A Renewed Priestly Ministry …

  • … in a community of equals.

    The Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests are ordained women who live and minister in the United States and South America. We prepare and ordain qualified women to serve the people of God as priests. We use equal rites to promote equal rights to achieve justice for women in the church.

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  • Apostolic Succession

    The ordinations of Roman Catholic Women Priests are valid because of our apostolic succession within the Roman Catholic Church. The principal consecrating Roman Catholic male bishop who ordained our first women bishops is a bishop with apostolic succession within the Roman Catholic Church in communion with the pope. Therefore …

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  • Support for Fr. Roy Bourgeois

    The Association of Catholic Priests (Ireland) is saddened and disappointed by the dismissal of Maryknoll priest Fr. Roy Bourgeois from the priesthood and from his …  More »

  • “We can’t afford this anymore.”

    Swiss Catholic Bishop speaks out for women’s ordination. Bishop Markus Buchel, bishop of the diocese of St. Gall in Switzerland, spoke out openly for women's ordination …  More »

  • Inclusive Worship Aids

    Written by Bridget Mary Meehan, Judy Lee and Dorothy Shugrue, it is a resource created by priests in the ARCWP containing an extensive collection of Eucharistic liturgies …  More »