Date      Fri, 20 Jun 2003 20:58:35 EDT

Subject  un-catholic universities

 

   The Cardinal Newman Society is a wonderful group of orthodox academics who

maintain complete listings of so called "catholic" universities and

colleges noted for either a heterodox theology curriculum and faculty, or whose social

environment is in violation of  church moral teachings, and who invite

un-catholic speakers to visit the campus to receive undeserved honors.   I urge

all readers to check out their web site for lists of colleges which have truly

ceased to be catholic.  Dr. Peter Frey

 

Date      Mon, 16 Jun 2003 20:48:08 -0400

Subject  The Faithful Remnant

Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Like you, my heart has been broken by the continuing and escalating crisis of fidelity by the ordained and lay “leadership” that has brought the Catholic Church rightfully to its knees.   The church that has been given as a gift to us and safeguarded through the Immaculate Heart of our Blessed Mother is suffering.  I am coming to believe that this entire painful experience that we have all endured is a call for faithful Catholics to find the way to communicate, pray and support one another, and listen to the Mother of God for the way to her son.

The time has come for the faithful remnant to begin to act.

Please take the time to pray about this.  If you find it in your heart that these words are true, let us begin the great work that has been presented to us

Let us give the Mother of God our Fiat

To God be the Glory  In His presence    Dennis

 

Date      Wed, 11 Jun 2003 10:30:17 EDT

To         Rockaway@FaithfulVoice.com

Subject  usual bait and switch

        The very concept of "structural change in the church"

indicates an  agenda at odds with Magisterial teaching on the role of the laity.   How many

times do people with these un-Catholic ideas manage to misquote Vatican II?  In

actual fact, the Council affirmed the laity's role in bringing the gospel to

society in the family, the professions and lay-run organizations.  VOTF wants

a green light to begin dismantling the structure of the Church in order to

advance their own views, not the gospel of Christ.   Dr. Peter Frey  

 

 

Date      Sat,11 Jun 2003 03:43:54 EDT

Subject  The downside of Ecumenical Dialog

        Ever since Vatican II, various Catholic groups have engaged in

ecumenical contacts, dialogs and encounters with followers of non-Catholic

religions.   While the initial intent seemed to be the break down of

misconceptions on  both sides, the practice result, at least to the the average pew-warming

Catholic, has been a decrease in firm belief in Church teachings.   The

confusion  starts in the pulpit, where, instead of proclaiming Catholic truth, one hears

that our "separated bretheren" are on the same path to salvation as we are. 

Well, if other Christians are not obliged to believe such and such a doctrine,

why should we?   The consequence is not only a "cafeteria" approach to the

faith, but the strong growth in moral relativism.

        Dissident groups then see their opening and take advantage of the

confusion in order to promote an un-Catholic agenda.  If Catholics are confused

about their faith, if one religion is as good as another, what's the point of  obeying Church rules

Dr. Peter Frey

 

Date      Sat, 7 Jun 2003 03:43:54 EDT

Subject  Re: Voice of the Faithful

I have read your comments regarding Voice of the Faithful and agree with your

perception of the group. They have just formed a chapter in Louisville, KY

where they are operating out of "The Barn" at the Passionists

Monastary. I can't believe that the Passionists here would allow this if they knew who they were

hosting. Our paper, The Voice, continues to run ads for them which is a bit

like inviting the devil to dinner; the irony is that the last issue was a

negative one about Link Up, which is one of Voice of the Faithful's links!  It

appears to me that Voice of the Faithful is simply using the sex abuse scandal

as a vehicle to attract members to a much larger agenda of theirs.

 

  Our priests here in Louisville are a wonderful lot, but overworked. I'm on

our Parish Council and would like to get some information together for our

pastor and the council, and would then be happy to share it with our neighboring

parishes. We work on a 100% stewardship which is dropping because of groups like

this, and without this pledge, we cannot continue to offer free tuition to

our schools, let alone aiding our twin parish.

 

   I would greatly appreciate any help you can give me before this gnat grows

into a buzzard!

