Thursday, February 19, 2015

How a supporter of women’s ordination left the Anglican Church to become a Catholic

From Catholic Herald-

It is always interesting to read the various ways that converts stumble onto the path to Rome. Surely one of the strangest accounts in modern times is that of Dr Una Kroll, whose autobiography, Bread Not Stones, has recently been published by Christian Alternative. Dr Kroll received quite a lot of publicity in the past as an active and vocal Christian feminist. Indeed, she was ordained into the Anglican priesthood as one of the first women priest of the Church of Wales. The title of her book is taken from an incident at the Church of England’s General Synod of 1978. When its members at that time turned down a proposal to prepare women for ordination, Una Kroll shouted from the gallery: “We asked you for bread and you gave us a stone!”

More here-

http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2015/02/19/how-a-supporter-of-womens-ordination-left-the-anglican-church-to-become-a-catholic/

No comments: