[littlehouse36]

Hi -- maybe this will help with Catholic teaching on Freemasons:

 

http://www.ewtn.com/library/ANSWERS/CAMASON1.htm

 

I hope you will continue to visit St. Mary's.  It is a special place, and if nothing else you will get a five-star homily from Fr. Newman. 

 

There was a time in my life when I realized that non-Catholics, such as yourself, showed more respect for Church teaching than I did.  That is when I took a good look at my soul and faith and decided to embrace Catholicism wholly. 

 

 

[PalmettoMason]

Actually, the last time I was there, he celebtated the Mass at my wife's cousin's funeral. He is quite a guy. My wife's cousin was famous for being late to everything she ever attended. On the day of her funeral, the Mass was scheduled to begin at 12:00 noon. Father Newman had her casket wait out in the hearse until 12:10... just so she would be late to her own funeral, just like he said he always told her she would be. LOL

That made it very special for the family, and it lightened things up a bit (she died very young). I gained an enormous amount of respect for Fr. Newman that day, for what he did for that family.

I'm an Episcopalian, but with the turmoil my Church is in, sometimes I feel like I need the "rock" that is the RC Church.

Thanks for the info.