This is a victory - staying a Catholic Christian community despite the bishop.  We can all learn from what Fr. Peterka said after acknowledging that liturgical rubrics can be enforced:  "you can't legislate compassion. You can't legislate love. You can't legislate reaching out to another person where they are at."  

I would argue that enforcing some "liturgical rubrics" gets in the way, but there is a lesson here for me, too.  Keep going.  Maybe the women can't preach any more, but he gives them courage and focus to keep reaching out in love and compassion, keep making a difference in the lives of others.  

In the meantime, I hope they are still also voicing their hopes for greater roles for women in the Church and greater acceptance of people despite skin color, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, immigration status...  Their history says they have been through it all.  

God bless you, Fr. Peterka.