B.A.S.I.C.

BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST

Some other World Wide Web pages of interest

Organisations working for Women's Ordination and Reform in the Catholic Church

1. Women of the New Covenant, an Australian missionary community promoting the ordination of women in the Catholic Church
2. Ordination of Catholic Women, A national group of Australian women and men established to further the cause of women's ordination in the Catholic Church
3. Catholic Women's Ordination, U.K.
4. Women's Ordination Conference, U.S.A.
5. Catholic Network for Women's Equality (CNWE), Canada
6. Femmes et Hommes en Eglise, France
7. Nous Sommes Aussi l'Eglise (We Are Church France)
8. FutureChurch, 15800 Montrose Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44111, USA
9. Association for Rights of Catholics in the Church (ARCC) (USA)
10. Call to Action (USA)
11. Partenia, the Virtual Diocese of Bishop Jacques Gaillot
12. Women Priests - The Case for Ordaining Women in the Catholic Church
13. Womanpriest - Susan S. Rockwell's lawsuit on subsidized discrimination against women in ordination of priests and deacons.

Organisations promoting Women's Issues and Women's Rights

1. WOMEN'S STUDIES at University College, Dublin
2. WOMEN'S STUDIES at the University of Antwerp, Belgium
3. Collections of Women's Resources on InterNet

Balancing the arguments

1. Frequently Asked Questions on Women's Ordination

The Vatican and other Roman Catholic sites

1. The Holy See
2. Vatican Radio
3. New Advent, a Catholic site with many church documents

Arguments for Ordination of Women in the Roman Catholic Church

1. The Peter Burns,S.J. Essays as featured in BASIC Quarterly Newsletter issue Number 11, February 1997.
2. Like the Earth, Women Image the Creator Spirit by Elizabeth A. Johnson, CSJ (on the Call-To-Action website)
3. Equality: A Radical Democratic Ekklesial Vision by Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza (on the Call-To-Action website)
4. Heart of Flesh: A Feminist Spirituality for Women and Men by Joan Chittister, O.S.B. (on the Call-To-Action website)

Arguments against Ordination of Women in the Roman Catholic Church

1. Responsum ad Dubium regarding Ordinatio Sacerdotalis
2. Why Women Can Never Be Priests

The Women's Ordination issue in Other Churches

1. Seventh-day Adventist position clarification, USA, Apr 2000
2. Priests (Ordination of Women) Measure - Church of England
3. International Association of Women Ministers
4. Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood

Other links of interest

1. GODTALK, an interfaith television show produced by Dr. Bridget Mary Meehan
2. "Women's Ordination: The Hidden Tradition" video available

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