FRI, FEB
2, 2007 --
“Woe to you, when all men speak well of you,
for so their fathers did to the false prophets” – Luke 6:26
Father Drinan
obituary -- Boston College honors its Judas
Wake: Friday, Feb. 2, 7-9 PM in St. Mary's Chapel on Boston College
campus.
Lie in state: Saturday, Feb. 3, 10 AM - 12 Noon at St. Ignatius of Loyola
Church on lower BC campus.
Funeral Mass: Saturday, Feb. 3, 12 Noon at St. Ignatius of Loyola Church
on lower BC campus
FYI: related
info from The Wanderer
Toronto
archbishop may excommunicate pro-abort politicians
Bishop Coakley
of Salina Kansas says denying Communion to pro-abort politicians
FRI, DEC
8 (Immaculate
Conception) -- Vatican
confirms excommunication for US dissident group
-- Dec. 7, 2006 (CWNews.com) - The Vatican has
confirmed an American bishop's decision to excommunicate members of the
dissident group Call to Action.
Call to Action is "causing damage to the
Church of Christ," wrote Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re (bio - news), the
prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, in a letter to Bishop Fabian
Bruskewitz of Lincoln, Nebraska.
In March 1996, Bishop Bruskewitz had
announced the excommunication of all Catholics in his diocese who were
members of Call to Action or several other dissident groups which he
described as "totally incompatible with the Catholic faith."
The Nebraska chapter of Call to Action
appealed the bishop's decision to the Vatican. In his November 24 letter to
Bishop Bruskewitz, Cardinal Re reports that Vatican's finding that the
disciplinary action was "properly taken."
The Vatican has determined that "the
activities of 'Call to Action' in the course of these years are in contrast
with the Catholic Faith due to views and positions held which are
unacceptable from a doctrinal and disciplinary standpoint," Cardinal Re
writes. He concludes: "Thus to be a member of this Association or to support
it, is irreconcilable with a coherent living of the Catholic Faith."
The excommunication that Bishop Bruskewitz
announced covered not only to Call to Action, but also to members of
Catholics for a Free Choice, Planned Parenthood, the Hemlock Society, the
Freemasons, and the Society of St. Pius X.
The excommunication order applies only within
the Lincoln, Nebraska diocese. But the Vatican's judgment against Call to
Action raises clear questions about the status of the group's members in
other dioceses.
SAT, JUN
24 (St.
John the Baptist) --
Bishops pass
the buck on pro-abort pols and Communion
Catholic Bishops' statement on withholding Communion:
Cardinal
McCarrick's statement to the Bishops' meeting
Is
Catholicism now "unacceptable"? by Pat Buchanan
MON, FEB 26 -- An Oregon
bishop says politicians or voters who maintain a pro-abortion position
are committing a heresy against the commandment against killing.
Complete story (LifeNews.com)
THU, FEB 16 --
Bishops of Massachusetts to seek end of "gay" adoptions at Catholic Charities (Boston
Globe)
Catholic World News commentary
MON,
JAN 16
--
Who's practicing McCarthyism now? by Pat Buchanan. Why has the
Democratic Party become a party of fanatics on abortion? Because the
feminists of NARAL and NOW regard abortion as a sacrament and will cut
dead any Democrat who fails to protect a woman's "right to choose" to
kill her unborn baby.
MON, JAN 2, 2006
-- On the challenges ahead for Christians:
Never, never, never give up by Charles Colson
WED,
DEC 14 -- Op-ed:
Menino's Catholic fallacies by George Wiegel in today's Globe
SAT, DEC 10
-- Mayor Menino on the teachings of Jesus: "He did not give priority
to piety. He didn't make holiness the big thing. And he did not tell us to
go around talking up God, either."
Menino fires back at critics during Catholic Charities speech (Boston
Globe)
Boston Herald article
Catholic Culture on the unorthodox Father Bryan Hehir, head of Boston's
Catholic Charities.
WED, DEC 7
-- Stating the obvious:
Papal nuncio tells Boston's Catholic Charities: no more adoptions to "gay"
couples. (Boston Herald)
TUE, DEC 6
--
Australian bishop prevents talk by pro-abort politician.
Pope
Benedict: abortion is a crime against society (Catholic World News)
WED, NOV 30
-- Theology by Boston's Mayor Menino: ''When the pope speaks on
doctrine, that is absolute," Menino said. ''I don't think choice and gay
marriage are doctrine."
Menino fires back at critics seeking his ouster from Catholic Charities
banquet. (Boston Globe)
Vatican document on homosexual seminarians (Zenit)
U.S.
bishop says instruction is "timely." (Zenit)
FRI, NOV 25 --
Archbishop O'Malley withdraws from banquet due to the honoring of
Menino!! (Boston Globe)
Pope
Benedict enforcing traditional rules (LifeSiteNews.com)
San Antonio archbishop:
American politicians confused on abortion.
SAT,
NOV 19
-- The American Life League
published an ad in the Washington Times that urges all
Catholic bishops to enforce canon law and rebuke those individuals who
publicly support the heinous act of abortion.
Read the press release and link to
the ad.
More foot-dragging:
Bishops to meet with lawmakers concerning what to do about pro-abortion
politicians. (AP)
THU, OCT 20
--
Archdiocese insists that financial
audit only -- not "Gay Pride" -- was responsible for Father
Cuenin's removal. New pastor reports being asked to consider post back
in June.
Boston Globe article
TUE, SEPT 27
--
Archdiocese sticks with wrongly-leased car as reason for Father Cuenin's
dismissal. Either heresy is not a firing offense or they're claiming
they didn't know about it. (Boston Globe) This misguided, and
evidently dishonest, tactic has evoked
cynicism from the anti-Catholic Globe.
Parishioners push for Father Cuenin's return:
Herald article.
Globe article
MON, SEPT 26
-- Media reports depict Father Walter
Cuenin, the pro-gay, dissenting priest who was ousted from his Newton
parish, as a martyr to Church tyranny. For some good commentary, see
Domenico Bettinelli,
Jr.'s (Catholic World Report) blog.
SUN, SEPT 25
-- Archdiocese of Boston: pro-"gay" priest
removed! As previously reported, we wrote
to Archbishop O'Malley about Father Walter Cuenin and his parish's "Gay
Pride Parade" participation--for the third consecutive year! The archbishop
was
"very disturbed by the information,"
according to a letter from Bishop Lennon. Well, apparently action has been taken--it's
about time!--and Father Cuenin has been removed
from his pastorate.
Father Cuenin read a statement
at yesterday's Mass. He said in the statement that he was removed
for leasing a car in violation of archdiocesan policy(!). No comment
from the archdiocese, but Bishop Lennon's letter implies what the real
reason was. Hopefully, the Archdiocese will clarify this.
Boston Globe (AP)
article
Sunday Globe
article
Boston Herald
article
Sunday Herald
article
From this weekend's parish bulletin, Father
Cuenin's column, excerpted here, gives further evidence of why he needed
to go: "We have made a special effort to welcome gay and lesbian
persons and their families. The parish is blessed to have many couples,
some now legally married, as members of the community. They come on
Sundays and are raising their children in the faith. Their marriage
seems to have been a good experience for them. It doesn’t appear that
anyone’s marriage has been threatened or compromised by the 1800 gay
marriages that have already taken place in the past year."
See page 2 of Our Lady's
bulletin
