Good talk, Vlazny, and I’m sure you’re sincere. But it’s time to walk the walk. As for almsgiving, this Archdiocese is overflowing with money, so when are we getting a Respect Life Office, staffed by one priest at the very minimum? ONE PERSON in a huge archdiocese to work on prolife issues, we don’t have. How about closing down that “progressive” Peace and Justice Office that keeps using our alms to sponsor talks by Democrats, Global Warming Seminars and free attorneys for illegals? What’s this $70 MILLION new campaign you’ve got going in addition to the dozen special collections we already have every year (including the ACORN one). Hired a fancy outside consulting firm to go around and browbeat priests into how to badger parishioners into enrolling in automatic checking account withdrawals. No, I’m sorry, I don’t feel obligated at all to contribute to that because my money goes to feminists, abortionists, and all sorts of leftists nuts. Your excellency, you are clearly sincere about personal holiness, good. But you are clueless about what the heck is wrong with your Archdiocese. Fire about 75% of your staff would be a good start. They all voted for Obama. I wonder if you did.
Good post.
One thing you left out, however, is that Vlasny is Publisher-in- Chief of Oregon Catholic Press (OCP). OCP music has probably contributed more to the destruction of Catholic liturgical Tradition than any other single entity.
A quick look at the folks on the OCP payroll would find a number of renegade (ex)priests and nuns, paired homos, and other radicals who openly flaunt Catholic teaching.
And Vlasny wonders what happened to Lenten traditions?
Ya gotta wonder what he has been smoking.