{"id":247,"date":"2025-01-13T10:46:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T15:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/womensreligiousleadership\/?p=247"},"modified":"2025-01-13T10:47:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T15:47:32","slug":"dr-jill-peterfeso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/womensreligiousleadership\/dr-jill-peterfeso\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Jill Peterfeso"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/womensreligiousleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1139\/2025\/01\/Jill-headshot-color-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/womensreligiousleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1139\/2025\/01\/Jill-headshot-color-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/womensreligiousleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1139\/2025\/01\/Jill-headshot-color-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/womensreligiousleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1139\/2025\/01\/Jill-headshot-color-1-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/womensreligiousleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1139\/2025\/01\/Jill-headshot-color-1-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/womensreligiousleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1139\/2025\/01\/Jill-headshot-color-1-1367x2048.jpg 1367w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/womensreligiousleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1139\/2025\/01\/Jill-headshot-color-1-scaled.jpg 1708w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Affiliation: Guilford College<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Title: Evolving RCWP: Ministerial Modeling and Practicing New Priesthoods<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abstract:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Roman Catholic Womenpriests (RCWP) movement started in 2001 with the\u00a0<em>contra legem<\/em>\u00a0(\u201cagainst canon law\u201d) ordinations of 7 women to priesthood. To date, roughly 250 women have been ordained through RCWP. While the women in the movement are not recognized by Rome and are in fact excommunicated for their ordinations, womenpriests adhere to Roman Catholic rituals, retain apostolic succession, and practice priesthood through sacraments, ministries, and community leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Five years following the publication of the first academic book on RCWP, titled&nbsp;<em>Womanpriest: Tradition and Transgression in the Contemporary Roman Catholic Church<\/em>, Peterfeso revisits her research into the movement and offers new observations and insights. What does today\u2019s RCWP tell us about religious identities in the North American and European church? What does RCWP model about religious change and creativity? And what does RCWP reveal regarding women\u2019s leadership in patriarchal institutions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While not even 25 years old, RCWP is evolving quickly, all the while keeping its focus on using Catholic faith, sacraments, and theologies to meet the needs of today\u2019s (often disaffected and spiritually seeking) Catholics. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Affiliation: Guilford College Title: Evolving RCWP: Ministerial Modeling and Practicing New Priesthoods Abstract: The Roman Catholic Womenpriests (RCWP) movement started in 2001 with the\u00a0contra legem\u00a0(\u201cagainst canon law\u201d) ordinations of 7 women to priesthood. To date, roughly 250 women have been ordained through RCWP. While the women in the movement are not recognized by Rome and<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-read-more\"><span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/womensreligiousleadership\/dr-jill-peterfeso\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More&nbsp;<i class=\"fas fa-long-arrow-alt-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p><!-- entry-read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3769,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/womensreligiousleadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/womensreligiousleadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/womensreligiousleadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/womensreligiousleadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3769"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/womensreligiousleadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/womensreligiousleadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/womensreligiousleadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247\/revisions\/249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/womensreligiousleadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/womensreligiousleadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/womensreligiousleadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}