Renewing the Roman Catholic Church as an inclusive church in Ohio     Saturday October 18, 2014,  9 am to 4:30 pm, Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus, OH.
 
Catholics throughout Ohio are invited to this gospel nonviolence workshop.  Sponsors are FutureChurch, Voices Speaking, the American Catholic Council, the Association for the Rights of Catholics in the Church, and Call To Action Columbus.
 
This workshop is for Catholics in Ohio who:   want an inclusive church;   thirst for a just church;   long for equality;   ask for church reform;   are Vatican II Catholics;   desire more from Mass;   seek to follow Jesus.   This gospel nonviolence workshop teaches us to do what Jesus did.   Learn to be the change that you seek.
 
Lena Woltering will lead this workshop.   Lena is a Pace e Bene nonviolence trainer;  works as an organizer for Call To Action USA;  cofounded the Fellowship of Southern Illinois Laity (FOSIL);  and is a veteran leader of Lay synods.
 
Registration fee:  $45 before October 11;   $55 after October 11.   Lunch provided.   Scholarships available.   Register with Ann Brown   614 457 4014   abrown22@columbus.rr.com.   Make checks payable to CTA Columbus, and mail to CTA Columbus, c/o Ann Brown, 4035 Bickley Place, Columbus, OH 43220.
 
Suggested reading prior to the workshop is Love in Action by Richard K Taylor available at FutureChurch or Amazon.   Possible supplemental reading material is a Million Voices packet from FutureChurch.

St Mary Magdala Celebration with Rev Dagmar Braun Celeste of the Danube Seven, the first women ordained Roman Catholic priests (2002).  7 pm, Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus.

Chrism Mass Vigil: Jesus started this nonviolence tradition during the original holy week when Jesus and his followers staged a teach-in at the temple, teaching that we should love one another inclusively just as God’s love for us is inclusive.  Teaching inclusiveness at the temple isn’t always popular, so Jesus was publicly executed within 96 hours of his teach-in.  The need for this tradition, begun by Jesus, is not ended.  Our Church continues to practice and teach exclusion.  In the Lenten spirit of penance let’s come together at the temple in the name of Jesus to ask God in prayer for an inclusive church.     4:15 to 6:15 pm, St Joseph Cathedral, 212 E Broad St, Columbus.
 

Local CTA members will talk about their trip to the national CTA meeting in Milwaukee, WI in November.

Hounded By God; A Gay Man's JourneyTo Self Acceptance, Love And Relationship with the author Joe Gentilini, PhD.  Joe is a graduate of Bishop Watterson High School where teacher Carla Hale was recently fired for being homosexual.

"Spiritual But Not Religious", the growing trend of Christians walking out of traditional Christian religious institutions with Rev Linda Mercadante, PhD, of The Methodist Theological School in Ohio.

When the priests of our diocese gather at the at St Joseph Cathedral for their Chrism Mass, we hold the Chrism Mass Vigil in support of Inclusive Priesthood.

A Pink Smoke Pray Vigil will be held at 7pm at St Joseph Cathedral to bring attention to the lack of women's voices at the Papal conclave, and to protest the ban on women from all leadership and decision-making positions in the Catholic church.

What's Going On In Cincinnati, a discussion of Cincinnati's support for the sisters of the LCWR, with Mary Ellen Williams of the Hyde Park 9.

Celebration of the Feast of St Mary Madala with Rev Janice Sevre-Duszynska, an ordained Roman Catholic female priest.

As the priests of the Diocese gather at St Joseph Cathedral for their Chrism Mass, the Chrism Mass Vigil is in support of an inclusive priesthood.

"The New Roman Missal" with Fr Anthony Ruff, OSF.

The American Catholic Council's June 2011 Detroit meeting with Sharon Abercrombie & Ruthmary Mangan of Simply Catholic.  Plus Fr Han Kung's call for "peaceful" revolution against the absolutism of papal power.

As the priests of the Diocese gather at St Joseph Cathedral for their Chrism Mass, the Chrism Mass Vigil is in support of Fr Roy Bourgeois and women's ordination.

"Justice for Immigrants" with Ruben Castilla Herrera, state director in Ohio for Reform Immigration for America.

"Haiti" with Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, founder of Pax Christi, author, peace activist, and advocate for victims.  The free will offering is for the Haiti relief effort.

"Democratization of the Catholic Church" with Robert McClory of Northwestern University, former priest, former NCR reporter, author and former Director of CTA.

"Our Role in Creating a More Just Church" with Sr Louise Akers of the  Sisters of Charity, the sister who refused the Archbishop of Cincinnati's demand that she recant her support for women's ordination.

"Let's Hospice our church" with John Chuchman (known as Poetman) and Karen Schrauben.

“Women and the Word: Synod 2008 – Put Women Back in the Biblical Picture” with Sr Chris Schenk, CSJ, Executive Director of FutureChurch.

The Importance of Looking at One’s Shadow with Richard Sweeney, PhD.