WOMAN PASTOR
ORDAINMENT OPPOSED UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA (Received September 19. 5.5 p.m.) OTTAWA, Sept. 18 The legal committee of the United Church of Canada, declaring that the constitution contemplated only a male ministry, recommended that a proposal by the Saskatchewan Assembly to ordain Miss Lydia de Gruchy be not entertained.
Miss de Gruchy has been a pastor for 12 years but she cannot officiate at weddings or baptisms.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21910, 20 September 1934, Page 11
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69WOMAN PASTOR New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21910, 20 September 1934, Page 11
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