Catholic Organizations for Renewal (COR) is a leadership forum of U.S. church reform organizations.

The purpose is to further reform and renewal in the Roman Catholic Church, to build an inclusive church, to bring about a world of justice and peace and to reflect the sacredness of all creation. COR works collaboratively to provide an authentic Catholic moral voice on these issues and coordinates projects that further these goals.

Meet the Members of COR

  • Call To Action

    Our mission: to educate, inspire and activate Catholics to act for justice and build inclusive communities through a lens of anti-racism and anti-oppression principles.

    CTA
  • Catholic For Choice

    We are a voice for the majority of Catholics who, in good conscience, disagree with the dictates of the Catholic hierarchy on matters related to abortion, contraception, gender and religious freedom

    CFC
  • CORPUS

    CORPUS is a national association advocating both a married priesthood and a celibate priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church. In the spirit of Vatican II and rooted in a strong Eucharistic commitment, we believe that priesthood should be open to all whom God calls regardless of gender, marital status or sexual orientation.

  • DignityUSA

    DignityUSA works for respect and justice for people of all sexual orientations, genders, and gender identities—especially gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons—in the Catholic Church and the world through education, advocacy, and support.

  • Ecumenical Catholic Communion

    We are People of God baptized in Christ and professing our faith in a living Catholic tradition. We are men and women, lay and ordained, joining together as a “communion of communities” in response to the messianic call of the Spirit to preach the Gospel of liberation and justice; to offer a refuge in Christ for those who suffer prejudice; to stand open to dialogue with others so called and, to conform our lives to the life and teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ.

    ECC
  • FutureChurch

    FutureChurch seeks changes that will provide all Roman Catholics the opportunity to participate fully in Church life, ministry, and governance.

  • Heal Our Church

    We embrace our call to continue our Lord’s ministry of compassion, equality and justice by establishing a Truth and Reconciliation Commission led by laity to address sexual and other forms of abuse in our church and to establish a permanent authority and sharing role for lay Catholics.

  • New Ways Ministry

    New Ways Ministry educates and advocates for justice and equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) Catholics, and reconciliation within the larger church and civil communities.

  • Quixote Center

    The Quixote Center is a multi-issue social justice organization founded in 1976. We work alongside partner organizations to bring about lasting systemic change in the Americas. We stand in solidarity and friendship with those who seek to improve the lives of the very poor, and provide guidance, technical assistance, and funding to support their work and allow their movements and programs to mature and take hold.

  • RAPPORT

    RAPPORT, an acronym for Renewing and Priestly People Ordination Reconsidered Today, understands itself to be a covenanted community. A part of Women’s Ordination Conference, RAPPORT meets annually for prayer, study, support and involvement in whatever needs to be done to promote the full inclusion of women in the Church.

  • Roman Catholic Womenpriests

    The mission of Roman Catholic Women Priests is to prepare, ordain in Apostolic Succession, and support primarily women who are called by the Holy Spirit and their communities to a renewed priestly ministry rooted in justice and faithfulness to the Gospel.

  • Southeastern Pennsylvania Women's Ordination Conference

    As women and men rooted in faith, we call for justice, equality and full partnership in ministry. We are committed to Church renewal and to the transformation of a structure which uses gender rather than gifts as its criterion for ministry.

  • Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests

    SNAP is an independent, peer network of survivors of institutional sexual abuse and their supporters who work to support survivors, protect children, protect the vulnerable, and heal the wounded.

  • Women's Ordination Conference

    Founded in 1975, the Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) is the oldest and largest organization working to ordain women as priests, deacons, and bishops into an inclusive and accountable Roman Catholic Church.

    A feminist voice for women in the Roman Catholic Church, WOC is a grassroots-driven movement that promotes activism, dialogue, and prayerful witness to call for women’s full equality in the Church.

  • Women-Church Convergence

    Women-Church Convergence (W-CC) is a coalition of autonomous Catholic-rooted groups working to build just social and ecclesial structures with shared power for everyone, especially women and those whom church and society marginalize.