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To: sinkspur
It's hand-wringing.

Do Catholics have backbone or not? We live with the effects by not bending.
10 posted on 08/10/2003 1:07:50 PM PDT by Desdemona
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To: Desdemona
It's hand-wringing.

It's analysis. Not everything written about the Catholic Church has to thunder with condemnation.

11 posted on 08/10/2003 1:09:42 PM PDT by sinkspur (Get a dog. He'll change your life!)
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To: Desdemona
You are right.

I have lived in a City far away from the parish of my upbringing for the last 13 years. In that time I've attended Mass infrequently until recently. The new church I frequent (I'm already looking for another) included an insert in the Church bulletin from some Catholic group who asserts its mission as the protector of those who work the land.

This insert, which was August's calendar (all the days of the month were noted with 'things to think about') was a piece of propoganda that shocked me.

It noted that one of it's goals was to restrict state to state produce distribution, and to enact legislation that would reduce our agricultural output, as we produce (according to the insert) 1.5x that which we need to consume. This group also asserted via the insert that all people have a 'right' to enough food to flourish, not just to survive. And they intend to bring that right about through government edict.

The thought to contemplate on the Feast of the Assumption was 'the dignity of our bodies'. And judging from the 'deep thoughts' for some of the previous days, the dignity of our bodies that we need to be contemplating is centered around their goals for the 'tillers of the land'. No mention of contemplating the Assumption of Mary into Heaven, though. Again, I was shocked. I called my Mom later on that Sunday and asked if she'd received such an insert and she said no, so it was undoubtedly something local.

I had called the rectory a few days before I attended Mass to register as a new Parishoner. The registrar couldn't take my call that day so she called me back a few days later, I told her I had changed my mind.

I hope I can find a Catholic Church that is not party to this kind of machination, but it doesn't look hopeful in my region.

13 posted on 08/10/2003 1:38:17 PM PDT by AlbionGirl (A kite flies highest against the wind, not with it. - Winston Churchill)
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