Another crack in the stained glass ceiling

Ship of Fools has a first-hand account of the historic consecration of Bishop Kay Maree Goldsworthy of Perth, in Western Australia.

Yes, she's a woman.

Which part of the service was like being in heaven?
Where do I start? Mostly, this was history in the making and the moment where the mitre was placed on Bishop Goldsworthy's head wasn't so much heavenly as electrifying. In a different sense, the address by the chancellor when the Archbishop of Perth called for the authority for consecration to be read was quite captivating. The chancellor, a QC, explained in great detail the legal and constitutional basis for the consecration, especially the amendment to the Constitution of the Anglican Church of Australia which allowed the consecration to proceed. Normally it would have been laboriously tedious, but behind the legal dryness was a clear sense of quiet revolution, as the chancellor explained the legal means by which a woman could become a bishop. It was all very momentous.