From theTelegraph | News | America's Christians launch assault on The Da Vinci Code:
"Amy Welborn, the author of De-Coding Da Vinci, believes that the novel is wilfully deceptive. 'Dan Brown presents many assertions about history, religion and art,' said Ms Welborn. 'He presents them as truth, not as part of his fictional world.'
Mr Brown is refusing to give interviews as he works on another book. On his website, he says: 'Each reader must make the choice whether to agree or disagree with the characters' viewpoints. My hope was that the ideas in the novel would serve as a springboard for people to discuss the important topics of faith, religion, and history.'"
Monday, May 3, 2004
Speaking Tonight
Bishop Donovan Lecture Series, Office of ECI, Diocese of Kalamazoo
From Bishop Donovan Lecture Series, Office of ECI, Diocese of Kalamazoo:
Monday, May 3, 2004
“Setting Your Heart on Fire at Every Celebration of the Eucharist”
Michael Dubruiel
Author of The How-To Book of the Mass, Praying the Holy Rosary with the Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful and Glorious Mysteries, Praying in the Presence of Our Lord with Fulton J. Sheen, and (Mention Your Request Here) The Church's Most Powerful Novenas
All lectures held in the Chapel at
Msgr. John R. Hackett Catholic Central High School
1000 West Kilgore Road
Kalamazoo, MI 49008
Lecture: 7:00 to 8:00 PM
Refreshments: 8:00 to 8:15 PM
Q & A Session: 8:15 to 9:00 PM
A free-will offering will be taken each month to help offset the costs of the series.
EVERYONE IS INVITED!
From Bishop Donovan Lecture Series, Office of ECI, Diocese of Kalamazoo:
Monday, May 3, 2004
“Setting Your Heart on Fire at Every Celebration of the Eucharist”
Michael Dubruiel
Author of The How-To Book of the Mass, Praying the Holy Rosary with the Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful and Glorious Mysteries, Praying in the Presence of Our Lord with Fulton J. Sheen, and (Mention Your Request Here) The Church's Most Powerful Novenas
All lectures held in the Chapel at
Msgr. John R. Hackett Catholic Central High School
1000 West Kilgore Road
Kalamazoo, MI 49008
Lecture: 7:00 to 8:00 PM
Refreshments: 8:00 to 8:15 PM
Q & A Session: 8:15 to 9:00 PM
A free-will offering will be taken each month to help offset the costs of the series.
EVERYONE IS INVITED!
St. Meinrad Archabbot Will Resign Post
A good friend, writer of a book on Latin Sayings that you can find linked in the right column. I'm visiting with him later this month...hopefully they'll elect someone like him.
From St. Meinrad archabbot will resign post:
"Archabbot Lambert Reilly, the spiritual leader and chief administrator of St. Meinrad Archabbey announced Thursday he will step down from his post Dec. 15.
Reilly, 71, first came to St. Meinrad, south of Jasper in Spencer County, as a seminarian student and has served as its leader since 1995.
'He is just a great, great leader,' said Christopher Marten, national chairman of St. Meinrad's $40 million fund-raising drive. The archabbey already has raised $30 million toward its goal, and Marten didn't think the change would affect its success.
The Benedictine monks at St. Meinrad will select Reilly's successor. Reilly is expected to remain there as a monk."
From St. Meinrad archabbot will resign post:
"Archabbot Lambert Reilly, the spiritual leader and chief administrator of St. Meinrad Archabbey announced Thursday he will step down from his post Dec. 15.
Reilly, 71, first came to St. Meinrad, south of Jasper in Spencer County, as a seminarian student and has served as its leader since 1995.
'He is just a great, great leader,' said Christopher Marten, national chairman of St. Meinrad's $40 million fund-raising drive. The archabbey already has raised $30 million toward its goal, and Marten didn't think the change would affect its success.
The Benedictine monks at St. Meinrad will select Reilly's successor. Reilly is expected to remain there as a monk."
Sunday, May 2, 2004
Canibal Abortionist
You'll wait long and hard to hear this reported on any news network...even from the so-called fair and balanced news network.
From Wichita Eagle | Top of the news:
"State Attorney General Phill Kline presented materials to legislators Thursday alleging that a Kansas City, Kan., abortion provider operated a dangerously substandard medical facility and even ate fetal tissue.
