• Lasting results

Our work produces documents on the women priests’ issue which, once copied and edited, are added to our permanent collection. We are building up a library, accessible through the Internet. We are not presenting temporary texts that soon will be out of date.

• The multiplier factor

Your donation pays for the central office facilities that enable our 50+ volunteers to work for our web site without demanding pay. Our annual costs are £ 50,000 ($ 75,000), but it enables us to benefit from free work equivalent to at least £ 110,000 ($ 165,000) a year.

• The people we serve

Our statistics show that our web sites attract about half a million visitors a year. Between them they read and download 2,400,000 texts a year. These figures will increase dramatically, with our translations catching on. Already more than 644 Church-related and other sites have put a link to us.

• Educative contribution

We offer information in thirteen major languages. Since we concentrate on providing solid information, we contribute to future reform of the whole Church in a substantial way. No change will be possible without a thorough re-education.

• Long-term value

The discussion on women priests will move through various stages: getting Church authorities to re-consider the ordination of women, preparing the faithful for this change, helping the recruitment and insertion of women candidates into the priestly ministry. During all those stages our basic documents will retain their value, even if the emphasis of presentation may need to be adapted in the course of time.

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