The Boston schism continues apace. The dissident group Celibacy Is The Issue, formed of priests who left the ministry to get married, but continue to engage in priestly duties in violation of canon law, says that two groups of protesters at closed parishes have contracted them to celebrate Easter Mass for them.
A group of people in Quincy, former parishioners at Star of the Sea, will have Mass at the First Church of Squantum. Nice of the Congregationalists to meddle in the affairs of other churches. And the tiny group of protesters from Sacred Heart in Natick will huddle in a tent in the park.
CITI repeats its erroneous claims that canon law gives them the right to celebrate Mass for these people, but I’ve already posted the Vatican legislation that debunks this claim. And after all, they’ve formed a dissident group; how can they claim to be following Church law in this?
I checked the Archdiocese’s web site and nothing there yet about this. When will we see these budding heresies and schisms dealt with? Oh yeah, we do everything behind closed doors these days. How exactly does that help heal the scandal caused by the actions in the first place?
Maybe it’s time fro an interdict.
Maybe it’s time for an interdict.
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Interdict and a Personal Prelature.
Dom:
In places like LA and Boston where schism is de facto underway, how can the orthodox initiate a counter-schism to bypass the chancery apparatchiks and align directly and explicitly with Rome? How, if not by recourse to a Personal Prelature or some similar means of refuge?
I know from previous dialogues you dont agree. You feel a Personal Prelature or official “Parish of Refuge” would mess up diocesan/parish church governance. But it’s already messed up, with people like Cuenin wandering off the reservation with no sanctions either available or, if avaiulable, not applied by the dear man wearing the mitre.
What to do?
Where and how could I, as an orthodox Catholic in a place like Boston or LA, sign on for the Counter-Schism?
Yeah, sign me up for the Counter- Schism…immigrants and the orthodox are striving to slough off the yoke of their liberal apostate Bishops. We want ROMAN Catholicism.
Errr, before you guys go off on this counter-schism thing, you’d best be aware that you’re going to wind up out in the cold if you do. Here’s why:
a. You’d be setting up what would be an anti-Church broken off from the RCC, which Peter cannot & will not recognize, so you won’t be able to declare allegiance to him.
b. Jesus Himself demands submission to one’s religious leaders – even if they’re slime – both in Scripture & even in testimony by some of the visionaries.
c. SS. Peter & Paul say the same thing in their epistles.
d. They shoot mutineers, ya know, and it doesn’t just happen in the Navy.
Anyway, the troubles we have now are nothing new. If you look thru Church history, you’ll discover that it’s almost always has had problems on the inside – the so-called Golden Age of the early 20th century wasn’t a normal condition. A number of our great saints (e.g. Francis & Catherine of Siena) were reformers who stayed and fought. Study them – they’ll show you how to get through this.
If the hard left actually does breaks away, we’ll realign like we always have. But let’s not allow ourselves to be the aggressors.
Please think about it long & hard.