Phebe Lewald McPherson, the first woman to be ordained a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland who served an ... justice,” said her husband, the Rev. W. Bruce McPherson.

As Virginia's first female newspaper publisher, Clementina Rind emphasized women's viewpoints and collaborated with prominent ...

So just before the Rev. Phebe McPherson was set to become the first woman ordained in the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland that December, she knitted the bishop a pair of striped socks. She mailed them ...

BALTIMORE -- Maryland leaders and community ... There, he served as a pastor. He later became a member of Sharon Baptist Church, where he was ordained into the gospel ministry.

Hong Kong was decades ahead of Britain when it came to the ordination of women priests, even though that might seem unlikely ...

When Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory became the first African American cardinal in the history of the Catholic Church Nov. 28, 2020, some of his thoughts were far from R ...

In his homily at the Mass of Priesthood Ordination, Cardinal Gregory said priests must continue to develop and deepen that ...

THE machinations of power affect women first ... Most of the ordained women I have spoken to have managed to hold on to their faith despite the toxic environment in which they try to fulfil their ...

Michael Miller, left, watches as Edmonton Archbishop Richard Smith places the mitre on Father Gary Franken at his ordination as bishop of St ... to the Catholic Women’s League of Canada ...

Francis has upheld the ban on female priests and tamped down hopes that women could be ordained ... that vets bishop nominations. When they were named in 2022 it marked the first time women ...

Jim Pillen's opening remarks at Boys Town in 2024 In September 2023, the Rev. Steven Boes retired ... under the supervision of the Omaha archdiocese. First ordained in 1985, Boes had also served ...

Maryland, which was a safe house for the Underground Railroad; and St. Alphonsus Liguori “Rock” Catholic Church in St. Louis, which was visited by the Rev. Augustus Tolton, the first ordained ...