[NYer]

It's a slow news day :-), so I thought we could have some fun exploring where the liberal element of the US Catholic Church has led its sheeples. Here in the east, Fr. Dr. Vosko has blended the Enneagram into many of his wreckovated churches and cathedrals.

And most of the people I knew in the New Age were fallen-away Catholics.

Did a google search on new age catholics and discovered this web site.

"On the subject of the Return of Christ Alice Bailey states that there is a growing belief 'that the Christ is in us, as He was in the Master Jesus, and this belief will alter world affairs and mankind's entire attitude to life'.92 Jesus of Nazareth is 'the Master Jesus' who was 'Christed' during his lifetime - just as we are! He is just an ordinary human being who needed to work through his own karmic cycle in endless incarnations."

Oh brother! That statement comes from:

Is this an issue in your diocese?

[wagglebee]

This does a good job of explaining the hidden secularization of Catholicism.

[pro610]

Alice Baily was very evil.
Her mentor was Helen Blavatsky.
enough said!

The New Age influence is getting very brazen in this generation.

I think Satan,s time on earth is very short

[Cincinnatus]

Help us here, NYer. What is the enneagram?

PS I've known Fr Dr Vosko since he was in high school. Strangely, he grew up in one of the most beautiful traditional churches in the Albany diocese.

[murphE]

Is this an issue in your diocese?

You tell me. Here is a selection of "events" published in my diocesan newspaper:

Siena Spirituality Center – Programs include evening prayer, tai ji, passage meditation, yoga, AA meditation and Al Anon, Siena Spirituality Center, 615 Montauk Hwy., Water Mill, for details on programs call 631-726-4740.

Silent Meditation – Contemplative prayer community utilizing Zen discipline, offered Tues-days, 10-11:30 a.m. & Wednesdays, 7:30-9 p.m., Tabor Retreat Center, 60 Anchor Ave., Oceanside, 516-536-3004.

Enneagram II – Concludes May 7, presented by Living Waters, registration required, 631-754-3990.

All-day Interfaith Zen Sittings – 9 a.m., St. Ignatius Retreat House, 251 Searingtown Rd., Manhasset, pre-registration required, 516-621-8300 ext. 10

[Coleus]

Catholic Zen Retreats, Jersey City, NJ, conducted by a Jesuit Priest

[GipperGal]

Ah, yes, the gnostics shall ever be with us. Think all the way back to Sts. Peter and Paul. They both warned us about these types of fruitloops.

[SaltyJoe]

There will be a rise in exorcism. There has to be.

[A CA Guy]

That site belongs to Ingrid Shafer of 511 W MINNESOTA AVE, CHICKASHA, OK.

It doesn't say it belongs to Catholic anything. It's an occultists that seems to like to call itself Christian Catholic (which it is NOT).

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Cults and Cosmic Consciousness: Religious Vision in the American 1960s, http://www.bu.edu/arion/paglia_cults00.htm.