Spending at parish soars with new priest

WORLD-HERALD ^ | April 16, 2005 | CHRISTOPHER BURBACH

[Palladin]

Shhhhh!

Don't tell the Religion Mod!

[church militant]

You've certainly mellowed since Saturday night.

[church militant]

Regarding posts #324 and #329....you both seem pretty sure Dr. Bond is reading this thread. Interesting.

How do you know this?

[church militant]

Sorry, that second one should have been #349.

#324 and #349.

[church militant]

I've noticed that the few exchanges between the two of you are strange, to say the least, and for a long time Angelas/Concerned Catholic wouldn't even answer Concerned Catholic/Angelas' posts.

Anybody know any good lawyer jokes?

[Angelas]

Reread the posts. ancilla accused Palladin of being Dr. Bond. The posts explain that Dr. Bond posts under his own name so he would not be Palladin.

I believe we have all said how we feel and since we continue to disagree, I really want to focus my efforts on other issues. I cannot speak for the others, though! I haven't heard any good lawyer jokes but I did hear one about a woman asking various people for personal information on a certain priest. I could care less about what you are doing. My focus has been the financial loss to St Anthony's.

[church militant]

Of course you want to focus on other issues! YOU GOT CAUGHT!

You act as though I've committed a cardinal sin by seeking out information before forming an opinion about a serious matter. Yes I asked "various people" about "a certain priest" but ONLY ONE of them knew about the other two. And his name is Bond.

I hope like hell that somebody in Father's camp shows all of your hateful, scandalous posts on this thread to Archbishop Curtiss. He ought to know the caliber of people with whom he's dealing and he ought to take everything you say with a grain of salt because you're all liars.

And let's not forget that you defamed TWO priests in the course of your this witch hunt!

The posts on this thread by the anti-P.M.J.S. crowd are a textbook example of the end justifying the means.

Your loyalty to your homeland and your church buildings dwarf any loyalty you might have to God and His Church. The archbishop would be wise to tell you to grow up and get lost.

You should have quit while you were ahead.

[Concerned Catholic]

"I believe we have all said how we feel and since we continue to disagree, I really want to focus my efforts on other issues."

I agree. Her post in response to yours is another example that there is no reasoning with this woman. Speaking of defamation, what do you think she is doing to Dr. Bond!

I say we pray for her and us to St Anthony to see us through these trying times and cease posting to these vicious people.

[church militant]

"cease posting"?

Sounds like a great idea.

[Petskelis]

I don't know about this Bond thing, so I'll just comment on the rest of this post. Using words like "hell" to get your point across (or lack thereof), doesn't sound like the good God fearing person you've been purporting to be in your posts and I'm almost certain YOU are keeping track of all these "scandalous" posts (leaving out all of yours and your friends, of course) , so you can turn them over to the Archbishop, who I'm sure will appreciate coming from someone NOT of his Archdiocese, complaining about people who have been parishioners for over 50 years. Yes, I do have loyalty for my parents' homeland which is mostly Catholic and our parish, which is an extension of the homeland. Besides, I don't think there is much of a defference between our loyalty and your loyalty to the "temporary" administrator.

[church militant]

Re-read my posts. I've never tried to pass myself off as "holy", mostly because I'm not so much. I wish I were though. It baffling to me that a chronic liar would be offended by the word 'hell'.

I'm sure someone is gathering all of these up but it's not me. I don't have the time, energy, or interest, for that matter, to copy all of these posts. If someone does hand them over to the archbishop I pray that they also hand over mine because they will assist in destroying your credibility.

It doesn't matter where I'm from. The facts speak for themselves. You lied and defamed, I had the facts, you got caught.

My work here is done.

[Petskelis]

First, I have never said anything in any of my posts as to whether or not they were fact. Most of my posts have been responses to you and the people who agree with your stories. As to my being a liar and using the word "hell", you don't know who I really am, so how can you even say this ? I can turn around and say the same thing about you and all your "facts", but I don't.
It most certainly does matter where you're from because if you're not directly involved you should just follow the story from the outside.
When you say "my work here is done" does that mean you won't post anymore comments ? If so, Buh-Bye !!!!

[church militant]

"It most certainly does matter where you're from because if you're not directly involved you should just follow the story from the outside."

Tell that to Palladin!

[Concerned Catholic]

Are you watching the Huskers? We have a Lithuanian on our team, Simokaitis!

[Concerned Catholic]

Go Huskers!

[Angelas]

Boston Lithuanian and Other Parishes to Stay Open
St. Peter Lithuanian Parish Website | June 21, 2005 | Angelas


Posted on 06/21/2005 3:24:42 PM PDT by Angelas


Friends of Saint Peter Lithuanian Parish – Update # 18

June 17, 2005

Dear Friends,

A little over a year ago, we received the devastating news that our beloved St. Peter Lithuanian Parish was going to be closed! Yesterday, on June 16th, 2005, the Archdiocese removed the threat of extinction by announcing that our Parish will stay open!

We all deserve to breathe a sigh of relief and we all deserve to feel a great amount of satisfaction at having its ill-conceived decision reversed. We banded together to save a part of our heritage. We stood shoulder to shoulder in our determination to keep our Parish open. We demonstrated, we wrote letters, made phone calls and helped the cause in countless ways. We contributed monies to launch a legal and canonical challenge to the threat of closure. We worked hard, we sacrificed time and energy and we can exult in the news proclaimed by the Archdiocese.