The allegations about the facilities came during a presentation to the House Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
'It's a place where no woman, no person, should have to undergo a surgical procedure,' Kline said.
The allegation that the physician ate fetal tissue was included in written materials that Kline presented to the committee. The report came from a Kansas City police officer; the name of the witness he interviewed was blacked out in documents provided to legislators.
The report, prepared for Kline after officers conducted an investigation of an unrelated theft complaint at the clinic, said officers observed 'filthy' conditions in some parts of the facility and blood stains on the floor."
From Wichita Eagle | Top of the news:
"State Attorney General Phill Kline presented materials to legislators Thursday alleging that a Kansas City, Kan., abortion provider operated a dangerously substandard medical facility and even ate fetal tissue.
The allegations about the facilities came during a presentation to the House Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
'It's a place where no woman, no person, should have to undergo a surgical procedure,' Kline said.
The allegation that the physician ate fetal tissue was included in written materials that Kline presented to the committee. The report came from a Kansas City police officer; the name of the witness he interviewed was blacked out in documents provided to legislators.
The report, prepared for Kline after officers conducted an investigation of an unrelated theft complaint at the clinic, said officers observed 'filthy' conditions in some parts of the facility and blood stains on the floor."
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Good Quote on Unity
From Mother Raphaela's book Growing in Christ:
"But as long as we insist on calling the parish we attend 'Our Church,' it will remain just that. We will be divided. Only God’s Church, the Church of Christ, is One."
"But as long as we insist on calling the parish we attend 'Our Church,' it will remain just that. We will be divided. Only God’s Church, the Church of Christ, is One."
Dr. Rick Fitzgibbons Suggests Programs for Priests
Interesting interview on Zenit. He has interesting views on the whole area of homosexuality, and his claim of diocese hiriing mental health professionals who don't agree with Church teaching is right on the mark.
From Zenit News Agency - The World Seen From Rome:
"Two different recent studies have found that the answers to a small number of questions about childhood and adolescent experiences, which relate to the development of a positive masculine identity, included within a larger questionnaire, allowed the clinical interviewer to conclude, with 90% accuracy, whether the subject has homosexual attractions.
When the evaluation reveals probable same-sex attractions, the candidate is not automatically excluded from consideration. If he is willing to do the hard work required to come to overcome his emotional pain of male insecurity, sadness and anger, his same-sex attractions could be resolved.
After he no longer identifies himself as a homosexual, he could reapply. The Church should not take the moral risk of allowing someone who identifies himself as a homosexual to enter the seminary.
Also, it is essential that mental health professionals involved in any way with the evaluation of candidates for seminary or with treating seminarians or priests, as well as the faculty at the seminaries, support the teaching of the Church on sexuality, particularly on homosexuality.
In our experience, there are some dioceses and religious communities that rely upon the work of mental health professionals who actively disagree with the Church's sexual morality. Given the specialized nature of evaluating candidates for seminaries we recommend that the psychologists and psychiatrists who engage in this important work be required to participate in ongoing educational programs given by those loyal to the Church's teaching on sexual morality."
From Zenit News Agency - The World Seen From Rome:
"Two different recent studies have found that the answers to a small number of questions about childhood and adolescent experiences, which relate to the development of a positive masculine identity, included within a larger questionnaire, allowed the clinical interviewer to conclude, with 90% accuracy, whether the subject has homosexual attractions.
When the evaluation reveals probable same-sex attractions, the candidate is not automatically excluded from consideration. If he is willing to do the hard work required to come to overcome his emotional pain of male insecurity, sadness and anger, his same-sex attractions could be resolved.
After he no longer identifies himself as a homosexual, he could reapply. The Church should not take the moral risk of allowing someone who identifies himself as a homosexual to enter the seminary.
Also, it is essential that mental health professionals involved in any way with the evaluation of candidates for seminary or with treating seminarians or priests, as well as the faculty at the seminaries, support the teaching of the Church on sexuality, particularly on homosexuality.
In our experience, there are some dioceses and religious communities that rely upon the work of mental health professionals who actively disagree with the Church's sexual morality. Given the specialized nature of evaluating candidates for seminaries we recommend that the psychologists and psychiatrists who engage in this important work be required to participate in ongoing educational programs given by those loyal to the Church's teaching on sexual morality."
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