God bless, Linda  , Louisville, KY

 

 

Date      Tue, 3 Jun 2003 20:43:38 EDT

Subject  Bishop Daily

Dear FaithfulVoice.com

June 9 will be the first meeting of VOTF in my parish because Bishop Daily has lifted the ban.  I am a member of St Francis de Sales, Belle Harbor, N.Y.

Can you offer any advise that might be useful on attending this meeting.  Now that the Bishop has foolishly allowed them access I feel it a matter of conscience to attend in order to prevent their deeper roots setting into our parish.  Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you, , D

 

Date      Wed, 04 Jun 2003 11:32:45 -0400

Subject  RE: Bishop Daily' VOTF meeting in Belle Harbor

Dear D

It is indeed a deep wound that Bishop Daily has inflicted on the body of Christ in allowing this group on church property.  He has shown the heart of a hireling in doing so and we can pray that God will be merciful when he stands before Him.  I suggest that you educate yourself on the true motives of votf, the background of the national and local leadership and, most importantly, the orthodoxy of your pastor/ pastoral staff.   Do not be surprised if you find the “leaders in faith” in your parish to be far from true Catholicism.

We have been opposing and exposing their heresy and schismatic positions for the last year here on Long Island

In His presence , Dennis Kozak

 

Date      Wed, 4 Jun 2003 08:10:25 -0700 (PDT)

To         maid@faithfulvoice.com

Subject  Bishop McCormack: Bishop for the third millennium

 

In his book titled "Upon This Granite - Catholicism in New Hampshire 1647-1997,"  Rev. Wilfrid H. Paradis writes: "..Bishop McCormack will serve only one year and one hundred days as Bishop of Manchester in the twentieth century and the second millennium...he will essentially be a bishop of the twenty-first century and the third millennium - a bishop of the future history of Catholicism in New Hampshire." (p. 333).

 

If Rev. Paradis is right, if Bishop McCormack represents "the future history of Catholicism in New Hampshire," then that history will almost certainly be bleak.  For this bishop has not only failed to protect innocent children from abusive clerics, but has openly tolerated dissent from magisterial teaching.

 

I believe it was the philosopher George Santayana who reminded us that those who neglect history are doomed to repeat it.  Let's pray that we may look forward to a bright future in New Hampshire.  A future where children are safe and dissent is seen as the evil that it really is.

 

John A , NH FaithfulVoice

 

Date      Mon, 28 May 2003 15:20:42 -0700 (PDT)

Sir: Please comment on the following. It is from Focus on the Family,

Colorado Springs, CO -- Citizenlink daily email. I cannot find info on

this on the internet.thanks,

Ann Marie ,Lenexa, KS

 

 

Catholic Dioceses to Use Explicit Curriculum

By Steve Jordahl, correspondent

 

SUMMARY: Several Catholic dioceses across America are

planning to teach a sex-ed program designed by a group

that used to advocate prostitution.

 

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese in Boston is among the

first to implement a sexually explicit curriculum designed

to safeguard children from abuse. The problem is the

curriculum -- "Talking About Touching" -- was written by

the Committee for Children, a group that used to be called

COYOTE, which stands for "Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics."

COYOTE was founded by Margo St. James in 1973 to work for

the repeal of prostitution laws.

 

The program takes very young children through abuse

scenarios using anatomical names for body parts. Carol

McKinley, a parent in the Boston archdiocese, is appalled.

 

"The ideas that we're giving 4- and 5-year-olds are that

you have sexuality and this sexuality is a magnet to

perverts," McKinley said. "This is kindergarten!"

 

The material has McKinley wondering why it's being used by

some laypersons who teach Sunday School or catechism class

in the Catholic Church -- required classes for Catholic

children.

 

"There's nothing in the entire program that speaks about

what is right, what is wrong, what is virtue, what is sin,

what is Roman Catholic and what is not."

 

McKinley and other objecting parents don't appear to have

much choice. She said the Church is putting pressure on

her to enroll her kids.

 

"If you're not going to submit yourself to this program,

your children may not be eligible for the Eucharist (Holy

Communion), the sacraments of confession or marriage, or

anything else," McKinley said.

 

The Rev. Bob Carr, a Boston priest, said while pressure is

being exerted on parents in some parishes, he will refuse,

if ordered, to teach this curriculum in his parish.

