A project bringing together people from across the Churches and our communities to Commission and launch a song to celebrate women priests in the Church of England. We want to commission O Hooley and Tidow, a Yorkshire based band of Gentleman Jack fame, to write a song celebrating some of the first women to be ordained, including:
Rev Margaret Mabbs who campaigned for women to be ordained from 1942, was amongst the first to be ordained in 1994 at the age of 70 and retired from ministry at 92; and the partner who supported her;
Jemima Prasadam, mother of the current Bishop of Huddersfield, +Smitha Prasadam, who was the first South Asian woman to be ordained in the CofE
And many others, plus those who continue to minister today.
Supported by NADAWM, the National Association of Diocesan Advisers for Women's Ministry and friends, CofE members and wider communities, across the UK and beyond