Academic Affiliation: Emerson College
Documentary Screening: “The Philadelphia Eleven” a film by Margo Guernsey
Description:
In a 1974 act akin to civil disobedience, a group of eleven women and their supporters organize their unauthorized ordination as Episcopal priests. A church in North Philadelphia welcomes them, and a group of male bishops ordain them, making headlines in the nightly news worldwide. They become known as the “Philadelphia Eleven.” As new priests, they persevere despite the harassment and threats; and build a movement that challenges the very essence of patriarchy within Christendom.