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RIP: The Rt. Rev. Barbara C. Harris, Anglican Communion’s first female bishop, dies at 89
March 16th, 2020
The Rt. Rev. Alan M. Gates, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, has announced the death of the Rt. Rev. Barbara C. Harris, the first woman to be ordained… Read more »
Newsletter to Members Christmas 2019
December 17th, 2019
We hear again the Christmas tale of a young mother giving birth to her first child. We celebrate the miracle of birth, the wonder of women’s bodies that can carry… Read more »
Autumn 2019 Members Newsletters
December 6th, 2019
Dear Members Thank you for continuing to support WATCH. Here are a few of the things we have been doing. AGM 2019 It was good to see a number of… Read more »
Twenty-five years on…a Lay woman’s view
July 27th, 2019
Over the past few months, WATCH has posted recollections and reflections on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the ordination of women to the priesthood from a few of those ordained that… Read more »
Forty years on; A Woman’s Place is in the House of Bishops
July 4th, 2019
2019 is a year of anniversaries for those who rejoice to see women included in all forms of ministry, ordained and lay, in the Church of England. We are celebrating… Read more »
Twenty five years on…..Doves, hope and challenge
July 2nd, 2019
Memory sometimes plays tricks on you, and especially if you are looking back 25 years. But I think that I can remember it quite clearly amidst all the excitement and… Read more »
Twenty-five years on: A Service of Thanksgiving at Ripon Cathedral Saturday 9th April 1994
July 1st, 2019
A week after Easter 1994, MOW organised a final conference and a national service of Thanksgiving that women were finally to be ordained as priests. It took place in Ripon… Read more »
Twenty Five years on…..becoming more fully myself all the time.
June 30th, 2019
I was ordained priest at Ripon Cathedral and the memories of the day are of warmth and intense joy. As the procession approached the main door of the cathedral it… Read more »
The first ordained woman in the Channel Islands
June 29th, 2019
Linda Le Vasseur, who was the first woman ordained in Guernsey, was ordained priest in 1996. We are including her story among our memories of the first ordinations of women… Read more »
The Fall of the Berlin Wall, GPS and the Ordination of Women: the liberation of the Church of England? 25 years and counting
June 29th, 2019
The Rev Dr Carrie Pemberton Ford was one of those ordained priest in Ely diocese in 1994, and was one of the members of WATCH’s first committee. Here she remembers… Read more »
