Meanwhile, Boston Globe reporter Bella English continues her crusade against the Church with another one in her series of long, long articles on St. Albert’s parish in Weymouth, Mass., a parish with some big problems of catechesis.
The parish is slated to close this Sunday, but some of the people there continue to plan a fight to re-open. They’ve already got a lawsuit planned, including the novel argument that the church belongs to the parishioners and not the archdiocese. Seems to me they should check the legal precedents more closely. This has already been decided in federal court. Of course, the St. Albert’s people’s money is just as green as everyone else’s so why shouldn’t the lawyers pursue a hopeless case while earning their fee.
I hope they donful mistake of transferring erring priests from parish to parish.” And how that’s “a thing of the past.”
Has everyone in Weymouth lost their senses? Can Bella English really find no one at that parish who makes any sense at all? If not, then thank God St. Albert’s is closing. And I pray that its pastor converts (to Catholicism) or finds a nice Episcopalian or Unitarian congregation somewhere.
PMC,
You’re falling into the trap, forgive me, of believing in English and Father Coyne.
Even the story couldn’t deny that some people still believe in the fear of God. 10%. Well, if she’s right then thank God for those 10%.
From the choir loft hung a huge yellow banner: “Father Ron Coyne, You’re the Best.”
Therein lies the problem. Father Ron Coyne isn’t “the best.” Not at Mass, anyway. Jesus is, of course.
The folks—at least, according to English—don’t seem to get that. Or, in my opinion, they don’t WANT to get that, God help them.
And God help us! Somebody had better try to set them straight.
That last note reminds me of an episode from my childhood—my one instance of the 6th sense:
I was carrying a bag of stuff from the car to the house with my middle sister walking behind me. For no reason, I stopped and bent my right leg backward (just moving the lower leg, not my upper leg). Sure enough, my sister was trying to kick me in the butt, and her shin connected with my foot.
She tried to complain to Ma, but both Ma and I were laughing at her. I find it amusing that my one instance of ESP involved my sister trying to kick me. I was about 10 at the time (my sister 7).
Anyway, back to the matter at hand.
That last note reminds me of an episode from my childhood—my one instance of the 6th sense:
I was carrying a bag of stuff from the car to the house with my middle sister walking behind me. For no reason, I stopped and bent my right leg backward (just moving the lower leg, not my upper leg). Sure enough, my sister was trying to kick me in the butt, and her shin connected with my foot.
She tried to complain to Ma, but both Ma and I were laughing at her. I find it amusing that my one instance of ESP involved my sister trying to kick me. I was about 10 at the time (my sister 7).
Anyway, back to the matter at hand.
No no! The good father will not get another parish – he will be “gathered” into the chancery to be at the center of power with his fellow heretics to help from shore up that “wall of brass” between the archbishop and the desperate cries of his faithful sheep.
No no! The good father will not get another parish – he will be “gathered” into the chancery to be at the center of power with his fellow heretics to help from shore up that “wall of brass” between the archbishop and the desperate cries of his faithful sheep.
Ah yes, the personality cult again. Parishioners will follow Fr. Ron Coyne wherever he goes. I guess he must have the to be humble, when you http://www.st-joseph-foundation.org/index.php
and he said the following:
“According to canon 1222, a bishop can, for grave reasons, relegate a church building to profane but not sordid use. Before doing so, he must consult the presbyteral council and have the consent of those who could lawfully claim rights over that church. Do the Maffei heirs have such a claim? I donChurch as a whole.
It’s just as apparent that some of those at the other parishes don’t: “At St. Anselm’s in Sudbury, parishioners are trying to raise enough money to buy their church and start a new, independent parish.” I’m sorry, folks, but it doesn’t work that way. There is no such thing as an independent parish. (Of course, you also have people trying to create something called “gay marriage”al America), with people leaving the church to attend bible-based Protestant groups.
If a hemorrhage happens here it will largely be more “genteel,” a purge to the more liberal or practice-based groups—ie. episcopalians, methodists, etc.
Some of the people who will be leaving have never been Catholic anyway really—keep that in mind. You can’t lose what you never had.
Ah yes, the personality cult again. Parishioners will follow Fr. Ron Coyne wherever he goes. I guess he must have the y’ve already got a lawsuit planned, including the novel argument that the church belongs to the parishioners and not the archdiocese. Seems to me they should check the legal precedents more closely. This has already been decided in federal court. Of course, the St. Albert’s people’s money is just as green as everyone else’s so why shouldn’t the lawyers pursue a hopeless case while earning their fee.
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From the choir loft hung a huge yellow banner: “Father Ron Coyne, You’re the Best.”
Therein lies the problem. Father Ron Coyne isn’t “the best.” Not at Mass, anyway. Jesus is, of course.
The folks—at least, according to English—don’t seem to get that. Or, in my opinion, they don’t WANT to get that, God help them.
And God help us! Somebody had better try to set them straight.