24 January 2012

Today

Today is the 24th of January. On this date in 1944, Rev. Florence Li Tim Oi became the first (and for some years only) woman ordained to Anglican priesthood. Her life and ministry is remembered in Holy Women - Holy Men, part of the Episcopal Church's calendar of It saints and the Canadian Book of Alternate Services. She is also misrepresented in "The Windsor Report." There is a website dedicated to her at this site.

She was an amazing pioneer, who should be celebrated more widely. May she rest in peace and rise in glory.

FWIW
jimB

2 comments:

Christal said...

May the Lord's perpetual light shine on her! Thanks for posting this-I never would have know about her!

JimB said...

Christal, she was an amazing person, and a fabulous priest.

FWIW
jimB

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