Save Saint Joseph's Oratroy!

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[Land of the Irish]

From the Fatima Center (www.fatima.org)

Help Us Save St. Joseph's Oratory from Pagan Influence

A scandal is scheduled to take place at the famous shrine, St. Joseph's Oratory in Montreal, Canada on August 14, 2004.

A man named Sri Sri Ravi Shankar - who is the "founder of the Art of Living Foundation, a United Nations - non-governmental organization" is scheduled to speak, teach and/or do meditation in the Basilica (we found this out by calling the number on a flyer).!

We were unable to find this information on the web site of St. Joseph's Oratory. The word was spread by means of flyers and on the web site of Mr. Shankar's 'foundation'.

Flyers were distributed in the Montreal area that refer to this man as "his holiness"!. On the flyer it also says Mr. Shankar is "...the founder of The Art of Living Course, which 'may be the fastest-growing spiritual practice on the planet' (Yoga Journal)". Need we say more?

Worse - people are actually paying money to hear him speak at this place of Catholic Worship.

Please help us to prevent this person from promoting pagan ideas in this Catholic Basilica.

We need your help to get the word out to protest this and keep it from happening.

What You Can Do!!

Offer Rosaries with the intention of stopping this sacrilegious crime from occurring in this shrine erected in honor of St. Joseph, the foster father of Our Lord Jesus Christ and the spouse of The Blessed Virgin Mary.

Phone, fax or email the Rector of the oratory, Father Jean-Pierre Aumont,

csc at: -phone (514)733-8211 or 1-877-672-8647; fax (514)733-9735; email: fatherweb@saint-joseph.org

Phone, fax, or email the archbishop of Montreal - Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte at -phone (514)931-7311; fax (514) 931-3432 (the names of the auxiliary

Bishops are Bishop Anthony Mancini and Bishop Jude Saint-Antoine). email:chanc@cam.org

Phone, fax or email the Congregation of the Holy Cross Fathers in Rome at:- phone 011 39 06 612 96 210; fax 011 39 06 614 75 47

Phone or fax Father LeBlanc, the English Canadian Provincial of the Congregation of the Holy Cross Fathers at: phone: (905)714-9797; fax (905)

714-9696

Phone, fax or email the Congregation of the Holy Cross Fathers in Montreal: phone (514) 731-7828; fax (514) 731-7820; email: administrationprov@perescsc-qc.com

Please help us stop this outrage!

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From LifesiteNews.com

Catholics Concerned over Cult Leader Appearing at Canada's Foremost Catholic Shrine

MONTREAL, August 6, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Curious calls are pouring in to the Saint Joseph's Oratory information line as the Oratory gears up for the August 14 visit of eastern spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, authority on Vedic literature and master of therapeutic breathing techniques. When LifeSiteNews.com called the Oratory today, the Oratory staff was barely able to attend to the call due to the volume of callers asking about the Sri Sri event.

Oratory staff assure callers that the event is not a religious one, likening it to the Dali Lama's visit to the Oratory June 21, 1993. But Sri Sri's visit is a two hour long event open to the public with a fifteen dollar entrance fee, and on the eve of the major Catholic holyday. Many callers are concerned that the visit will be a more than a mere courtesy call.

Those who take the time to look at Sri Sri's website, http://www.artofliving.org/ , will understand why. The page hints of personality cult - every click brings new images of the guru's ecstatic smile and young people lined up in lotus position. The guru is referred to as "His Holiness" by followers and presumably will be addressed as such during the Saint Joseph's Oratory event.

What message is he bringing to the Catholics of Montreal? In general he encourages people to pursue their chosen spirituality or religion, but he sings a different tune to his young followers, telling them that the truly enlightened are more than mere believers: "An atheist bases himself on reason, and a believer on faith ... Death shakes them both! When someone close dies, an atheist eyes are opened, and a believer's faith cracks. Only a Yogi - a wise one - remains unshaken. For that person has transcended both reason and faith." -Intimate Note to a Sincere Seeker Vol.6

Information can be obtained from Saint Joseph's Oratory at (514) 733-8211. Those who wish to contact the Oratory's Rector can call (514) 733-8211 or (877) 672-8647 or email at fatherweb@saint-joseph.org

jmo

Source URL: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2004/aug/04080610.html

[Land of the Irish]

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[Land of the Irish]

Here we go again in the 3-ring ecumenical circus tent.

[buccaneer81]

I've been there. I pray it is not desecrated.

[Unam Sanctam]

Since this involves a Catholic church, i.e., what you would call a "Conciliar" church, then it does not involve your religion. Faithful and orthodox Catholics should protest this action, not those who thumb their nose at the Catholic Church like the SSPX.

[Land of the Irish]

Since this involves a Catholic church, i.e., what you would call a "Conciliar" church, then it does not involve your religion.

For one who defends his attendance at the ChiCom CCPA Mao-Masses, you sure appear to be the hypocrite.

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