Welcome To RCWP

Christine Fahrenbach, Roberta Fuller, Maureen Mancuso, Diane O’Donnell, Jennifer O’Malley, and Cynthia Yoshitomi were ordained deacons on September 18, 2011 in Santa Barbara, CA.

Michael Tompkins was ordained a priest on March 13th in Santa Barbara. Bishop Olivio Doko presided. You can view his pictures by clicking on the following link. Michael Tompkins

Jeannette Love was ordained a priest on September 12th in Santa Barbara. Bishop Olivia Doko presided. You can view her pictures by clicking on the following link. Jeannette Love.

Ordained women are serving the People of God in many ways including: weddings, baptisms, Eucharist, prison ministry, anointing of the sick and elderly, ministering with the homeless, and house churches.

Further information about Roman Catholic women Priests can be seen by viewing the following presentation. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8317430528624416961

Cynthia Yoshitomi speaks about being called to ordination. Click on: Women Priests

Other organizations that support RCWP are:

http://www.womensordination.org/

http://www.federationofchristianministries.org/

http://www.corpus.org/

Voice Infusing Life

Voz Que Infunde Vida

Los Angeles Religious Congress -March 2012

Welcome to the Western Region

This website was created and is maintained by Roman Catholic Womenpriests-USA, Inc. (RCWP-USA, Inc.), a California 501 (c) 3 non-profit corporation, as an educational and informational service to the public. RCWP-USA, Inc. promotes and supports the ordination of women and men in a renewed priestly ministry in the Roman Catholic Church. This website provides information about RCWP worldwide, with special focus on RCWP in the USA. Every ministry convened by a RCWP member operates separately and independently from Roman Catholic Womenpriests-USA, Inc. RCWP-USA, Inc. disclaims any responsibility for the operation of these ministries. The biographical information and descriptions of the ministries are for informational purposes only. This website also contains links to third party sites. Such links do not constitute or imply an endorsement and or sponsorship by RCWP-USA, Inc. RCWP-USA, Inc. is not responsible for such third party websites and is not liable for the contents therein. © 2010 Roman Catholic Womenpriests-USA, Inc.

For further information regarding women’s ministries in California, please click on the following link:
California liturgies

For information on ministries in Portland, Oregon, click on the link: Oregon Liturgies

A riveting new documentary about the controversial movement

of women ordained as priests in the Roman Catholic Church

Pink Smoke Over the Vatican chronicles the difficult journey of women ordained as Catholic priests beginning with the early history of the church, to the seven women ordained on the Danube River in 2002, and provides a glimpse into the ministries of the courageous women ordained in Europe and North America over the last eight years. The film is now available for sale at: http://eyegoddess.com/pink_smoke.php. To view the trailer click on: Pink Smoke

Helen Umphrey was ordained a deacon on March 3, 2012 in Portland , Oregon.

Pink Smoke Over the Vatican can be purchased at: http://pinksmokeoverthevatican.com/ or on Amazon.com for $19.95