 

"This has been approved by Planned Parenthood, it's been

approved by SIECUS because they both use it," Carr said. "

'By their fruits you will know them.' "

 

By the way, SIECUS is the Sex Information and Education

Council of the U.S. -- an organization that promotes

abortion and liberal sex education.

 

As for the history behind the Committee for Children,

spokeswoman Lois Matheson would rather not talk about

that.

 

"I think that really distracts from the real issue here,"

Matheson said. "I don't know how that's relevant."

 

There are a lot of parents in Boston who could probably

provide an answer.

 

 

Date      Mon, 26 May 2003 15:20:42 -0700 (PDT)

Subject  The world's hatred

 

The late Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen once said that "The acceptance of the fullness of Truth will have the unfortunate quality of making you hated by the world.  And Jesus told us that: "If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you...If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also." (John 15:18-20).

 

When a soul gives itself completely to God, God will cause or permit others to despise that soul and persecute it. 

 

Those of us who accept and defend the teaching of the Magisterium are often shunned at our local parish.  I have been called "sick" by members of my own parish.  Another member of this organization, a man who will be entering seminary this Fall, tried to volunteer at his parish - the same parish which never welcomed him - and was ignored repeatedly simply because he defends Church teaching and follows Pope John Paul II.  A young woman I know was also ostracized because she accepts the teaching of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

 

Meanwhile, those who accept and even promote dissent from Church teaching are celebrated and praised.

 

But this shouldn't surprise us.  And why not?  Because in His Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught us: "Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude you and revile you, and cast your name out as evil, on account of the Son of Man!  Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets....Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets." (Luke 6:22,26).

 

John A ,Faithful Voice NH 

 

Date      Mon, 12 May 2003 14:39:02 -0400

Subject  WHY??????????????

Since you seem to be well versed in this travesty, please be so kind as to explain (to an ignorant person such as i) why is the Chancery—Bishop Lennon indirectly—allowing all these shenanigans?

 

Is excommunication still used in the Church? Why can’t VOTF be justly declared heretical and anathema? Why is the Hierarchy allowing this wound to become gangrenous?

 

Thank you, , J.F. Boston MA .US

 

 

Date      Thu, 15 May 2003 21:17:07 EDT

Subject  Catholic bashing

Again, Catholics need to realize that the press is on a campaign of

vilification and  destruction.   Anti-Catholicism, by which i mean a

vitriolic hatred for the Church, is the driving force behind the scandal

mongering.   Dr. Peter Frey

 

 

Date      Sat, 17 May 2003 00:45:06 -0600

Subject  Rosary for unity in the Catholic Church

              Thank you very much for your informative website on VOTF

and exposing true dissent in the Catholic Church. I have

exposed this group (VOTF) to our worship commission in my parish. There

is a much needed understanding of Dissent and its

repercussions in the Church to all Catholics. There is another group

called Call to Action that I am very concerned about. Are

they also a dissenting group? I know there are many books written on

dissent. Can you recommend the latest publications?

Thank you,

Jim B. Green Bay, Wi. 54303

 

Date      Sun, 18 May 2003 10:37:05 -0400 (EDT)

Subject  Catholic Action League

   C.J. Doyle's statement is right on the mark!  It's organizations like

the Catholic Action League that encourage me to stand up for Christ's

Church!  Thanks for posting it!  Let's keep fighting through prayer and

action!

E. C ,Erie,PA

 

Date:     8 May 08:52 (PDT)

Subject:             Web site is operational

Dear Friends at FaithfulVoice:

My web site is now operational.

: www.paulmelanson1966.com

Peace of Christ,

Paul

{ Paul is the Keene ,NH.  Coordinator of FaithfulVoice.com ]

 

Date:     6 May 15:42 (PDT)

Subject:             votf

In an organization that is so strident in transparency and full disclosure, I am curious as to why it is taking votf so long in updating its published financial statements.  The last posted statement is dated December 31, 2002.  Perhaps they do not want the public to see their financial condition or exactly how they are spending the money that has been given to date.  I think that “the church that would make Jesus smile” needs to provide detailed current financial statements.

