“The clericalism has been canonized,” said a religious sister active in parish ministry in the diocese who also did not want to be named for fear of incurring the wrath of the bishop.
It’s a few nights after a January snowstorm, and the mountain pathways around Waynesville are treacherous. Still, some 30 Catholics arrive for a meeting to talk about their parish.
“Or perhaps their former parish. These are the people of St. John the Evangelist Church in Waynesville who, soon after the arrival of Fr. Christopher Riehl as parish administrator in July 2014, formed what they call a Church in Exile.
“They described why they left: Their de facto pastor told the mostly cradle Catholics they had been doing everything all wrong. The liturgy — overwhelmed with popular contemporary hymns and such standbys as “Amazing Grace” — was not deemed Catholic enough. Veteran catechists were told they weren’t teaching traditional Catholicism. A blind parishioner, holding her guide dog with one hand and seeking Communion with the other, was told she lacked proper reverence. The host was stuck into her mouth …
“It is not a unique situation. Across the country, some young pastors, inspired by their seminary training or informal networks with other young priests, are determined to push the clock back before the church’s liturgical and governance practices of the post-Vatican II era. They have what some perceive as a fetish for elaborate liturgical vestments and other externals, such as the routine wearing of cassocks and birettas. Some of these priests call themselves, and sometimes others call them, restorationists.”
By Peter Feuerherd, National Catholic Reporter — Click here to read the rest of this story.
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#1 by equality4peace on January 27, 2017 - 9:06 AM
Please share with your own Group, or a Golden Rule Family:
God’s Holy Spirit spoke at Vatican II Pastoral Constitution Article 29, “to end discrimination within the Church for race and sex…as not the Will of God.”
Until discrimination is ended for the female half, the false belief in a male only god, increases idolatry and inequality in our world for without the more cooperative nature of the female half having an equal say, rather than the more aggressive nature of males, we will continue in one war after another, with increased destruction of souls, and not in God’s Will.
Please confirm with The Holy Spirit who wants to lead good hearts to the fullness of truth.
Blessings,
Betty C. Dudney
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