WOW at the Synod October 2023:

Women’s Ordination Worldwide will in Rome for in October for the Synod of Bishops! Join us!

Our witness is essential to ensure women’s voices, experiences, stories and vocations are not erased or silenced in the synodal process. We continue to work for accountability to the grassroots, and be an uncompromising voice for equitable inclusion of women at every level of our Church.

We see our presence as an extension of the synodal tent where we can model synodal authenticity, amplify the voices most silenced by the institutional church and creatively and boldly ensure that there is no synod about us without us.

Walk with Women: March to the Vatican
Route begins at San Giovanni dei Fiorentini (Via Acciaioli, 2) via Lungotevere Castello and concludes at St. Peter’s Square

At the Opening Mass of the Synod in 2021, Pope Francis said: ‘The Holy Spirit always surprises us, to suggest fresh paths and new ways of thinking.’ Let’s make our Walk with Women a fresh path to full equality in the church.

Global advocates for women’s ordination will process from the site of a relic of the foot of St. Mary Magdalene, Apostle to the Apostles, and walk peacefully to St. Peter’s Square. Inspired by US suffragist movements, advocates will carry messages such as: Pope Francis, How Long Must Women Wait for Equality? and Resistance to Patriarchy is Obedience to God.