Dennis

 

 

Date:     29 Apr 06:39 (PDT)

Subject:             homosexuality

 

Hello my dear Brothers and Sisters,

I have included in this email a link to the Catholic Medical Association and its paper on homosexuality.  After reading it you might want to highlight it on your site as it gives a clear and easily understandable explanation of the problem and the solution.  In my humble opinion every catholic parent should be given this  D. Kozak  ,LI,NY.

http://www.cathmed.org/homosexuality_and_hope9-4-02.htm

 

Date:     28 Apr 07:22 (PDT)

To:        <editor@faithfulvoice.com>

Subject:             [none]

Please put me on your email list to send me your regular email news letters. 

Thanks.  Val, Schroon Lake, NY

 

 

Date:     30 Apr 15:50 (GMT)

Subject:             rosary

 

I am with you  Todd

 

Date:     30 Apr 09:09 (PDT)

Subject:             The Responsibility of a Bishop

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Si palam res est, repetitio injuria non est: "To say what everybody knows is no injury."  So here goes.  It is the responsibility of a Bishop to defend the truth as well as to restrain fanaticism.  The Bishops are to "vigilantly ward off errors that are threatening their flock" (Lumen Gentium, No. 25) and to "act in conformity with their apostolic mission, insisting that the right of the faithful to receive Catholic doctrine in its purity and integrity must always be respected" (Veritatis Splendor, No. 113).  It is a Bishop's duty to protect the faithful under his care from the contagion of error.  And if he neglects to do this, he is failing in his role as pastor and has no love for souls.  In short, he does not have a sense of apostolic mission.  Such a Bishop is not convinced (even if he gives lip service to the contrary) that Christ lives.  He is irresponsible.

 

Bishop John B. McCormack has told me that he is "reluctant to leap to any conclusion" regarding the dissident organization calling itself "Voice of the Faithful."  To date, this lukewarm Bishop has failed to do the right thing and ban the promotion of dissent from magisterial teaching in his diocese.  It apparently does not concern Bishop McCormack that people like Mary Ann Sorrentino, an excommunicated pro-abortionist, are pushing the organization. 

 

Could it be that Bishop McCormack is simply striving to be "objective"?  Or is it more likely that His Excellency is hesitant to reprove an organization which is so obviously dissident because he is afraid and places more importance on pleasing men than on defending truth?  If such is the case, His Excellency would do well to remember the words of that Apostle for whom I was named: "For do I now persuade men, or God?  Or do I seek to please men?  If I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ." (Gal 1:10).

 

On the day of judgment, we shall all have to give an account of every idle word.  In the same manner, on that same day of judgment we shall have to answer for every culpable silence.  And if this is true for every Christian (and it most assuredly is) how much more will Bishops, who are successors to the Apostles, have to answer for.  For Our Lord has said it: "And unto whomsoever much is given, of him much shall be required: and to whom they have committed much, of him they will demand the more." (Lk 12:48).

 

Paul Anthony Melanson

 

 

Date:     25 Apr 16:43 (PDT)

Subject:             Fr. joseph Fessio article

Just wanted to take a moment and thank you for the posting of this

qrticle .  It certainly puts the intentions of Vatican II into proper perspective

and bring slight to so much liturgical darkness.  I don't mean for that to sound

flippant, as I try to hold deeply to the awe & mystery of the liturgy, even in

the midst of the "fellowship" equation.

I certainly thank you once again.     M C ,Valle Crucis, NC

 

 

Date:     25 Apr 16:47 (EDT)

Subject:             My rosary

I promise to pray one Rosary for your group, for the Church, and as a sign of my fidelity to the Church.  

Thank you for this website and thank you for your Faithful Voice.  It is, especially in Boston at this time, a voice crying out in the wilderness.  Be assured of my prayers.

In Christ Victorious ,Seminarian, Archdiocese of Boston

 

 

Date:     19 Apr 22:47 (PDT)

Subject:             My rosary

My daily rosary will now add another petition, one for the strength and growth of Faithful Voice. 

A.D.M.G. , William  , Las Vegas, NV

 In God We Trust!"

 

 

Date:     18 Apr 23:40 (PDT)

To:        <Editor@FaithfulVoice.com>

Subject:             THANK YOU LORD!!!

