Board of Consultors
These people believe in the profound importance of the reform of our Church and have given their support and lent their name and credibility to our movement.
Members
Christine Anderson:
Director Faith and Praxis FCJ, Organizational Analyst.
Bob Betterton:
Founder of Accelerating Catholic Church Reform
Eugene Bianchi:
Professor emeritus of theology, Emory University.
Tony Biviano:
Media producer for the For Christ's Sake petition, Australia.
Roy Bourgeois:
Founder of School of Americas Watch and advocate for the Ordination of Women.
Bill Burrows:
Publisher
Brendan Butler:
Spokesperson, We are Church Ireland, and Coordinator NGO peace Alliance.
James Coriden:
Former president Canon Law Society of America
Brian Coyne:
Editor, Catholica.au
Donald Cozzens:
Writer-in-residence, John Carroll University
William V. D'Antonio:
Professor of sociology, Catholic Univ of America
Mark Day:
Former Franciscan, news producer, San Diego, California
John A. Dick:
Historical theologian, Louvain Univ; VP Assoc. for the Rights of Catholics in the Church
Bill Ditewig:
Theologian and deacon
Terry Dosh:
Retired Benedictine, founding member of CORPUS
Patrick B. Edgar
President, Association for the Rights of Catholics in the Church
Ivan Fernandes Catholic journalist, former managing editor ucanews.com in Bangkok-Thailand, Former member of the Society of Jesus, Calcutta Jesuit Province
Paul Gray:
Retired parish administrator, Memphis Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Paul Hansen:
Redemptorist priest and advocate for Biblical justice living.
Rea Howarth:
Freelance writer and consultant; former director of Catholics Speak Out
William Coughlin Hunt:
Peritus (expert) of Vatican II, former professor of theology
Eugene Kennedy:
Psychologist, author
James Kottoor:
Author, former priest, and journalist with Catholic reformation Society of Kerala, Palai in India
Hans Kung:
Priest, theologian, and author; president of the Foundation for a Global Ethic
Raquel Mallavibarrena:
Member of the Spanish Movements: Corriente Somos Iglesia and Redes Cristianas.
Mary John Mananzan:
Executive Director of the Institute of Women's Studies; member of the Admin. Council of Generals and Prioresses of the Benedictine Order
Charles McMahon:
Emeritus professor earth sciences, Univ. of Pennsylvania
David O'Brien:
Professor of theology emeritus at College of the Holy Cross and Univ. of Dayton
Joseph O'Callaghan:
Author of Elect our Bishops; emeritus professor theology, Fordham Univ
Anthony Padovano:
Married priest, college professor and author
Therese Padovano:
Nun, co-founded the northern New Jersey chapter of Voice of the Faithful
Joanne Parrilli:
Retired judge, First Appellate District in San Francisco; an early member Voice of the Faithful
Frank Purcell:
Doctor in theology, member of the Living Faiths Commission of the Victorian Council of Churches, President of the Goulburn Valley Regional Council of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, co-founder of Catholics for Ministry, Australia.
Sonya Quitslund:
Professor emerita of Bible and Religious Thought; Commander, US Coast Guard
Gaston Roberge, S.J.:
Theologian, film scholar, and author, founder of Chitrabani, the only independent film library in Kolkata, India.
Dr. Karl Rodig:
Bishop, the International Ecumenical Catholic Church of Christ.
Michael Saso:
Priest, educator in China
Ted Schmidt:
Canadian educator and writer; author of Journeys to the Heart of Catholicism
Ingrid H. Shafer:
Professor emerita of philosophy and religion, Univ. of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
Richard Sipe:
Former Benedictine monk-priest; author of Celibacy, Sex, & Catholic Church
William Slavick:
Coordinator, Pax Christi in Maine
Leonard Swidler:
Professor of theology, Temple Univ; founder Assoc. for the Rights of Catholics in the Church
José María Vigil:
CMF, a Spanish liberation theologian from Panama, member of the Association of Third World Theologians, member of the Congregation of Claretian Missionaries.
Special Advisor
Joan Chittister:
Benedictine Sister, author and lecturer; co-chair Global Peace Initiative of Women
Directors
Filo Hirota:
Council for Justice and Peace, rep for Japan
Rene Reid:
Author & lecturer; former nun and Religious Ed Director; M.A. in theology; talk show host