The Philadelphia Eleven

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A documentary film about the women who defied the leadership of the Episcopal church in 1974, and became the first women priests. - Instagram @PhilElevenDoc // Twitter @PhilElevenDoc // Facebook @PhilElevenDocThe FilmThe summer that Watergate broke, change went far beyond the political events in America's capital. It was 1974, and eleven women were ordained Episcopal priests in a ceremony held against church rules. They hit a chord, in a deeply divided world, by questioning who speaks the word of God. The media caught on, and the women priests were thrust into an international limelight. In 19 ...

Read More 75 four more women were ordained priests. At the time of the ordinations, the women were on a personal journey of faith. Each woman had to decide how to live out her priesthood, in spite of an institution and society that disapproved.The Philadelphia Eleven (working title) is a feature documentary film that will tell the story

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