Posted on 04/16/2005 11:24:59 PM PDT by CatherineSiena
I see you've surfaced again as "concerned catholic". I guess that is better than "anonymous".
I arrived at the parish as a new parishoner the same year that Father arrived.
No money was spent refurbishing that dump until after I arrived.
You did not have any permanent in residence priests assigned to the parish . They were assigned permanently at other parishes and just came to celebrate mass. No one with authority was running the parish. Just the lay people.
The audit found no evidence of criminal activities. Many people have irregularities in their accounting, it doesn't mean there is criminal activity.
I don't think anyone would confuse disagreements with the outright attacks that the "lynch mob" was subjecting father Stravinskas to.
A little clarity here. Father referred to the goings on of the past three weeks as lunacy. He referred to the actions perpetrated by people who wish to see an innocent priest pilloried, as evil.
The priests at the chancery don't have concerns, they have vendettas. One in particular wants him out and is using the lynch mob as a means to that end.
You folks have been working on ousting Father from the minute he arrived and informed you that he was in charge.
Ever since then, we've had to endure this huge Romper room spectacle of grown adults crying foul whenever the priest wants to make a decision.
This is absolutely bizarre!
ancilla,
Thanks for posting.
**Cases like these show the need for parish financial councils, as mandated by Canon Law (537).**
Amen! Our Admin Council has to approve anything over 1,000 dollars. They know what is happening in the parish!
I've known Fr Peter Stravinskas a LONG LONG time . . . rest assured, they have tangled with the WRONG priest THIS time! :-)
I'm not sure who I would rather NOT be when Father Stravinskas gets finished bringing this episode to a conclusion - the disgruntled parishioners or the Chancery priests involved in the smear campaign (because EVERY cleric who reads the story says immediately: 'inside job').
This much I would wager my own bank accounts on: by the time Father Stravinskas is through with them, both groups will wish to God they were Jehovahs' Witnesses!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
"A LONG story which resulted in three threads getting pulled on this site."
Privately? I'd be interested...
Me too.
We just may join the Jehovah's Witnesses if he gets away with this.....
All sins are an offense to God. There is no such thing as a big lie or a small lie. There is no such thing as a small theft or a big theft, it is theft. But the thing that hurts Jesus most is arrogance.
As do lies. Lies are lies, and telling lies to damage the innocent is also a sin.
As is the arrogance that spurs those who are lying to also commit calumny and slander by taking their accusations public.
Especially when they have been told that there is no criminal activity.
Why is a priest arrogant when he runs his parish as he is allowed by the rules of the archdiocese?
Why is a priest arrogant when he makes decisions that some do not agree with?
Where is the obedience on the part of the laity who have been told by their Bishop that there is nothing criminal going on?
Where is the arrogance in publishing the truth and defending an innocent priest?
You are pointing the finger in the wrong direction.
I'm absolutely dumb-founded by people who call themselves Christians but who go out of their way to be spiteful and mean-spirited.
Where will your pastor be heading to in August?
You would be well served to get better and more current information, you are obviously out of the loop. But you'll have to do your own research on this one sweetie.
You've shown your stripes again I see. "Your Pastor"?
He's your pastor too if you are a member of the Parish, regardless of your insolence and disobedience to the church.
The “AD EXPERIMENTUM” is up in August. Bye, bye!
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