Apparently three women were “ordained” this past weekend.
Here is the relevant quotes:
The group said the three women – Gloria Carpeneto of Baltimore, Judy Lee of Fort Myers, Fla., and Gabriella Velardi Ward of New York City – are responding to a heartfelt call to serve the church as priests.
The group says the women who are ordained remain loyal members of the church and will act as priests whether they are excommunicated or not.
Sunday’s ordination ceremony was performed by two women the group describes as bishops – Ida Raming of Struttgart, Germany, and Dana Reynolds from California.
The ceremony “is not in compliance with their man-made rules, but it’s certainly in compliance with the Roman Catholic ordination rituals because our bishops were ordained by all-male Roman Catholic bishops who are in good standing with the church,” as provided by the church’s ordination rituals, said Bridget Mary Meehan, the group’s spokeswoman.
1) All heresies are “heartfelt.” I don’t think anyone seeks to contradict the official teachings of the church on purpose (Boy, wouldn’t be awesome if we told everyone that Jesus was just a spirit who seemed to be a man…yeah, lets do that). These “heartfelt” people believe they are actually doing God’s will. However, all Catholics recognize (or are suppose to) the Magisterium of the Church. In fact, that Catholic Church wouldn’t be the Catholic Church without Sacred Tradition and the Magisterium. The hierarchy of the Church is in place to safeguard against these “heartfelt,” desires, by comparing them to Sacred Tradition.
2) To that end, loyal members of the Church recognize the role of Tradition and Magisterium in the Church, and must respect the Magisterium’s teachings, even if it contradicts what they wanted to do. This applies in all areas, from contraception to suicide. This is how sins become merely “moral choices” that are left to the discretion of the believer. That sort of faith is called “Mainstream Protestantism,” I believe.
3) Thus, that they they will continue to “play” priest is sacrilegious and misleading to souls.
4) Those “Man-Made” rules are also called Sacred Tradition and Dogma. Those “man-made” rules, in other words, are those of the Church, the Bride of Christ. In other words, those “man-made” rules are guidance provided by Holy Spirit through the Magisterium. Thus, those “man-made” rules are, in point of fact, God-made rules. Those are the rules that make the Sacrament of Holy Orders valid (indeed, they are the basis of the very structure of the Church). By disregarding those rules, and merely acting out the ritual, you eviscerate the spiritual nature of the Sacrament. We generally call that “play,” or “acting.” By contradicting those rules, you undermine the very power (i.e. Holy Orders) that you seek to usurp.
5) Any bishop who takes part in the ordination of a woman is de facto excommunicated. In fact, I think that excommunication takes place when the bishop makes the act of will to ordain the woman. Thus, their orders are invalid, because the bishop was no longer in good standing, but was in fact excommunicated (or, at least, that would be the logic).
6) In conclusion: This is heresy, and is a vulgar and disrespectful disregard for the true Church.
Read more about these heretics at their website. Apparently they reject the Vatican’s excommunication decree. Sorry, girls, the Vatican is in charge. Even if they did disagree with it, they would need an Ecumenical Council to overrule the Pope. A bunch of them put together around a kitchen table does not an Ecumenical Council make!
I would also encourage all devout Roman Catholic women to fight against this heresy. The Albigensians had St. Dominic as their scourge…the womanpriests need their opposition too.
Posted by T. Ambrose Nazianzus 
