Call to Action - Columbus

Christmas Mass has been cancelled
2025-12-17 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Our special Christmas Mass event has been CANCELLED due to health issues of our presider, Fr Bill Wisniewski. Please pray for him!

Michelle Kriegel: Richard Rohr's Center for Action and Contemplation
2025-11-19 19:00 - 21:00
Michelle Kriegel will be sharing her experience of the CAC’s Living School program with us, including providing us with an overview of contemplative Christianity.
Michelle finished the Living School program at Richard Rohr’s Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC). Some of you may know Michelle since she led the St Phoebe service at the St Josephine Bakhita parish church. She led this service for women deacons in conjunction with the Discerning Deacons organization.
7 pm Wednesday, at Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus.

Round Table Meeting
2025-10-15 19:00 - 21:00
Call to Action Columbus will be holding a round table meeting to discuss future speakers, events and matters of importance to you. All are welcome to join in the discussions.
7 pm Wednesday, at Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus.

Mary Hunt: Religious Citizens in a Time of Evil - Living the Contradictions
2025-09-17 19:00 - 21:00
Mary Hunt, PhD, the feminist theologian, will be our speaker. Mary, an advocate on behalf of women and LGBT people, is the cofounder of the Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual (WATER).
How do we respond to: Rampant evil? Efforts to destroy our democracy? Criminalization of immigrants? Genocide being condoned? Church moral leadership failure? Mary Hunt, an ethicist who ethicists listen to, will share with us.
7 pm Wednesday, September 17, 2025 Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus, OH

St Mary Magdala celebration
2025-07-16 19:00 - 21:00
Rev Irene Scaramazza, Columbus’ own female Roman Catholic priest, will be presiding at our St. Mary Magdala Mass celebration in honor of the first apostle, Mary Magdala who was the apostle to the apostles. Mary Magdala was one of two women disciples within Jesus’ inner circle of disciples.
One way to honor God’s calling of women to be priests, deacons and bishops is to participate in Mass with a female priests. Experience what Mass will be like once we allow women to answer God’s call.
7 pm Wednesday, July 16, 2025 Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus, OH

Love one another
2025-05-21 19:00 - 21:00
Love one another: Jesus’ request that we “Love one another” will be this meeting’s focus.
7 pm Wednesday, May 21, 2025 Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus, OH

Tenebrae Service
2025-04-16 19:00 - 21:00
Tenebrae Service: Karen M. Elliott, C.PP.S., Ph.D., will lead the Tenebrae.
The Tenebrae is a somber fourth century service, a tradition in Catholic, Lutheran and Orthodox churches; typically done on Maundy Thursday or Good Friday. It relives Holy Week’s events, the passion story, Jesus’ sufferings and death, the immense loss and spiritual darkness felt by Jesus’ followers. A good preparation for the joy of Easter.
7 pm Wednesday, April 16, 2025 Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus, OH

Russ Petrus
2025-03-19 19:00 - 21:00
Russ Petrus, FutureChurch’s Executive Director will be our speaker.
FutureChurch is a leading voice in the efforts to the Catholic Church towards inclusiveness.
7 pm Wednesday, Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus, OH

Christmas Mass
2024-12-18 16:00 - 18:00
THIS MEETING WILL BE AT 4 p.m.
For our December gathering, we are planning a special Christmas Mass.
The theme will be Creation Theology. We will be using Taize music. Tom Stricker from the Dayton area and the small faith community of Living Beatitudes will be our Presider. Tom is a Roman Catholic priest who is married.
Let us joyfully welcome Jesus together.
4 pm Wednesday, Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus, OH
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Black Moses Rankin
2024-11-20 19:00 - 21:00
Black Moses Rankin, national Call To Action’s Executive Director, will be speaking. The topic will nominally be CTA’s Re/Generation Program for Catholics in their twenties and thirties.
Discussion will follow.
7 pm Wednesday, Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus, OH

St Mary Magdala Mass celebration
2024-07-17 19:00 - 21:00
Rev Irene Scaramazza, a female Roman Catholic priest, will be presiding at our St. Mary Magdala Mass celebration in honor of the first apostle.
7 pm Wednesday, Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus
Because the 1964 Civil Rights Act exempted churches from its prohibitions of discrimination, all Christian churches are a battle ground in the struggles for women’s equality. Most Christian churches practice male superiority. All Catholic, all Orthodox and half of Protestant churches exclude women from ordained ministry. Protestant churches that ordain women continue to struggle with women’s discrimination. Irene and other members of Roman Catholic Women Priests (romancatholicwomenpriests.org) are participants in the equality struggles taking place in all Christian churches.
Equality is integral to Jesus’ request that we “Love one another.” Stand up for equality in our church. Participate in this Mass. You’ll be glad you did. Bring a friend.

