Ok, who's game?

Here is some information on...

Call to Action

Website: http://www.cta-usa.org/

Email address: cta@cta-usa.org

Physical Address:

Call To Action
2135 W. Roscoe 1N
Chicago, IL 60618 [In Cardinal Bernadin's old stomping ground??]
Phone: 773-404-0004
Fax: 773-404-1610

And here's some data from their web site about their "mission"...

Rooted in Church Teaching [Ha, ha, that's a good one!]

Call To Action is an organization of Catholics based on the teaching of the universal church in the second half of the 20th Century. It is a response to the challenge of the Second Vatican Council, held between 1962 and 1965, for all members to "scrutinize the signs of the times" and respond in the light of the gospel. The council provided a wake-up call for lay Catholics who had tended to defer initiatives entirely to the clergy.

Then in 1971 Pope Paul VI emphasized that it is the laity who have received the primary "Call To Action" to create a more just world. That same year the international synod of the bishops issued an unusually brief and clear document. It declared that "action on behalf of justice and participation in the transformation of the world appears to us as a constitutive dimension of the preaching of the gospel." And, cautioned the synod, "The church recognizes that anyone who ventures to speak to people about justice must first be just in their eyes; hence, we must undertake an examination of the modes of action, of the possessions, and of the lifestyle found within the church itself."

The 1976 Detroit Call To Action

Following up on this mandate, the U.S. bishops on their return home from the synod launched a creative consultation process . Over 800,000 Catholics testified during two years of hearings, which culminated in the U.S. bishops' Call To Action Conference in Detroit in 1976, held in conjunction with the American Bicentennial. More than 100 bishops were among the 1,340 voting delegates and the 1,500 observers. At the end of three momentous days of discussion and debate, the assembly declared the church must stand up to the chronic racism, sexism, militarism and poverty in modern society. And to do so in a credible way the church must reevaluate its positions on issues like celibacy for priests, the male-only clergy, homosexuality, birth control, and the involvement of every level of the church in important decisions. The Detroit conference recommended that each diocese take the recommendations home and act upon them.

Well, that should tell you all you need to know about these creeps. In another post, I'll give some details about who their leaders are...

They are apparently 'gay-friendly'

No power on Earth can convince me the Church itself hasn't been gay friendly lately.

I am;this is really important.

It may be that this entire scandal broke when it did,in order to provide an oppurtunity for them to dramatically change the Catholic Church into a secular,progressive,community church that is comfortable in the world and is obedient to government,not God.

Count me in and please keep me informed. Thank you.

Perhaps some area Freepers could show up and protest them.

Has the USCCB even announced the hotel at which the meetings will take place?

The meetings will, no doubt have very tight security, and the Call to Action people won't get anywhere near the bishops.

From what I've read, the bishops are inviting in some outside experts on child sexual abuse, and some of the victims, to address them.

They are NOT going to entertain speeches from outside interest groups.

Call to Action and other dissidents have developed a very close working relationship with the liberal press. Whenever the press wants a "Catholic" to quote, they turn to these people. The NY Times loved Fr. Curran, Fr. McBrien, Catholics for Free Choice, Mary Daley, Cdl Bernardin, Bishop Weakland, and the rest of the gang.

So, yes, I'm sure the campaign against pedophile priests was orchestrated by liberals hoping to weaken and discredit the Church. The announced goals were to eliminate clerical celibacy and bring in women priests, and in the early days the Boston Globe and the rest of the press pushed this agenda hard--including the liberal editor of The Pilot, Boston's diocesan newspaper, who was recently fired for writing an article on that subject.

IMHO the campaign has backfired serious on its perpetrators. It's been about as successful as the Enron campaign and the "What did Bush Know?" campaign. The results will be exactly opposite from what they intended. Instead, it has put the heat on homosexual priests and tolerant bishops. In the end, the scandal is likely to prove healthy for the Church, because it provides the impetus to clean out this nest of perverts and traitors.