 

I am so glad your organization exists. It brings a tear to my eye. I was starting to wonder if anyone understands the love of Jesus and the glory of our true Roman Catholic Faith. I want to join your group immediately!   Happy Easter, Greg  , MA.

 

 

Date:     16 Apr 16:57 (PDT)

To:        Comments@FaithfulVoice.com

Subject:             callahan article

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   This is so full of  60s distorted sexual liberation as to be almost

ludicrous.   The distortions about human sexuality as she presents it  is so

far removed from Catholic tradition and the constant teaching of the church. 

 Every papal encyclical on marriage has maintained that sexuality is a gift

of God, when ordered to its proper end, spousal love and procreation.   To

suggest that "outdated Papal teachings" have any bearing on the sex abuse

crisis on the church is beyond belief.   Callahan should know that the

majority of cases involved  homosexuality and the church has always labeled as

sin any genital act outside the confines of marriage.  These are teachings

received directly from Christ, but apparently Callahan doesn’t seem to grasp

that.   And this is a professor at a "Catholic University?"   No wonder our

students have no moral framework to order their lives.  She should be

dismissed.    Peter Frey Ph.D.

 

 

Date:     17 Apr 20:53 (PDT)

Subject:             Response to Ms. Callahan's Article

Contraception is part of the problem, not part of the solution to the

sexual abuse scandal in the Church!!  It is more than too bad that

Ms. Callahan, in her most influential position at St. John's

University, has remained in "invincible ingnorance" in regards to the

truth of the Church's teaching on marriage and family!  I hope she

educates herself by reading about the marriage building effects of

Natural Family Planning.

   Also, she should look at the Family Policy

Publication cited in my letter re "observations on the sexual abuse

scandal" sent to you in January of this year. Other articles in the

same publication, some written by Christians outside the Catholic

tradition, discuss the negative impact and ill effects of

contraception.

  The article cited in my letter, "The Deconstruction of

Perversion" is enough to give pause to anyone jumping on the

contraception bandwagon, especially in light of the recent scandal.

It is hoped that those who look for truth would take another look and

not allow "invincible ignorance" to be a stumbling block in their

search for authentic discussion and solutions.  Mary Dillon

 

 

Date:     14 Apr 19:16 (PDT)

Subject:             Sidney Callahan's article in National Catholic Reporter

I find myself sickened by this article. Jesus did not relax the laws of God. He brought them to new levels. For one to have lust in his heart was a sin. I have been reading Pope John Paul's Theology of the Body and find him to be right on with the teachings of Christ. Sex in the proper perspective, between a husband and wife can be the most beautiful expression of Love. It begins to fall apart when self satisfaction takes over as in contraception. It is when we cave in to our own desires that we fall into the snare of Satan!  May our Father in heaven have mercy on us all.

God bless you for keeping up with FaithfulVoice. We need to be heard.

Helen n

 

 

Date:     14 Apr 18:56 (EDT)

Subject:             Prof. Callahan

   Regarding Prof. Callahan's comment: "distorted sexual teaching

focused on reproduction"...has she even READ Humanae Vitae???  This is a

PROFESSOR of theology???  Unbelievable!

Date:     11 Apr 13:14 (PDT)

To:        Editor@FaithfulVoice.com

Subject:             Fwd: Keene Sentinel Boycott

Love your site.  I have decided to stop buying the Keene Sentinel.  I have noticed that anti-catholic letters to the editor and anti-catholic articles fill its pages but there is seldom, if ever, a letter to the editor or article which is faithful to the church's teaching.

   I will also offer my rosary for your success.  God bless you all!!!

 

John A , Keene,NH

 

Date:     Tue Apr 8 16:36:23 2003 (EDT)

Subject:             Rosary

 

I will most definitely pray the rosary as a sign of my fidelity to the

Holy Catholic Church.  I say my rosary pretty regularly (am presently in

my 4thweek of a Rosary Novena as well). Our prayer group which meets

weekly ends with  the Rosary and we say the rosary every day before

Mass. Many of these will be offered up for our Holy Catholic Church and

for Pope John II and our fidelity to him and the magasterium.

