Not everyone can talk about God and get others to listen. But there’s something about the Rev. Myra Brown’s voice that perfectly suits her line of work; her calm and reassurance connects. Brown, 51, is a fixture in the Rochester-area spiritual scene, spanning everything from being a young altar worker at black Catholic revivals to […]
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Spiritus Christi’s Rev. Myra Brown is ordained a priest
Myra Brown was just 8 years old when she says she first realized she wanted to help and serve others. Brown, 51, has had several spiritual callings in her life, she says. And on Saturday, Brown, a deacon at Spiritus Christi, became the third African-American woman in the US to be ordained as a Catholic […]
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The church inside the Catholic Church
Jamie Manson’s efforts to bring about a more inclusive Catholic Church, one that includes women priests and same-sex marriage, have not endeared her to the church’s hierarchy. But she said that she remains committed to Catholicism and of what she called Catholics’ “sacramental” view of the world. “In the Catholic imagination, every experience we have, […]
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Vatican squanders its power
The Vatican’s decision to excommunicate the Rev. Roy Bourgeois from the Roman Catholic Church and to dismiss him from Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers is senseless and heavy-handed. Bourgeois wasn’t defrocked because he committed some immoral or illegal act; he was pushed out because of his outspoken support for the ordination of women priests. His crime […]
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[UPDATED] Women of a lesser God
To say that the Rev. Roy Bourgeois is a thorn in the Vatican’s side is probably an understatement. Bourgeois is a Roman Catholic priest with a long history of social activism, but it is his support for the ordination of woman, in particular, that could get him excommunicated from the church. Bourgeois will be in Rochester on Tuesday, November 27.