No, they won't all get cleaned out. In this world, nothing is ever perfect. But the Church will end up in much better shape than it was before the scandal broke.

Ping

I encourage others to add what they know.
Here's a link to an article in the Dallas News about Call to Action's opposition to a zero-tolerance policy.

I propose that we use this thread as a storehouse of information on such dissenting groups -- who they are and what they're doing.
Axios (Eastern-Rite Catholics and Orthodox G/L)

Corpus (Roman Catholic Priestesses)

Dignity (Roman Catholic G/L)

National Association of Catholic Diocesan Lesbian & Gay Ministries (Roman Catholic G/L)

New Ways Ministry (Roman Catholic G/L)

Of Regional interest (Cincinnati), from the November/December 1998 issue of the St. Catherine Review:

AUXILIARY BISHOP CARL MOEDDEL of Cincinnati held three regional meetings in his archdiocese with homosexual activists and parents of homosexual children to promote the recent U.S. bishops' pastoral letter, Always Our Children (AOC).... Meeting attendees were also introduced to a "new educational project within the Archdiocese of Cincinnati" called "Concerned Catholics for Gay/Lesbian Inclusion" (CCGLI). According to CCGLI’s promotional literature, the project’s goals are as follows:
1. To educate all parishioners on the total Church teaching with regard to homosexuality and the responsibility of Catholics toward gay men and lesbians;
2. To share and witness the faith journey of gay/lesbian persons, their families and friends;
3. To begin the dialogue so parishioners have a means of communicating on an emotional issue;
4. [To] Develop a list of resources (speakers, video and audio tapes, books, etc.). These resources would also include the stories of gay men and lesbians in the Church so people can relate to their journeys; and
5. [To] Establish a referral list of parishes and Catholic organizations where Always Our Children is embraced.
CCGLI has the blessing of Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczykof Cincinnati.
Parents and others who attended the meeting were also given a list of therapists "who are gay-friendly/sensitive," including Kevin Prendergast at Catholic Social Services. The list was prepared by Kathy Laufman, a representative of GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network. GLSEN is a national homosexual activist organization devoted to fighting for "sexual orientation rights" in schools.

N.B. Auxilliary Bishop Moeddel is a guest speaker this September at the 2002 National Conference in Cincinnati of the National Association of Diocesan Lesbian and Gay Ministries:

Catholic Ministry WITH Gay and Lesbian Persons
Bishop Carl Moeddel, and the Cincinnati CMGL Archdiocesan Advisory Team. In light of the Gospel message of inclusion and love, this diocesan model reaches out to Gay and Lesbian Catholics, and their families and friends offering support and advocacy. This session looks at the development and growth of this diocesan ministry.

Summary: Bishop Moeddel is an advocate for "gay rights" within the Church, works in conjunction with secular activist organizations who fight to teach "gay rights" in schools, and has the blessing of the Archbishop of Cincinnati, Archbishop Pilarczyk. You can contact Archbishop Pilarczyk and Auxilliary Bishop Moeddel as follows:

Most Reverend Daniel E. Pilarczyk
Archbishop of Cincinnati
100 East Eighth Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone: (513) 421-3131
E-mail: communications@catholiccincinnati.org
Most Reverend Carl K. Moeddel
Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati
100 East Eighth Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone: (513) 421-3131
E-mail: communications@catholiccincinnati.org

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I posted this information a while back but now would be a good time to repost it. From OUR LADY'S WARRIORS It is also extremely important that we link up with those groups that represent our ideals, such as the Catholic League. Good Luck! We're all in this with you.

Dissenting Organizations

Matthew 12:30
He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.

2 John 1:9-11
Any one who goes ahead and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God; he who abides in the doctrine has both the Father and the Son. If any one comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into the house or give him any greeting; for he who greets him shares his wicked work.

Galatians 5:19-21
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, immodesty, luxury, Idolatry, witchcrafts [wicca], enmities, contentions, emulations, wraths, quarrels, dissensions, sects, Envies, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like. Of the which I foretell you, as I have foretold to you, that they who do such things shall not obtain the kingdom of God.