So glad to see there is a response to the Voice of the Faithful, which I

do not agree with.  Gods Blessings on your work.

Linda

 

Date:     Tue Apr 8 11:10:19 2003 (PDT)

Subject:             No Subject

 

Carol's letter prepared for the meeting of Catholic Charities to decide about accepting VOTF 's $35,000 is excellent. I only hope that Dr. Joseph Doolin and his members of the board realize that there are far more Catholic lay people who agree with Carol's position than there are members of VOTF in the Boston Archdiocese. Because the Boston Globe claims that VOTF represents the majority of lay catholics does not make it the truth. In fact the Globe should have won a Journalistic Prize for telling the tallest tale on that score! If the efforts of the Globe were put into researching and reporting the dissenting beliefs in opposition to the teachings of the Catholic Church that have been expressed in talks and in written papers, by  the leaders of VOTF. they would have more documented proof than they ever collected regarding the dissenting beliefs of sex-abuser Fr. Paul Shanley. And heavens knows, they could have collected even more of Fr. Shanley's dissenting views if they ever interrogated Fr. Robert Bullock and other priests who  were close friends of Fr. Shanley who concealed Fr. Shanley's views from view for the twenty years before Cardinal Law appeared on the Boston scene! Such selective researching  as was conducted by the Globe totally skewed the real picture! If the truth had been  told they would never be trying to pass off VOTF and the Priests' Forum as representative of the members of the  Boston Archdiocese. Unfortunately the Globe concealed much of the truth!—Alice

 

Date:     Sat Mar 29 12:15:30 2003 (PST)

Subject:             Rosary Campaign

I will pray one Rosary A DAY as a sign of your fidelity to the Roman Catholic Church .

D.E.

 

Date:     Thu Mar 27 17:23:00 2003 (PST)

Subject:             re Joan Chittister

In reading Joan's piece, I was struck by how even VOTF's natural allies must

wonder at the cowardice of this self-appointed group of "reformers".  In

these times when many of our young men and women are risking their lives for

what they believe in, and martyrs are being made around the world as

ordinary folks stand up for our faith under the shadow of death, these

lowlife clowns continue to be coy about what "Change the Church" really

means.  Have they no shame?

John Hearn

 

 

Date:     Wed Mar 26 07:36:22 2003 (PST)

Subject: The Keene Sentinel's censorship of Roman Catholics

 

Greetings in Christ!

 

The Keene Sentinel is indeed rejecting letters to the editor which reflect solid Catholic teaching.  Just last year the newspaper was publishing letters from Catholics who embrace the teachings of Holy Mother Church.  But such is no longer the case.

 

This may be due to the fact that the newspaper published an exchange of letters to the editor last year between advocates of the dissident group "Voice of the Faithful" and Catholics who follow Pope John Paul II and the Magisterial teaching of the Church as reflected in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

 

The advocates of "Voice of the Faithful" lost the intellectual debate and leaders of this counterfeit-Catholic organization decided not to hold meetings here in Keene.  Perhaps the anti-Church liberals who produce The Keene Sentinel are now embittered that the forces of dissent lost this battle and are simply determined to silence any and all expression of true Catholic teaching.

 

My last two letters to the editor have been censored.  The last one was a response to a confused individual who labeled all pro-lifers as "self-appointed dictators of pro-life," and as "fanatics."  Not only was my response not published, but I received no answer to a query as to why it was not published. 

 

Roger is right.  Faithful Catholics who live in the Monadnock area should respond to this anti-Catholic bias and arrogance by boycotting The Keene Sentinel. 

 

Paul Anthony M

 

Date:     Fri Mar 14 10:44:06 2003 (PST)

Subject:             ONE ROSARY ?

YES.     MARTIN, Canada

 

 

Date:     Mon Mar 10 03:07:01 2003 (PST)

To:        NewJersey@FaithfulVoice.com

Subject:             N.J.

Dear Faithful,

               How can I join you? Sadly some of my dear friends are members of the misguided Voice of the Faithful. From conversations with them I fear that the target is Apostolic Succession. I really think that OUR target should be instructing the ignorant in each parish . Right after I send this to you I will, please God, e-mail my own parish on this matter. May Our Blessed Lord and His beautiful virgin mother protect you from harm and assist in building membership in your very worth while organization. Respectfully,Dorothy  K.  N.J.

