After school Raming studied Catholic theology, philosophy and pedagogy at the University of Munster and the University of Freiburg.
Raming, who in 1986 had co-founded Gruppe Maria Magdala, Priesteramt für die Frau, which promotes priesthood for women, indicated that her personal experience of misogynistic religious restrictions including the exclusion of women from ordained offices was the impetus behind her actions [REF].