Matthew 18:15-17
If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

Solemn Warning! The following organizations are those who claim to be Catholic but dissent from the Truth as handed down from Jesus Christ, Second Person of the Most Blessed Trinity, the Divine Word, to His Apostles and their successors, the Pope and the Magisterium. These organizations are truly following in the footsteps of JUDAS - Just Undermine Doctrine And Spirituality. While they claim to be Catholic, they promote a man-made religion of unfettered pro-sin "choice" by the individual answerable to no one but himself (herself for the feminist reader), while promoting the spirituality of pagans. We all know what the serpent said to Eve; "you shall be as Gods" (Genesis 3:5).

At the same time, their mission statements and goals are disguised in shrewd words, usually in terms of "rights," "equality" and "social justice." But the Bible warns us of such a state of affairs; "I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own selves [clergy] will arise men speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. Therefore be alert" (Acts 20:29-31). "And what I do I will continue to do, in order to undermine the claim of those who would like to claim that in their boasted mission they work on the same terms as we do. For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is not strange if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds" (2 Corinthians 11:12-15). "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles? So, every sound tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears evil fruit. A sound tree cannot bear evil fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit" (Matthew 7:15-18).

Due to the potential damage to the Faith, links to these sites are not provided. However, the names of these dissident organizations are offered for your education and awareness - to be alert as the Bible tells us. This list will be updated as more is learned about the various organizations. Following this list is material which contains more in-depth analysis of some of these dissident organizations. See also the Dissenting Author and Speakers page for the names of individuals commonly associated with the dissident organizations. Read also on how does an organization get placed on this list.

