We Are Church Intl.

1995 Church Referendum ‘We are Church’ started in Austria, Germany, and Southern Tyrol. 2.5 million signatures for a renewal of the Roman-Catholic Church according to the intention of the Second Vatican Council

• The creation of a Church of brothers and sisters
• Full participation of women in all aspects of Church life
• Removal of the obligation of clerical celibacy
• A positive attitude towards sexuality and recognition of the primacy of an informed moral conscience
• A message of joy and not threat or discrimination.

1996 International Movement We are Church (IMWAC) founded in Rome

1997 Participation at the Ecumenical Meeting in Graz/Austria (despite the intervention of Cardinal Ratzinger)

1997 Incontro Internazionale Del Popolo Di Dio to present signatures to the Pope at the 35th anniversary of the opening of Vatican II

1998 ‘Pope for the Time to Come: Bishop of Rome and Universal Pastor’ More than 145 major groups around the world endorsed the document.

1999 Forum of European Christians shadowing the Bishops' Synod for Europe in Rome

2001 Synod of the People of God – with participants from around the world shadowing the Xth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in Rome

2002 We are Church-YOUTH at Challenge the Church parallel to the ‘WorldYouthDay’ in Toronto/Canada

2003 IMWAC-Council in Barcelona/Spain

2004 IMWAC-Council in Brussels/Belgium

2005 Conclave-Project ”Visions of a New Church” in Rome, April 14-16

2005 ‘We are Church – worldwide’ 10th anniversary of the Church referendum in Innsbruck/Austria

2005 We are Church-YOUTH initiates ‘WorldYouthDay4all’ at Catholic WorldYouthDay Aug. 2005 in Cologne /Germany

2006 IMWAC-Council in Freising/Germany, June 16-18

2006 Third letter to Pope Benedict asking for dialogue on the 10th anniversary of the International Movement We are Church (founded in Rome, Nov. 25, 1996)

2007 Informal IMWAC-Council at the 10th anniversary of Nós Somos Igreja in Lisboa/Portugal

2008 IMWAC participated in the Call for Women’s Ordination during Bishop's Synod in Rome, organized by WOW.

2009 IMWAC-Council in Freising/Germany, October 16-18

2010 Informal IMWAC-Council in Mennerode /The Netherlands, May 7

2010  IMWAC participated in the Call for Women’s Ordination at the end of the ‘Year for Priests’ in Rome

2011 Memorandum “Church 2011: The need for a new beginning”, Romero-Appeal, Solidarity with Bishop Morris

2011 Informal IMWAC-Council in Barcelona/Spain, April 28

2012 Press conference „Witnesses of a renewed Church for the times to come“ in Rome, October 9

2012 IMWAC-Council in Lisbon/Portugal, October 26-28

2013 Conclave-Project ”Collegiality, Justice and Pastoral Wisdom” in Rome, March 4-14

2013  Letter to Pope Francis and to the Cardinals about Reform of the Roman Curia, September 20

2013  IMWAC-Council and Council-50-Working Group in Dublin/Ireland, November 1-4

2014 Synod-Project in Rome, October 4-18

2015 IMWAC-Council and Council-50-Working Group in Vienna/Austria, March 13-15

2015  Family Synod-Project, Pact of the Catacombs and Council-50 in Rome, October/November

2018 Joint conference: WAC-I-Council, European Network, Global Council Network in Rome/Italy, March 15-19

2018  Monitoring the Synod of Bishops ”Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment” in Rome, Oct

2019 Monitoring of the Amazonia Synod

2020  Monitoring of the Synodal Path in Germany

2021 Celebration and Council meeting in Rome to celebrate 25 years of WAC Intl

2022 Critical companionship of the Worldwide Synodal Process of Pope Francis

2023 Working with Root and Branch towards a Synod of the People of God in Rome parallel to the Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in October.