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The prevailing position against women’s ordination to the ministerial priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church presents itself as an ongoing ecumenical dilemma within and beyond its ecclesial borders. This paper provides an overview of the ‘official’ position of Rome in teaching and defending the church’s view against the ordination of women, even in the midst of great dissent among its members. Then it proceeds to lay a basic foundation for legitimately and respectfully offering an ecumenical contribution. Finally it considers several challenges that confront the ecumenical community in engaging an ecumenical response. I was once invited to the home of some acquaintances for dinner. When all the guests had arrived, the hostess invited us into the dining room. As I entered the room, I noticed with astonishment that there was a horse on the table. I caught my breath but didn’t say a word. I was the first to enter the room, so I was able to observe the other guests. They responded much as I had – they entered, saw the horse, gasped and stared, but said nothing. It was cramped sitting at the table and trying to avoid the horse. Everyone obviously was ill at ease. We were all trying not to look at the horse, yet unable to keep our eyes off it. I thought several times of saying, “Look, there’s a horse on the table.” But I didn’t know the host and hostess well, and I didn’t want to mention something that might embarrass them. After all, it was their house. Who was I to say they couldn’t have a horse on the table? I could have said that I didn’t mind, but that would have been untrue – its presence upset me so much that I enjoyed neither the dinner nor the company. I excused myself early and went home. I later learned that the host and hostess were hoping the dinner would be a success despite the horse. But both they and the other guests had thought about little else than the horse and how to avoid mentioning it. An ancient Sufi parable 2

WOMEN, THE VATICAN, AND HOPE FOR THE FUTURE: AN ECUMENICAL QUAGMIRE