Date
Our next CTA-Greater NYC Area meeting will be on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, from 3– 5pm at 20 Washington Square North.
Please come for an update and some exciting highlights from the national conference.
Agenda
1. Welcome prayer
2. Report on Chapter incorporationprogress
3. Video presentations and Chapterdiscussion from national CTA conference 2011
a. Jim Fitzgerald, CTA National Executive Director : CTA’sMission and Goals
b. Marcus Borg: Christians in a Time of Empire: Then and Now
Borg is a Canon Theologian at TrinityEpiscopal Cathedral in Portland, Oregon, and author of numerous books onChristianity.
4. Future Projects
5. Next Meeting Dates:
March25, 2012
June3, 2012
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We would also like to share with you information regarding VOTF-NYs “Day ofJustice for Women in the Church” on Saturday, Jan 21. Fr. Roy Bourgeois lead a workshop at the national CTA conference on the issue of women’sordination.
[Forwardedfrom VOTF-NYC]
From: Francis X. Piderit[mailto:pideritvotf@piderit.com]
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 4:37 PM
Subject: Join Roy Bourgeois on Saturday, Jan. 21 at VOTF NY's Day ofJustice for Women in the Church
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 4:37 PM
Subject: Join Roy Bourgeois on Saturday, Jan. 21 at VOTF NY's Day ofJustice for Women in the Church
Dear Friends of Voice of the Faithful New York:
Greetings,and happy New Year to all. We are two weeks from our first major VOTF NYevent of 2012. On Saturday, January 21st, we gather at St. Bart's to welcome Roy Bourgeois to New York as part of an outstanding program, "Dayof Justice for Women in the Church."
You are very warmly invited to attend this important event devoted to one of the foremost issues of social justice confronting the Catholic Church today... its treatment of women. The program will feature excerpts from the award-wining documentary, "Pink Smoke Over the Vatican," along with words from Roy and other presentations on justice for women.
Saturday,January 21 12:00 Noon
Day of Justice for Women in the Churchwith Fr. Roy Bourgeois
Saint Bartholomew’s ChurchParish House, 325 Park Ave. at 50th Street in Manhattan, New York(within walking distance of all major subway lines, Grand Central and MetroNorth, easily accessible from LIRR at Penn Station and Port Authority BusTerminal)
1:00 –1:15 Welcome
1:15 –1:45 Excerpts from “Pink Smoke over the Vatican” documentary
1:45 –2:15 Address by Roy Bourgeois
2:15 –3:00 Questions & Answers
3:00 –3:20 Break, Refreshments
3:20 –4:30 Panel presentations and discussion on
Women Leaders in Early Christianity: Rita Houlihan, FutureChurch
The Debate on Ordaining Women: Francis Piderit, VOTF NY
Primacy of Conscience in Catholic Teaching: Stanley Azaro
4:30 –4:40 Petition Presentation
4:40 –5:00 Closing Prayer service
Roy Bourgeois will be in the New York metropolitan area on Friday, January 20 through Sunday, January 22 for a series of events. On Friday, he will be in Park Slope, Brooklyn to talk about the "School of the Americas Watch: Then and Now." On Sunday, he will be in Huntington on Long Island for apresentation of "Pink Smoke Over the Vatican." See the attachmentsfor more details about other events you can attend.
All are invited. Pease be sure to forward this message to family, friends and your own personal email contacts.
Overthe next two weeks, we will be sending out additional information each day on the documentary film, on Roy Bourgeois's conscience-led call for justice for women, and on other parts of the January 21st program, including the concrete action we want to flow from the day. Please forward these messages to as manycontacts as you can. We depend on one another to get the word out to as large an audience as possible.
Peace,
Peace,
FrancisX. Piderit, VOTF NY Leadership Team
Voiceof the Faithful New York, 119 West 23rd Street, Suite 1003, New York, New York10011
C: 917.916.7575 T: 212.826.3118 F: 212.826.3115
