Posted on 09/06/2020 11:18:54 AM PDT by ebb tide
We all know theres a shortage of priestly vocations but some places are feeling the effects more dramatically than others.
Catholic Masses at San Diego-area Navy bases have ended because the Navy, in what it says is a cost-cutting move, has declined to renew its contracts with Catholic priests, and there are not enough Catholic chaplains on active duty to fill the void.
Protestant services on bases, which are led by active duty chaplains, will continue, said Brian ORourke, a Navy Region Southwest spokesman.
The changes to the Navys religious ministries are part of a national realignment announced on Aug. 20. It is unclear how many priests this will affect.
The Navys religious ministries priority is reaching and ministering to our largest demographic active duty Sailors and Marines in the 18-25 year-old range, ORourke wrote in an email. To meet that mission, the Navy has had to make the difficult decision to discontinue most contracted ministry services.
In the Navy message announcing the change, Vice Adm. Yancey Lindsey, the commander of Naval Installations Command, said it differently.
We have a responsibility to use our limited resources wisely in meeting the needs of our personnel, wrote Lindsey. Therefore, we will reduce redundancies and capture efficiencies by realigning resources, noting that religious services will be cut at bases where those services are readily available in the surrounding community outside the base.
To Rev. Jose Pimentel, a priest who has led services at Naval Base Coronado and Naval Air Station North Island for eight years, the loss of his parish isnt just a personal loss its a loss of the 1st Amendment rights of service members on bases.
One issue is discrimination (and) another is the violation of your right to practice your religion, he said when reached by phone Friday.
While the Navy has an active duty component of clergy the Chaplain Corps the number of Catholic priests among them is small, reflecting a worldwide shortage of Catholic priests. To make up for that shortage, the service contracted with priests to lead Catholic services on U.S. bases.
Those contracts are the ones being canceled.
No. No such thing.
My parish does.
good to hear there are still a few traditionalists out there
Meanwhile in Russia...
Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow consecrates Main Military Cathedral... https://youtu.be/jjkuti_HmFU
This was in the army and in Vietnam. Maybe the pope gave dispensation, couldnt say. But, thats the way it was.
“Fine. But as the article says there are no Catholic priests to administer mass on base”
It says no such thing. Did you even read it?
And as a new moon cued the onset of Ramadan last night, the first Muslim chaplain commissioned by the Navy led prayers in the first mosque built on a U.S. naval base.
What? When did this happen?
and I assume the protestants will be the left swinging ones....
Depressing article. I read the whole nasty thing.
whats stopping the protestants?...there’s some kind of protestant church on every other street....
Ugh! I just finished the article. I cant believe it. Im so glad I retired from the navy. It must be dreadful today.
Better call Francis the talking donkey...
Um, nuns never taught Catholic school for free.
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What he means is nuns were not salaried employees. Obviously their basic needs, food, shelter, clothing, transportation, etc. were and are taken care of by their religious orders and/or the parishes where they are assigned. Many have taken the vow of poverty and live as mendicants.
Perhaps the Romans ought to do it for free
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The Romans? Really? That’s cute!
Lets face it. Official Church teachings are not welcome in the new Woke Navy.
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Let’s face it, official Church teachings are RARELY mentioned at Novus Ordo masses which are actually more like Protestant services than orthodox Catholic masses.
The problem seems to be mostly related to the world wide shortage of Roman Catholic priests.
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Well that goes hand-in-hand with the worldwide shortage of orthodox Catholic masses that the Satan Council (1962-1965) replaced with the Novus Ordo, which is basically a Protestant service.
the Catholic Church does not follow traditional Church teachings anymore
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Or to put it another way, Churches which claim to be Catholic are not because they do not teach or preach any of the fundamental doctrines of the Catholic faith. Hence the folks who attend those churches are no longer “practicing Catholics”, although they do not realize it. SAD!
Catholic Bishoprics should study and answer why Priests are not joining the military.
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What priests? The seminaries are vacant, and there are a huge number of parishes here and around the world that have no priest! That information is readily available by the way!
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