Organization	Comments
A Call to Action	The most visible dissenting group which is a movement of laity and religious seeking to reform the "sinful structure" of the "patriarchal" Church. CTA is infamous since its 1994 conference coverage on the CBS news program 60 Minutes. CTA promotes dissent against Church teachings on a broad front, including women's ordination, homosexuality, creation spirituality, married priesthood, and liturgical reforms, while incorporating new age and Wiccan spirituality. Bishop Bruskewitz excommunicated those that belong to this group in his Diocese. Many members belong to local groups called "small faith communities." Renew 2000 also promotes small faith communities. Membership draws heavily from former clergy, feminist nuns, and homosexuals. Members staff COR. CTA serves on the national task force for the We Are Church referendum. Get a more complete understanding of their position from their own information.
Association for the Rights of Catholics in the Church	Promotes a so-called "democratic" church whereby the people vote for their own doctrine, and support of pluralism ("believe what you want") via a "Constitution" and a "Catholic Bill of Rights." (Vatican II already gave us a Constitution.) Sample "rights" include self-determined divorce and remarriage, contraception, and homosexual relationships. Also calls for elected pastors, bishops, and pope. Part of the task force of the We Are Church referendum. Most members also are members of CTA. Membership draws heavily from ex-clergy, and disaffected nuns. Member of Catholic Organizations for Renewal. Protestant churches are "democratic."
Association of Pittsburgh Priests	Member of Catholic Organizations for Renewal.
Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC)	Promotes artificial contraceptive "rights," including abortion. Their focus is the "intersection of Catholic teaching and public policy." Bishop Bruskewitz excommunicated those that belong to this group in his Diocese. Member of Catholic Organizations for Renewal. They have been condemned by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB).
Catholics Speak Out	Advocate of homosexuality and artificial birth control. Member of Catholic Organizations for Renewal and a sub-group of the Quixote Center.
Catholic Theological Society of America (CTSA)	Promotes dissent against Magisterial teachings and questions the authority of said teachings. A "theological wasteland" according to Bernard Cardinal Law (June 18, 1997).
Celibacy Is the Issue	Promotes active sacramental ministry for former priests who are now married. Administers a "Rent-A-Priest" program providing former priests for parishes without a priest, or to perform marriages not sanctioned by the Church (i.e. homosexual "marriages") and to conduct illicit Masses. Member of Catholic Organizations for Renewal.
Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC)	Not an organization per se, but a conference center for seminars and workshops working with the Enneagram -- an occult system of personality assessment. CAC features dissident speakers at its seminars and training workshops. Active in fostering dissident networking: "We envision CAC as a faith alternative to the dominant consciousness."
Coalition of Concerned Canadian Catholics	Member of Catholic Organizations for Renewal.
Conference for Catholic Lesbians	Advocate of female homosexuality.
Core Of Retired Priests United for Service (CORPUS)	Former priests who advocate married priests. Most are married, and they perform illicit priestly ministries. Their founder Padovano is a prominent figure in Call To Action. CORPUS was instituted to provide support and fraternal affiliation for former priests. Member of Catholic Organizations for Renewal.
Dignity USA	Advocate of homosexual "rights," including "marriage" within the Church. They form local chapters to provide "spiritual" support for practicing homosexuals who want to pursue full sacramental participation and ministerial duties. Vehemently opposed to COURAGE, the homosexual support organization promoting abstinence. Member of Catholic Organizations for Renewal.
Federation of Christian Ministries	Member of Catholic Organizations for Renewal.
Fellowship of Southern Illinois Laity	A group which proposes Church reform in Call to Action style. Member of Catholic Organizations for Renewal.
FutureChurch	A regional parish-based coalition seeking to address the priest shortage. FutureChurch claims the remedy is the ordination of married men and women. FutureChurch engages in educational presentations to parishes, grass-roots organizations, and the media. Its current project is a nationally-promoted dialogue on an "inclusive priesthood." Member of Catholic Organizations for Renewal.
Jesus Seminar	A seminar in which we are supposedly to learn what Jesus "really meant" in the Gospels. Much material follows the modernist liberal dissenting views which go against Church teachings.
National Coalition Of American Nuns	Bills itself as a "grassroots" organization for nuns concerned with "sinful structures" of society and church. Members work as advocates for social justice causes and promoting equality of women. Promotes gender-adjusted language, women's ordination, etc. Member of Catholic Organizations for Renewal.
National Association of Catholic Diocesan Lesbian and Gay Ministries (NACDLGM)	An organization trying to keep a lower profile, they err by failing to (i.e. oppress) provide the truth of the Church teachings. Rather, they promote documents which are not formal Church teaching, such as that titled 'Always Our Children.' They state "As baptized persons, lesbian and gay Catholics share the rights of all the baptized: 'to receive the sacraments, to be nourished with the Word of God and to be sustained by the other spiritual helps of the Church' (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1269)." However, they do not indicate that chastity is required, nor that active homosexuality is not acceptable whatsoever, nor that gays and lesbians living in sin are not eligible for the Sacraments except Confession/Reconciliation and repentance.
