said Bishop Meehan.
Once ordained, Streck will lead what she describes as an inclusive, Catholic community of about 40 people -- men, women, gay, straight, divorced, married and single -- at a Unitarian church in Albany.
"(People) who have been pretty much disenfranchised from the church and so they look for spirituality, a place they feel welcome and a theology that resonates in their heart and soul," added Streck.
Despite her new position, Streck plans to also attend a church within the Albany Diocese.
According to Diocesan spokesman Ken Goldfarb, "...A woman who claims to be an ordained Roman Catholic priest has separated herself from full communion with the Roman Catholic Church Further, the sacraments she celebrates are not considered valid in the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church."
"It's really about sexism," added Meehan. "There is a blockage with women not seeing them as true equals. The gift of our movement is we are equal images of God."
Goldfarb stated, additionally, that sacraments like communion are a private matter between a pastor and an individual.
Streck's ordination is at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Unitarian Church on Washington Avenue in Albany.
Will they be referring to her as “Father Mary Theresa Streck”?
I doubt Bishop Hubbard would excommunicate her. He’s probably secretly cheering her on from the sidelines.
I guess she wants to be excommunicated.
We should get a huge group of young girls to show up wearing mantillas.
“Hi Mother Streck! I’m wondering if you can help us out. Now that you’re a priest, you can say Mass, right?”
“Yes.”
“Great! Would you say Mass for us sometime?”
“Absolutely.”
“Oh, that’s wonderful. We’ve been looking for someone to say the Latin Mass for us and have had REAL problems finding male priests do it.”
[crickets]
“I thought not. Have a nice day!”
Why do all these `womyn priests’ look like aging dykes with butch haircuts?
IMO for the same reason they don’t want to be known as `priestesses’.
Some were sent, some just went . . .
excommunicate and shun it and all involved...
Does,nt bother me, well maybe some other wise i would not even respond.
They can call themselves Priests, Catholics, Baptists, Lutherans, pentecostal, or anything else.
Just so they don,t call them selves believers in our Lord because all we have to do is read the scriptures to prove they are not.
And come to think of it they do not claim to be Christian or believers, here is what they claim-—
This is what they are supposed to teach
Titus 2
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The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
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That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
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To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Note, Paul is teaching this to the people in the church which they need to embrace if they want to be in the Church, any church.
Those of us who are not in the Church just need to embrace the gospel of our Lord, and we should support the Church, but how can we support a Church that does not support what the scripture teaches?
The point i am making is that if the ministers of the Gospel would just stick with what the Gospel plainly states.
But when they get away from the gospel and start adding to the gospel and taking away from it why can,t the women do the same thing?
Can,t anyone see where all of this is coming from?
We have had the Gospel for two thousand years and there have been many who have tried their best to prove it wrong, and have failed, now in what looks to be the last days of Church history the Churches them selves are bringing in Ministers who have nothing in mind except a career and have no regard for the Gospel at all.
It appears to me from what the new Pope has said that he is well aware of this and is trying to do what he can to put it back on the right track but it really looks like it has already gotten to the point of no return.
Egomaniac. Nothing she does is about Jesus.
The bottom line is that the Catholic church can state the rules, but it has no enforcement mechanism at a level greater than an individual priest refusing them communion, and other sacraments, if he knows of their status, which is often not the case.
Eventually this will come to a head, though how this will happen is a good question. For example, George Soros now funds “faux Catholic” organizations that fight the church, and are often staffed with non-Catholics; and they even have the gall to solicit Catholics for funding, to steal from the church and real Catholic organizations.
Bands of villains may decide to systematically disrupt church services, to drive away congregants. It’s anyone’s guess.
Thanks for your reply. It’s very confusing from the outside looking in.
That’s a telling, “inclusive” painting she’s portrayed with ... some vestral/Wiccan thing?
Roman Catholic Women Priests
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NO SUCH THING - Never has been never will be.
He got himself formally excommunicated.
because they are "aging dykes with butch haircuts."
they shouldn't!!! and pedophiles come from all churches/denominations... all of them should be crucified but why do you ask and what has it got to do with the article posted???
How do you feel about priests marrying and having families?
“it is stated a woman is a usurper if she takes the role of priest or minis”
Forgive my ignorance, but can you point me to that passage?
A proud Christian, that is, a proud follower of the humble Christ, is a contradiction in terms. Christ, the Son of God, lowered himself to our level when he took our human nature.
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But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:
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And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
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For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
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