 

Date:     Thu Mar 6 06:05:54 2003 (PST)

Subject:             Faithful Voice

Thank you for your reply.  I am aware of homosexuals in the

priesthood, and if I hadn't heard of it first from Roman Catholic

Faithful, I would have figured it out for myself.  My daughter's

priest was arrested for soliciting teen age boys, and he is now living

openly with his gay boyfriend.  There isn't a parish here in Walworth

County, WI that hasn't had a priest arrested over the past several

years.  That doesn't surprise me, since the Bishop was busy sending

love letters to his gay boyfriend!  I now attend mass in the Rockford

Diocese, of which Bishop Doran is the head.  It is just so depressing

to have to wonder which priest is living up to his vows.

 

I wrote to the new bishop of Milwaukee, Bishop Dolan, asking what

they intended to do about the homosexual priests, but I haven't

had a reply yet.

 

Do you have a newsletter to which I could subscribe?

 

Incidentally, did you have "Faithful Voice" before "Voice of the

Faithful" came up with their name?

M.M

 

Date:     Sun Mar 9 13:08:27 2003 (PST)

To:        Editor@FaithfulVoice.com

Subject:             website

You people are really wicked.

Such dribble.

And you consider yourself Christians?

So scarcastic. How weak that is.

Hiding behind  "The Rosary".  How deceitful.

Father Gomes I admire as well as the other priests that had the courage to

send the letter to remove Cardinal Law, I would have asked for at least four

more now Bishops to go also! 

You should be helping put the church back together not criticizing well

intentioned Catholics.

You fit the description of narrowed minded bigots and make me ashamed to be a

Catholic.

MHS

 

Date:     Wed Mar 12 17:29:35 2003 (PST)

Subject:             reply to MHS

In response to MHS,

Your letter is typical of "Catholic" dissenters in two ways:

            1.         You make a lot of accusations and do a lot of name calling

without backing any of your statements up, and

            2.         You are easily scandalized - "[you] make me ashamed to be a

catholic."  Just to clue you in, to be ashamed of the Church is to be

ashamed of Christ  as the Church is his body; I really don't think want to

carry this attitude to your grave.

A human brain is a terrible thing to waist, so please start using yours.

John Hearn

 

Date:     Sat Mar 8 13:10:42 2003 (PST)

To:        Maid@faithfulvoice.com

Subject:             How sad

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As a devout Catholic for all of my 45 years (and Alter Boy while growing up)

and coming from a strong Catholic family including an aunt who remains an

active Nun in Boston after 50 years of serving the Church, I am sickened by

the positions taken by your group. After seeing all of the abuse, cover-up,

non-responsibility, and criminal behavior exhibited by many of our Church

leaders it is disgraceful that you should be harboring such blind support of

the very causes of these criminal acts....and criticizing those who speak

out and care so much about correcting the long standing acts of the past

years. How shameful. I see a pathetic Carol McKinley attacking the victim

advocates and I see a group formed out of a reactionary thought process so

that things can go back to their past, criminal, sickening ways. How sad I

am for you. I pray for your souls.

 

From:    Brian Gallagher

 

 

Date:     Sun Mar 2 11:23:28 2003 (PST)

Subject:             Rosary pledge

Yes, we will say the Rosary for The Roman Catholic Church ,The Holy Father and The Magisterium. One of our parish priests (who testified about the sex scandal in the Rockville center Diocese) said in a recent Homily-- In any Marian apparition, if the person who saw the Blessed Mother was met with doubt by the local Bishop, Mary's instruction was to pray for the Bishop, not to oppose him. VOTF, he said, is not following the Blessed Mother's instructions.  

Charles & Kathleen ,Lindenhurst, NY 11757

 

Date:     Sat Mar 8 18:34:16 2003 (PST)

   The parish priest we mentioned in the first message gave your email

address in his Homily. Said you were OK, and VOTF was not. That's how we

found you. When he said Fr. Groeschel was on your website, we knew Father

would not be in with a bunch of Schismatics.

