Celebrating 50 Years of Women's Ordination

Note: The full weekend gathering is for women-identifying clergy. Starred events (*) below are open to the general public.

Alis Volat Propriis: She flies with her own wings...

We invite women-identifying clergy from around the country to join us for a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Philadelphia Eleven – the first eleven women to be ordained in the Episcopal Church. Join us as we celebrate the legacy of these brave and pioneering women and look to the future. Open to all women-identifying clergy. Registration fee: $25 for the weekend. 

Clergy Registration: https://onrealm.org/TrinityEpiscopalpdx/PublicRegistrations/Event?linkString=MWY1OWUxZDYtOTJmZC00Nzc2LWI4MDAtYjFhYTAxNTgwNTQw

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 2

• * 5:00 pm / Choral Evensong* The upper voices of the renowned Cathedral Choir will sing works by Sarah MacDonald and Katherine Webb at a special service of Choral Evensong.
• 6:30 pm / Gala Dinner for Registrants

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 3

• 9:00 am / Clergy Women Gathering What’s Next?  We come together to celebrate, lament, strategize, and look to the future of women’s priesthood. Special Guest: The Most Rev’d Katharine Jefferts Schori
• 12:00 pm / Lunch on your own
• * 2:00 pm / Film Screening: "The Philadelphia Eleven" *  Feature-length documentary exploring the lives of the eleven remarkable women who became and remain an inspiration for generations of women in ministry.

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 4

• * 10:00 am / Guest Preacher: Katharine Jefferts Schori *  We welcome former Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori as our guest preacher at the 10:00 service.

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About the Philadelphia Eleven:

In 1974, there was a dramatic breakthrough of the so-called stained glass ceiling that gave hope to Christian women everywhere. At a church in Philadelphia, a group of eleven women were ordained to the Episcopal priesthood in violation of the constitution and canons of the Episcopal Church – which at the time stated that only men were eligible for ordination. These remarkable women succeeded in transforming an age-old institution, despite the threats to their personal safety and the risk of rejection by the church they loved.