Cynthia Holder Rich & Mark Rich
2024-04-17 19:00 - 21:00
As our Church considers ordaining as least female deacons, please join us as Rev Cynthia Holder Rich and Rev. Mark Rich will share their perspective on female ordination in both the Presbyterian and Lutheran traditions.
7 pm Wednesday, at Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus

Transgender Speaker
2024-03-20 19:00 - 21:00
Transgender Speaker: During the past few years, for political reasons, transgender people have been targeted for lots of exclusion. Nate, a transgender person, will discuss the personal journey that he and other transgender people have been on, as well about how we treat them.
7 pm Wednesday, at Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus

Pope Francis and the Gay Community
2024-01-17 19:00 - 21:00
Tim Dick and Mike Dickenson will discuss our beautiful Pope Francis and his direction with the Gay Community.
7 pm Wednesday, Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus, OH

Women In Ministry
2023-11-15 19:00 - 21:00
Sister Karen Elliott of Mount Saint Joseph University will be speaking. Karen is the author of Women in Ministry and the Writings of Paul.
7pm Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus.

St Phoebe Celebration
2023-09-03 17:00 - 18:00
St Phoebe Mass celebration during the Sunday Masses (9 am and 11 am) September 3, 2023, at St Matthias Church, 1566 Ferris Rd, Columbus. St Phoebe was a female deacon in early Christianity. After Mass, copies of the book Women: Icons of Christ by Phyllis Zagano should be available for purchase at St Matthias.
Pope Francis asked the Church to hold a conversation as to whether we should have women deacons. This Mass will be the first part of a program to discuss reinstatement of women deacons in the Church. The second part of the program will be a review of the book Women: Icons of Christ by Phyllis Zagano. The book review is expected to be held at 7 pm on Thursdays September 7, 14 and 21 at St Matthias.
The third part of this program, will feature Kelly Adamson speaking on Synodality and Women. Kelly Adamson is an advocate for women deacons. She is Associate Director of Campus Ministry at the University of Dayton. Her talk will be at 7 pm Thursday October 12 at St Matthias.

St Mary Magdala Celebration
2023-07-19 19:00 - 21:00
St Mary Magdala Celebration with Rev Paula Hoeffer, an ordained Roman Catholic female priest. This Mass will be a celebration of St Mary Magdala, the Apostle to the Apostles.
7 pm Wednesday, July 19, 2023, at Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus.

God's Works Revealed
2023-05-17 19:00 - 21:00
Sam Albano will be speaking. Sam is the author of God’s Works Revealed: Spirituality, Theology and Social Justice for Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Catholics, a book that presents a compelling, challenging and joyful vision of living as a lesbian, gay or bisexual Catholic today.
7pm Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus.

Saint Mary Magdalene
2022-07-27 19:00 - 21:00
St Mary Magdalene Celebration, a Mass celebrated by Irene Scaramazza, our local Roman Catholic Woman Priest. This event will be live-streamed on Zoom.

St Mary Magdala Celebration
2021-07-28 19:00 - 21:00
St Mary Magdala Celebration with Rev Ann Klonowski, a female ordained Roman Catholic priest in Ohio. At Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus.

Immigration and Refugees
2020-01-15 19:00 - 21:00
Immigration and Refugees with Sr Gemma Doll. At Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus. At Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus.

Federation of Christian Ministries
2019-11-20 19:00 - 21:00
Federation of Christian Ministries with Tom Stricker of Dayton’s Living Beatitudes Community. At Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus.

What Jesus Would Say To Same Sex Couples
2019-09-18 19:00 - 21:00
What Jesus Would Say to Same Sex Couples with Marie Sweeney, Dignity USA board member. At Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus.

St Mary Magdala Celebration
2019-07-24 19:00 - 21:00
St Mary Magdala Celebration with Rev Paula Hoeffer a female ordained Roman Catholic priest in Cincinnati. At Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus.

Crispina and Her Sisters
2019-05-15 19:00 - 21:00
Crispina and Her Sisters with Sr Christ Schenk. At Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus.

Chrism Mass Prayer Vigil
2019-04-16 16:15 - 18:15
Chrism Mass Prayer Vigil for an inclusive church. As the priests of our diocese gather for the Chrism Mass, we will pray for the inclusion of those who are excluded. St Joseph Cathedral, 212 E Broad St, Columbus.

Where the Last Shall Be First: A Vision of the Church
2019-03-20 19:00 - 21:00
Where the Last Shall Be First: A Vision of the Church with Dennis Doyle, University of Dayton theologian specializing in ecclesiology. At Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus.

All About the Association of U. S. Catholic Priests
2019-01-16 19:00 - 21:00
All About the Association of U. S. Catholic Priests with Fr Tony Gallagher, a founding member of the AUSCP. At Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus.

Calling Forth the Women
2018-11-14 19:00 - 21:00
Calling Forth the Women with Rev Joan Clark Hook, an ordained female Roman Catholic bishop with Roman Catholic WomenPriests. At Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus.

The Death Penalty
2018-09-19 19:00 - 21:00
The Death Penalty with Derrick Jamison, death row inmate, and Abraham Bonowitz of Ohioans to Stop Executions. At Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus.
