Posted on 11/12/2012 7:29:12 PM PST by campaignPete R-CT
there are open threads often. We just wanted this one closed.
There are closed threads from time to time. (see the top, the title of the thread)
You’re not an infidel, but you could comment on the open threads even if you were one.
if either of you want to ping your lists, that would be great.
you’re still a harmless lovable fuzz-ball
Feel free to make your argument on any “open” Religion Forum thread. The closed ones (caucus, prayer, devotional) are to be treated like church services behind closed doors.
Sorry, I must have missed “closed” “caucus” and “ devotional” in the keywords when I responded. So it was “open” before it was “closed”. Right?
And any poster can at any time ping you to “close” a previously “open” thread. Is that also correct?
Just want to make sure I understand the rules, or lack thereof.
Thanks.
i put it in the title of the thread.
no offense taken.
My mistake. Please accept my apology.
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The Church has faced dark times before and has prevailed. I had the good fortune to attend an Opus Dei school for six years. They are the Catholic version of Preppers. They have stocked up a surplus of knowledge and grace and can out last any siege.
I think the Church will get smaller before it prevails again, but when it does, it will speak with a louder and clearer voice.
I was hoping the Catholics posting here would be knowledgable about the subject ... so far very little luck.
I made it closed so I’d get more informed posters. I am more concerned about how the Bishops are involved in this, rather than the people who were polled.
A few of us tried to organize a small number of pro-life Catholics from surrounding towns and meet to discuss the Life and Marriage issues and exchange information.
We found it difficult because most the of the parish pro-life groups have permission from their pastor to exist, but they think if they actually talk about anything as it relates to elections, they will be shut down.
Therefore, we got little done. The Social Justice groups preceded us into the parishes and know how to keep the pro-lifers silenced. It’s as if we need to find someplace to meet outside the reach of the parishes. You cannot organize inside your adversary’s camp.
if you see my links above, you see the number of paid staff people ... paid and supported by the Diocese. Anybody run into this before and have ideas?
Money talks. Tell the pastors and their staffs that unless they start putting pro-life prayers in the intentions and putting pro-life support materials in their bulletins you will stop the donations/tithing.
I really wish they would describe “Catholics” as generalized here as American Roman Catholics. Not all Catholics here are American, or Roman. I suspect that the others may...uhhh...differ in these opinions.
Set up a Eucharistic Adoration group....poorly catechized folks just don’t get it. Once you establish who your allies are you can go about evangilizing the rest of the parishioners.
In my parish two weeks ago we had a sermon from a visiting Bishop from Cameroon. The congregation applauded after his sermon because it was so refreshing to hear the Church’s doctrine so clearly (not the English though) passionately and unapologetically expressed.
For inspiration, I listen to some old school sermons from a retired priest who was retired at my parish. My father recorded them every day on cassette tape so my house bound grandmother could listen. The priest was a former philosophy professor, so they are quite well prepared. We put them on the web here: www.wellchosenremarks.com
There are about 800 of them- Enjoy!
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