Category: Remembrances
Ye Olde History Snippets… On this day, July 29th in 1974, fifteen hundred people crowded the sanctuary of the Episcopal Church of the Advocate in Philadelphia to witness the ordination of eleven women.
Historically, the position of women was typically secondary to that of men in the Christian Church. On this day, July 29th in 1974, fifteen hundred people crowded the sanctuary of the Episcopal Church of the Advocate in Philadelphia to witness the ordination of eleven women. The eleven women were ordained to priesthood by three retired bishops: Daniel Corrigan,…
