Longing for the Sun of Justice
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WOW Leadership Circle:
Pat Brown (UK)
+447950048628 patbrownalextechnique@btinternet.com
Alicja Baranowska (Belgium & Poland) +32488676020or +48694725337 alicja.baranowska@wp.pl
Colm Holmes (Ireland)
+353866063636 colmholmes2020@gmail.com
Kate McElwee (Italy & USA)
+393936922100 kmcelwee@womensordination.org
Press Release 22 July 2017
Women's Ordination Worldwide (WOW) celebrates the feast of St. Mary Magdalene (22 July) with the launch of Dr. Annette Esser’s beautiful original painting, "Longing for the Sun of Justice." The painting symbolizes women’s calling to priesthood, not granted by men in the church, but through Christ.
The painting shows two dissimilar hands varied in shape and color, joining together to resemble a chalice, illuminated by a blazoned sun in the place of a host along a horizon. You may also notice a small cross in the middle of the sun. Made whole and Holy by one another, the hands are united in the Sun, in Christ.
WOW reaffirms our call for the institutional Church to rid itself of the sin of sexism and model unconditional equality by opening up all ministries to Catholic women who have the talent and vocation to serve their communities as St. Mary Magdalene did.
On the Feast of the "Apostle to the Apostles," we are reminded that Mary Magdalene followed Jesus' call to go and tell the Good News of the Resurrection, inspiring women for centuries to answer God's call to preach, minister, and live the Gospel message of equality.
Artist: © Annette Esser, Oil and Gold on Canvas, 40x50cm (2017)
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Women’s Ordination Worldwide (WOW), founded in 1996 at the First European Women's Synod in Austria, is an ecumenical network of national and international groups whose primary mission at this time is the admission of Roman Catholic women to all ordained ministries.
