Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Ordination of Women

We are debuting a special edition of the diocesan podcast “The Utah Epodcapalians” highlighting the gift of a half-century of the ordination of women. The church cleared the way for women to first be ordained as Deacons in 1971. Ordination to the Priesthood came later in 1977. The Diocese of Utah ordained women shortly after the canons permitted it. The diocese has also had a history of women serving our congregations and the wider diocese highlighted by the election of the late Rt. Rev. Carolyn Tanner Irish in 1996 as one of the church’s pioneer bishops.

 

This podcast features The Rev. Cn. Mary June Nestler, who has now been ordained for 42-years. While now serving the wider church as the course director of St. George’s College in Jerusalem, she continues to be canonically resident in the Diocese of Utah after serving as Canon to the Ordinary in Utah. The priest discusses the challenges ordained women faced and continue to face, our diocesan history, and how the events of 50-years ago continue to help the path to greater diversity today.