Posted on 11/15/2004 2:31:05 PM PST by nonsumdignus
Bishop Michael Sheridan sent a letter to about 60 households that said Servants of the Holy Family is not part of the Roman Catholic Church, despite what church priests tell them.
‘‘I entreat you to separate yourself from the Servants of the Holy Family and return to full communion with the Roman Catholic Church,’’ Sheridan wrote in his letter. ‘‘No one can claim to be authentically Catholic if he or she is not in communion with the diocesan bishop and the Pope.’’
One of the five priests at the church, Father Allan Kucera, said in an e-mail that the church will not answer questions about the church or Sheridan’s letter. ‘‘Servants of the Holy Family will neither participate in a public debate or controversy, nor will it in any way contribute to the strife and division already present today in the Catholic Church,’’ Kucera said. He added, ‘‘If anyone is interested, he or she may come and see for themselves what we are about.’’
The Gazette of Colorado Springs reported that some former members said the church is as much a personality cult as a place of worship. The former members said priests berate church members from the pulpit and demand unquestioned loyalty.
The group’s Web site, www.servi.org, says Servants of the Holy Family was founded in 1977. The church offers traditional Latin Mass six days a week, which has made it attractive to Catholics looking for a more traditional service. The church Web site also sells gourmet specialty foods and religious articles.
Some former members said they had no idea the church was not affiliated with the Roman Catholic church.
Patrick and Patty Biolchini were married in Servants of the Holy Family in 1994. When they left in 2003, a Catholic priest told them that, in the eyes of the Church, they never were married because the church isn’t sanctioned by Rome.
"We might as well have gotten married in front of a justice of the peace," Patrick told the Gazette.
You clain the name "Roman Catholic", yet you twist the words of Christ into some vague meaning. "I will be with you always" means that He will remain with those who are faithful to Him. When He is pushed off and put into the obscure closet, neglected and abused by the Judas' that are supposed to worship Him, HE LEAVES.
Yes, He will always be with those who remain faithful to Him and the Church He established, in the Blessed Sacrament, through the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. The end of time is marked by the last Holy Sacrifice of the Mass - not by any new liturgy.
Pray tell, how does one become "disobedient" without first being "rebellious?"
Ol' Marcel declared himself Pope by directly rebelling against (and then disobeying) Paul VI.
There's only room for one Pope.
QED: Marcel loses.
The very last Holy Sacrifice of the Mass may well be in NO, whether you or I like it or not.
By remaining faithful to the Perennial Magisterium.
In the NO, theres only the New Liturgy, not the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
Well, that pretty much eliminates rational dispute with you.
I guess if you don't understand that the New Liturgy and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass are two different things, then I agree, theres nothing to dispute.
I think you meant to say the very last celebration may well be the NO. It's not a scrifice anymore.
Translating your anti-Church propaganda into English, it would appear that you believe that Church leaders are leading children away from the ineffable wisdom and unfathomable degradation of the excommunicated schismatic known as Marcel the Impudent and, of course, away from your own personal cultural and liturgical tastes masquerading as the church.
No one sought your sympathy. Few will within the Church itself. None wisely. Don't let the door hit you........ Thanks for the obvious admissions,
Consider yourself told.
Now you are quoting Luther as well as imitating his tactics.
And I had always thought that Henry VIII was an apostate royal of unquenchable appetites and certainly not a pious Catholic monk. Luther had a curious track record for a "pious Catholic monk" as well.
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