Bishop Bars Activist, Lesbian/Pro-abortion Writer from Speaking at Catholic Retreat House

North Jersey Newspapers | 05.11.05 | Maya Kremen

[Coleus]

Pro-Abortion Catholic Feminist/Lesbian to Speak at Jesuit-Run Retreat House at VOTF Meeting (Take Action)

 

A "Catholic" Jesuit Retreat House invites a pro-abortion lesbian to speak at an event.  What next?  I'm glad some Bishops won't put up with apostates. Some of the priests at Loyola actually conduct Pagan Zen retreats in Jersey City!

[Diago]

Coleus, you jumped right on this. Good work. I wish I had that kind of success with the Diocese of Cleveland.

[wagglebee]

Angela Bonavoglia , a self-de­scribed "itinerant Catholic," was scheduled to speak tonight to a lo­cal branch of the lay group Voice of the Faithful at the Jesuit Loyola Retreat in Morristown. But at the last minute, the diocese asked the Jesuits there to "disinvite" Bonavoglia, saying that her views oppose church doctrine, according to a diocesan spokeswoman.

What concerns me most is why was this woman invited to speak in the first place?

[Clemenza]

With the Jebbies, this doesn't surprise me.

[cyborg]

How tragic... the Jesuit retreat house does that here too :( It's the only way they can stay open they claim.

[AAABEST]

You got a link? I'm thinking about putting this on the angelqueen forum.

[Aleighanne]

Glad to see this happening.
Loved the smarmy quote at the end by her huh? At least they have a woman priest...

[Argus]

Voice of the Faithful. Faithful to what? The heretic moved her meeting to a Lutheran church with a woman pastor and claims to be delighted with it. So stay there!

These people are not Catholics - they just play them on TV.

[Cicero]

More signs that the tide is turning.

[Coleus]

What concerns me most is why was this woman invited to speak in the first place? >>>


I think it's more VOTF's fault. Who knows, maybe the Jesuits didn't have a clue as to who she was. I never heard of her. But once they found out they should have put a stop to it rather than having the bishop do it.

[wagglebee]

There was a time, and not that long ago, when the Jesuits were among the most conservative orders in the Church, it is saddening to see what they have turned into.

[firebrand]

Wahoo. It's starting.

[sinkspur]

Angela Bonavoglia , a self-de­scribed "itinerant Catholic," was scheduled to speak tonight to a lo­cal branch of the lay group Voice of the Faithful at the Jesuit Loyola Retreat in Morristown. But at the last minute, the diocese asked the Jesuits there to "disinvite" Bonavoglia, saying that her views oppose church doctrine, according to a diocesan spokeswoman.

This is reminiscent of Bishop D'Arcy of Fort Wayne, who waited until the day before a college commencement to decline an invitation to receive an award due to a speaker who had been invited.

No problem with disinviting speakers. But, as Catholics, we should learn some common courtesy and not use the proximity of the occasion to embarrass by grandstanding.

Let's disinvite the speakers when we first learn of these situations.

[Coleus]

You got a link? I'm thinking about putting this on the angelqueen forum. >>

No link, had to scan it. Conspiracy theory alert: don't you find it strange that although the article was printed on the front page of the newspaper, there was no link to it on the net? As well as the Star Ledger newspaper. Maybe they didn't want the word to get out when one of their own gets banned from a Church event? I just don't know.

[coffeebreak]

Bonavoglia said in a tele­phone conversation on Tues­day that her views are widely represented in the Catholic re­form movement and that shut­ting her out was shutting a whole group of Catholics out.

Yes that's right, you're being shut out.

[cyborg]

check this out guys

[ELS]

Diocese of Paterson Bishop Arthur J. Serratelli has banned a writer who supports abortion rights and female ordination from speaking to a lay Catholic group on church property.

Excellent!

[Ravens70]

The cafeteria will be closing in five minutes...maybe the Voice of the (Un)Faithful has time to get their a$$es out before all "hell" breaks loose....What a great time to be a proud Catholic!!

[PLK]

"It has a woman pastor, which delights me to no end," she said.

So do a number of sects, go join one: there's the Lutherans, the Methodists, the Baptists, the Episcopalian's, and a whole bunch of others. They all either are embracing abortions and homosex, or about to. They would LOVE to have you.