Charles

 

Date:     Sat Mar 1 07:19:18 2003 (PST)

Subject:             THANK YOU

THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE. 

IN THIS CURRENT SITUATION I FIND MYSELF NEEDING GOOD SPIRITUAL DIRECTION.

I'M LOOKING FOR THE GOOD GUYS AND I BELIEVE I FOUND THEM.

                               GOD BLESS YOU .   JOHN T. K

 

Date:     Sun Feb 23 13:05:47 2003 (PST)

To:        Warren@FaithfulVoice.com

Subject:  task force on sexual misconduct

"Woe to those who call evil good and good evil."   The Church must see that

the root of the problem of sexual misconduct is homosexuality, and stop

contaminating the youth with such misleading documents as "always our

children"   Dr. Peter Frey

 

 

Date:     Thu Feb 13 04:00:46 2003 (PST)

Subject:  diocesan officials          

The absence of clear and forceful stands by diocesan officials is yet another

reason for the confusion and lack of faith among Catholics.  Pete

 

 

Date:     Thu Feb 13 04:04:14 2003 (PST)

Subject:             catholic politicians

Pastoral warnings, such as given by Bishop Weigand will only be effective

when backed with formal excommunication and denial of the sacraments to those

recalcitrant public figures who remain adamant in their defiance of church

teaching, such as Gov Davis.  Pete, PA

 

Date:     Thu Feb 13 07:48:51 2003 (PST)

Subject:             Community

Our small community of Sisters will each pray a Rosary as a sign of our fidelity to the Holy Roman Catholic Church.  Mother Mary Patrick, AMM, M.I.

 

Date:     Fri Feb 14 07:50:06 2003 (PST)

Subject:  VOTF at it again

Looks like VOTF Long Island members continued their usual "venting of anger"

sessions, some calling for the removal of the local bishop.   Included of

course is the usual complaint about a "lack of a meaningful voice" in church

affairs.  Peter , L.I. N.Y.

 

Date:     Thu Feb 20 21:47:30 2003 (PST)

Subject:             comments

Hi folks,  beautiful piece of work you've done.  Carol

 

Date:     Wed Feb 12 17:22:49 2003 (PST)

To:        RosaryCampaign@Faithfulvoice.com

Subject: FaithfulVoice.com

It's easy to deceive, but much harder to convince the truth. 

Thank you for your steadfastness.  I'll be following you. Lee W.

 

Date:     Thu Feb 6 19:56:33 2003 (PST)

To:        rosarycampaign@faithfulvoice.com

Subject  Best wishes ! Grow in Faith. Love The Church.

Oratorydl.com 

 

Date:     Tue Feb 4 01:29:36 2003

Subject:  I am with you

Found you while surfing. Please visit my infant website (a call to pray and

pray) and give your support:

Joanes , Malyasia

 

Date:     Mon Feb 3 11:11:34 2003

Subject:             Re: HOLY FAIMILY PARISH, AMESBURY MA - VOTF Meeting (unauthorized...?)

  This is incredible! I read Mary Jo Bane's "Autobiography" in Commonweal. She acknowledges that she took the same position on abortion financing that Gov. Cuomo took when she worked under him in N.Y.. Will any bishop confront her on this? Hiding behind "structure" so that she and other VOTF leaders don't have to acknowledge their former public positions on abortion, marriage, contraception, etc. , and getting away with it is a scandal!! 

   Why doesn't Bp. Lennon confront them with their dissident positions on Church teachings?

   We, as parishioners, are being totally deceived!  Thanks for the information!! ----Alice

 

Date:     Thu Jan 23 16:39:23 2003

Subject:             RE: never too busy

I'm in central Oregon, in Prineville, about 30 miles from Bend.  I haven't

heard of any VOTF activity in the area, but we're pretty rural, with

everything that goes with that! 

I'll let you know if I hear anything about it.  Kathy , Oregon

 

Date:     Wed Jan 29 14:05:32 2003

Subject:             VOF/Cueninites Feb 9

  As a response to a schism-in-progress, how about a counter-schism as 21st

Century Counter-Reformation?