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We who strive to be faithful to the Church need to pray without ceasing for true Godly men to lead us in our Parishes.
MILWAUKEE (CNS) -- A Milwaukee parish's decision to host a prayer service marking the seventh annual World Day of Prayer for Women's Ordination drew an objection from Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan. About a dozen prayer services took place in the United States and Europe to mark the event, but the March 25 service at St. Matthias Church in Milwaukee was the only one held in a Catholic church, according to organizers. Dressed in a long white alb with a green, embroidered stole draped over her shoulders, Ginny Kiernan Dahlberg "presided" at the Milwaukee service as part of the worldwide event organized by the Women's Ordination Conference. About 35 people attended. St. Matthias agreed to host the prayer service, according to Father David Cooper, pastor, only after consultation with pastoral staff, parish council members, parish trustees and members at large. But the consultation process did not include Milwaukee archdiocesan officials or Archbishop Dolan, who according to his spokesman, Jerry Topczewski, did not learn of the service until hours before it occurred. Archbishop Dolan "was surprised an organization that was in direct opposition to defined teachings of the church would be welcome at one of our parishes," said Topczewski.
Translation: Where Catholics don't bother to drive 4 blocks (in a city) or twenty miles (in rural areas) to go to a politically correct mass with altergirls and lousy music (but think nothing of driving a half hour to go to Walmart or the mall).
most of the "massless Sundays" services run by nuns are a bunch of nonsense. Even in New Mexico, when Father was gone, and "sister" had a pc service, we could easily go 20 miles to the next church. (But since the next church had a pc mass we didn't bother.)
True, there are areas where the next church is 90 miles in the rural west, but I've been in areas where we went 90 miles to Walmart and 140 miles to the mall and back and thought nothing of it.
Depends on your priorities.
FutureChurch | A regional parish-based coalition seeking to address the priest shortage. FutureChurch claims the remedy is the ordination of married men and women. FutureChurch engages in educational presentations to parishes, grass-roots organizations, and the media. Its current project is a nationally-promoted dialogue on an "inclusive priesthood." Member of Catholic Organizations for Renewal. |