Posted on 03/03/2006 8:40:09 AM PST by NYer
He's also moving out of DC, IIRC.
"However, he has control issues."
That alone should disqualify a man from any position of authority.
We know about exercising episcopal authority for the sake of exercising authority. Regards from Arlington, VA.
Pray for A Voice in the Desert
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About Father Altier and the Desert Voice Website |
Most Reverend Harry J. Flynn Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA This action of the Archbishop is not related to any scandal We regret any inconvenience and humbly ask for your prayers. Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis Most Reverend Harry J. Flynn |
The Rev. Robert Altier of St. Agnes Catholic Church has condemned the children's component of the Virtus program, which is mandated for all Catholic schools and religious education programs.
Altier's "Voice in the Desert" website, which on Friday bore a new address with a commentary embedded -- www.desertvoice.org/Censored.html -- said he has chosen "obedient compliance" with Flynn's request to refrain from posting commentaries or broadcasting them on Relevant Radio, 1330 AM.
"Father Altier is an honored priest, and has not committed any improprieties," archdiocese spokesman Dennis McGrath said. He said Flynn will not discuss the issue publicly because it is a "personnel matter, but I surmise that Father Altier's contrarian position on Virtus is the issue."
Altier and the St. Agnes office did not return phone messages Friday.
The Virtus program, for adults who work with children, and its children's component are being implemented in the archdiocese's 220 parishes to comply with a 2003 mandate by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in the wake of the clergy-sex-abuse scandal.
Along with Oregon Bishop Robert Vasa, Altier has gained a national following among curriculum foes, many of whom are associated with Catholic Parents Online, based in St. Paul. They believe that the program violates Vatican teachings (the magisterium) and that only parents should talk to children about sex.
Darrel Kloeckner, of Marine on St. Croix, who is associated with Catholic Parents Online, said he has closely followed Altier's web and radio ministries and is "very disappointed" that they're on hold. "What it comes down to is we're trying to be faithful to the magisterium," he said. "We believe Archbishop Flynn has been misled on this issue."
He said he was heartened to hear that parishes that object to the program can petition Flynn for an alternative program that is more home-based.
Pamela Miller 612-673-4290
Dear nanetteclaret,
Book Mark this site. It will not disappear in the near future at all. I am quite confident.
It is literally a Treasure Trove of all of Father Altier's Homilies from 2001-2006. If you need any others, you can always freepmail me whenever you want.
http://desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com
In Jesus and Mary,
Dear nanetteclaret,
Book Mark this site. It will not disappear in the near future at all. I am quite confident.
It is literally a Treasure Trove of all of Father Altier's Homilies from 2001-2006. If you need any others, you can always freepmail me whenever you want.
http://desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com
In Jesus and Mary,
Thanks so much! It really is a treasure trove!
By the way, thanks also for your reports from India. It's good to have honest reporting from the actual location.
Dear nanetteclaret,
Many Thanks for your response.
I have with me Two Homilies of Father Robert J. Altier dated the 2nd of March 2006 that is "Thursday after Ash Wednesday" and Friday, the 3rd of March 2006 respectively.
You will not get this at all at the Mirror Site that I sent you and not at all at the "Internet Way Back Machine".
These are the last two recorded text version Homilies of Father Altier for 2006 which were sent to me by a Friend who lives in Atlanta. They are not available anywhere on the Web.
Would you like me to send them to you via Freep Mail ?
Please keep me in your prayers as well as all Indian Catholics specially Catholic Missionaries in India.
Your Brother in Jesus Christ and in his Holy Mother Mary,
SOLDIEROFJESUSCHRIST
**But at that time the Bishops were not part of Satan's conspiracy.**
Presnetly, it seems this way for some bishops too!
Or living in the catacombs! I have had a dream about that!
Dear Soldier:
Why not post them separately as articles here on FR? Just entitle them "Fr. Altier's Sermon of **whatever date**". That way, they will be accessible to us and to anyone else who searches for them on the Internet. I know it will be much appreciated by everyone, and they will be permanently archived here on FR.
Thanks!
nc
Dear nanetteclaret,
Greetings. It is done. Please check Catholic Caucus Readings for 3-23-2006 Optional Memorial of Saint Turibius de Mongrovejo. I have posted both the Homilies.
In Jesus and Mary,
"Coincidentally, this week, Alejandro Bermudez from Catholic News Agency, suddendly shut down his blog -
Catholic Outsider. He said his goodbyes, departed and the blog has been completely removed."
"What is happening?"
Welcome to the underground Catholic Church!
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