No they want to find RC priests not under the thumb of Burke. You are saying that Burke has jurisdiction over any priest delivering the mass within his territory no matter who they are, affiliated with, or from where. If so, and he exercises that authority, and stops it, then yes, the church will cease to conduct RC services. If you are right, I wonder if the Board is aware of the exclusive territorial rule.
Dear Torie,
No, they recognize that they will be cast out into the outer darkness. This is from their site:
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What are the options St. Stanislaus has to resolve this conflict?
Hold out for a change of heart by the Archbishop.
- Remote chance
Allow the church to become a non functioning shrine
- After a while the majority will loose interest and the church will go into a state of disrepair. The life of the parish will be extinguished.
Give it away
- Allow the parish to be deeded to another Polish organization, not related to the archdiocese and possibly not related to the Roman Catholic Church.
Join another (non Roman) Catholic Church
- Viable option
- Religious celebrations are nearly identical to what we see in the Roman Catholic Church today
- These religious organizations broke away from the Roman Catholic Church due to the same demands we are seeing today. Religion was not the issue. It was, as it is today, about power and control
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As you can see, they see as the viable option leaving the "Roman Catholic Church," i.e., the Church over which the pope is head. Looks to me like they're leaning toward the Polish National Catholic Church.
They are well aware that a Catholic priest in communion with the Catholic Church governed by the pope cannot function in a diocese having lost the consent of the ordinary.
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