New Ways Ministries	Militant advocate of homosexuality which also demands ordination and ministry for homosexuals. Primary effort is educational workshops and seminars to identify and eliminate "homophobia" in the Church. Member of Catholic Organizations for Renewal.
Pax Christi (cited in Renew 2000)	This group may be the most widely recognized leftist organization to American Catholics. Long a proponent of nonviolence, Pax Christi promotes "action to transform structures of society." Aligned with liberation theology, "ecological justice," and the usual litany of modernist demands. A member of Catholic Organizations for Renewal.
Priests for Equality	Promotes women priests ("priestesses") and married priests. Member of Catholic Organizations for Renewal and a sub-group of the Quixote Center. Also pursuing inclusive language Scripture translation.
Promises	A small group devoted to support women intimately involved with a Catholic priest. A member of Catholic Organizations for Renewal.
Quixote Center	Pursues the full range of "peace and justice" issues. The Quixote Center, promotes liberation theology in this hemisphere. The Quixote Center, opposed to U.S. foreign policy, frequently poses as the "Catholic" voice to the media on U.S. involvement in Latin America. Member of Catholic Organizations for Renewal. Quixote Center is the parent group for Priests for Equality and Catholics Speak Out.
Sex Information and Education Council for the United States (SIECUS) ("education" organization dealing with religion)	From their own manifesto: "..integrates wisdom about sexuality ...; full inclusion of women and sexual minorities in the congregational life, including their ordination and blessing of same sex unions; sexuality counseling ... commitment to sexual and reproductive rights, including access to voluntary contraception, abortion ..." They have promoted a "Religious Declaration in Sexual Morality, Justice and Healing" which has been approved by several Catholic dissenters.
Society of St. Pius X (SSPX)	Schismatic group formerly headed by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre who illicitly consecrated bishops against the expressed instructions of the Roman Pontiff. They refuse to submit in obedience to the Holy Father. Note: the leadership of this group seems to be working with the Vatican to end its schism. Let us all hope and pray that this comes to pass.
True Catholic	Sedevacantist group which has "elected a Pope Pius XIII" and promotes documents such as "101 Heresies of John Paul II." They refuse to submit in obedience to the Holy Father.
We are Church	Hatched from Call to Action, they are a petition group pushing for radical changes in church teaching through political pressure ("referendums," lobbying and the like).
Women-Church	Promotes women priests ("priestesses").
Women's Ordination Conference (WOC)	WOC promotes women priests ("priestesses"). WOC is characterized by strong language denouncing "the patriarchal church" and the papacy of John Paul II. WOC leaders have suggested "new" sacraments that mark stages in a woman's life. Example: "Sacrament of Croning" at age fifty to herald the coming of "Wisdom." A recent WOC conference claimed ordination meant subordination; consequently, ordination needs to be Reconstructed. It is not unusual for WOC meetings to begin with an invocation to a pagan goddess, and may feature a pagan ritual meal. Member of Catholic Organizations for Renewal.
Women's Ordination Worldwide (WOW)	Promotes women priests ("priestesses").
Women in Church Leadership (WICL)	Promotes women priests ("priestesses").
Women's Alliance for Theology Ethics and Ritual (WATER)	Emphasis is on "inclusiveness," in liturgy and re-interpretation of the Scriptures to the radical feminist view.
Catholic Organizations for Renewal (COR)	Not an organization per se, but a forum where many dissenting organizations plot their attack on the teachings of Jesus' Church. Their proclaimed mission is: a coalition of Catholic groups, inspired by Vatican II, [an indicator of the modernist "spirit of Vatican II" - see one member below with that name] to further the reform and renewal of the Catholic Church, and [Martin Luther also "reformed" the church and established a church of man based on his personal beliefs - all heretics have done so in the past. Why is COR any different?] to bring about a world of justice and peace, reflecting the sacredness of all creation." [sacred creation is a pagan belief; true peace and justice result from following God's teachings, not opposing them] The following groups are part of this JUDAS forum. Association of Pittsburgh Priests Association For the Rights of Catholics in the Church Call To Action CTA (Call To Action) Baltimore CTA (Call To Action) New Jersey Call To Action of Northern Virginia Catholics For Free Choice Catholics for the Spirit of Vatican II Catholics of Vision/Canada Catholics Speak Out / Quixote Center Celibacy Is the Issue Coalition of Concerned Canadian Catholics CORPUS CORPUS Baltimore Dignity/USA Federation of Christian Ministries Fellowship of Southern Illinois Laity (FOSIL) Friends of Creation Spirituality FutureChurch Good Tidings National Coalition of American Nuns New Ways Ministry North Dakota Peace Coalition Pathfinder Renewal Weekend Pax Christi Promises Renewal Coordinating Community Romero Institute Save Our Sacrament (SOS)/Annulment Reform Women's Ordination Conference

Documents Revealing the Truth about Call to Action

Description	Author	Comments
Call to Action 1998 Conference Detailed Agenda	Bruce Sabalaskey	Learn for yourself the truth regarding a Call to Action's orientation from their own information.
Commentary on Radical Feminism's Attack on the Catholic Church	Kathleen Howley	Radical feminism is a strong theme within Call to Action.