However, there are still unanswered questions. We shall pursue answers and clarifications with the help of our canon law attorney. News reports offer different threads of information. For example, the Boston Globe proclaimed on its front page (June 17, 2005) that St. Peter Lithuanian Parish would remain open along with four other parishes. The news release published on the website of the archdiocese of Boston offers a slightly different tone. This news release clearly states that two parishes will remain open, two others will have their closing dates rescinded and St. Peter Lithuanian Parish will not have a closing date established.

We are not sure what this means and we hope to find out. We shall be requesting clarification from the archdiocese. Fr. Zukas has been named principal contact concerning the status of the Parish so perhaps he will receive clarification that he can share with us.

We know that at least for now, we are open and the imminent threat of closure has been removed. We should celebrate this victory and we can afford to be guardedly optimistic about our future. It remains a very real possibility that the archdiocese will revisit this whole issue of reconfiguration at some later time and we may be faced with a similar threat of closure. Time will tell. But for now, enjoy the serenity that comes with the removal of the threat of closure. Let’s enjoy our Parish life as never before. Let’s recommit ourselves to making our Parish more vibrant and thriving than ever before!

Plans are being considered for a mass of Thanksgiving and Celebration in the early fall. We shall keep you informed of any information about our future. Enjoy the day! Enjoy the news! Pray that the archdiocese does not consider reconfiguration again for a very long time! Until next time,

Gloria R. Adomkaitis for the Friends

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/06/17/archdiocese_lifts_plans_to_close_five_parishes/

http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=89757

http://www.rcab.org/News/releases/statement050616.html

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[Petskelis]

Just an FYI to whoever is still interested . Some of you may have already seen this article, anyway here it is

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The Epicurean Gadfly

Sunday, June 19, 2005 - Vocation of Destruction: The Fall of the Purple Vicar

It is only a matter of time before one who has spent his entire life rummaging through other peoples closets, displaying their contents before the few low enough to listen, is brought to his knees by his own tactics. Ah, the death of the Rev. Peter Stravinskas, self-made archbishop of hypocrisy and fantasizer of purple piping. According to the Omaha press, it looks as if the never-could-have-been-monsignor will only be seeing the purple capes of justice draped upon his embezzeling behind. Anyone who has known this chap is not surprised an ounce by these allegations. Though he remains uncharged, his Archbishop has decided to make a personal judgement. This coming from a catholic prelate who is rarely befalled or pressured by the press. His usual response to allegations or such matters is to verbally flip the press a bird reading "CATHOLIC PREJUDICE!" From the Jesuits of Boston to the Legion of Mexico, everbody had this guy's number. At an ecclesiastical affair, one utterance of his initials: P.M.S., an early indication of his temperament, draws hisses and laughs crackling the same comment: he likes those Latin waiters; he has been wishing for the episcopacy since infancy: he'll never have either. He has spoken ill of too many people. Between his attempted "outings" of what he believes are closeted clergy to his irresponsible and outright crude criticism of his superiors to their face in front of those entrusted to his "spiritual leadership", it was his own destruction in the making. It just so happens many knew of his obsession with money and only did the slightest ear to the ground motion and gave some attention to a few questions and soon it became apparent. Financial misconduct along with the rap sheet following him to Omaha, boiling his vocation as a priest to one of convenience. Looks like you should have stayed where you belong: in Boise, with only cows and chickens to offend and corn meal to steal.
posted by Sainte Chopin @ 6:42 PM 0 comments

[Palladin]

Thanks for the updates.

How was Stravinskas's trip to Rome with the old ladies? Did he and his very close buddy room together?

When does Stravinskas get the boot? Has he been indicted yet?

I'm happy that your parish will remain open, hopefully under new management!

[Angelas]

Yes, I saw this. Here is another person that shows the pattern the PS (or now known as PMS)has engaged in for years!

[Angelas]

Thank you for the kind words but the church that will remain open is in Boston. I applaud their efforts especially to use the canonical process to get it done!
I don't know all the details about the trip, except that he and "Nicky" stayed on until yesterday. Christifideles has some information from a friend of PS's that went on the trip. Didn't sound too exciting. By the way, I heard that PS owns Peters Way Travel so that is why he charged $1,000 more than other travel agencies.
No word yet on the police investigation but even if there was no criminal wrongdoing, he spent $400,000 after the Arch brought him here! Based on canon law, PS was suppose to give the Arch annual reports on expenditures. So, the Arch is just as liable as far as I can determine. If PS was not giving these reports, why didn't the Arch require them per canon law?
I heard that the Arch is having second thoughts about making PS leave. What does PS have on the Arch? The Lithuanian community is lost so we will need to announce this nationally.
The newbie's hate the Lithuanians which was evident by their vicious posts. And PS was responsible for turning them against us, his modus was "divide and conquer" wherever he goes. Supposedly this is exactly what he did to the Lithuanian parish in New Jersey.
PS did not hold the required Parish Council meetings, nor did he consult with the Finance Council. When this was brought to the Arch's attention, he ignored us! Another canon law violation!
PS turned our beautiful white altar into a monstrosity of brown with a purple background (barf alert).
PS took away our Lithuanian Mass and made it a Latin Mass yet his website calls it a Lithuanian Mass. Hah!
As you can tell I am very emotional about what has happened and that the Arch has failed to take action like other Bishops and Archbishops have done!