From Kathy:
The biggest lie in this article is at the end where he writes that the bishop is not closing any parishes. Father Ferrara needs to read his own paper (Star Herald) and check the facts. The bishop plans to close several parishes outright and designate other parishes as secondary worship sites who lose all control of their assets and their say in the operation of them.
Editor's Comment:
As secondary "worship sites," these former parishes are necessarily downgraded in status. They can be closed at any time, and many of us believe that the bishop and his cohorts intend to do this. Just because your parish is considered a "secondary worship site" does not mean it is safe, by any stretch of the imagination. None of us is "safe" to freely worship Our Lord as good Catholics under the current "administration" of the diocese. A parish has a right to exist under canon law so long as it has a stable group of parishioners. Canon law is there, in part, to protect us from corrupt bishops. May God help us.
Here's a big dose from the propaganda corner (The Catholic Star Herald) from Fr. Ferrara of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Berlin. Good luck, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and Mater Ecclesiae, who are slated to "merge." (Link here) Yikes.
Just one quote:
The biggest lie in this article is at the end where he writes that the bishop is not closing any parishes. Father Ferrara needs to read his own paper (Star Herald) and check the facts. The bishop plans to close several parishes outright and designate other parishes as secondary worship sites who lose all control of their assets and their say in the operation of them.
Editor's Comment:
As secondary "worship sites," these former parishes are necessarily downgraded in status. They can be closed at any time, and many of us believe that the bishop and his cohorts intend to do this. Just because your parish is considered a "secondary worship site" does not mean it is safe, by any stretch of the imagination. None of us is "safe" to freely worship Our Lord as good Catholics under the current "administration" of the diocese. A parish has a right to exist under canon law so long as it has a stable group of parishioners. Canon law is there, in part, to protect us from corrupt bishops. May God help us.
Here's a big dose from the propaganda corner (The Catholic Star Herald) from Fr. Ferrara of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Berlin. Good luck, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and Mater Ecclesiae, who are slated to "merge." (Link here) Yikes.
Just one quote:
Some people, even some Catholics, are fearful of mega-churches. But, when we see our brothers and sisters of other Christian denominations celebrate "amass" in prayer and worship and yet maintain a close knit community, then our fear should go by the wayside. The problem with many Catholics is that they have become very good functionaries. They "do" the right thing and don't want to be bother "being" good people.They run out of church at Communion time and rush to get to their cars so they can cut out early, or they leave at the very last moment, and then our parking lots become worse than gladiator movies.So let me get this straight: the answer is to further dilute our Faith? In the previous paragraph he says that the answer is not to return to the "time warp" of the 1950s. Oh yeah, Mater Ecclesiae, the traditional Latin mass church in the diocese and the diocese's best hope going into the future, will be dealing with the likes of a pastor fearing a time warp? This should be interesting.