Today's Washington Times and Washington Post both have stories regarding the closing of Catholic schools across the country.
Last week (or maybe two), Archbishop Wuerl talked about the fact that if Catholic schools don't get vouchers, we may see them closing.
The Maryland Catholic Conference was not able to get BOAST passed, nor has been able to make any headway on vouchers in Maryland.
Is the Archbishop and the Diocese beginning to set the stage for the closing of additional Catholic schools over the next year or two, beyond the Consortium?
This writer believes the answer is YES.
The word on the street is that St. John the Evangelist Parish in Silver Spring, MD may tap into the principle of the Schools Endowment Fund to pay off school bills because the Diocese will not help.
I will keep you posted.
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Friday, April 11, 2008
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Archbishop Wuerl's Interview with The Washington Times (Part 2)
Continued from yesterday...
On the issue of pro-abortion politicians, the Archbishop continues his insistence that we must:
“explain to people why what they are doing is so bad, why voting for legislation that allows terrible things to happen is itself a bad thing. We have to help them understand that."
And that is correct, but if you say it to a Mario Cuomo, Nancy Pelosi or a Ted Kennedy, year after year after year, and they don’t change their position, then at some point you need to say “enough is enough.”
They need to be denied the Holy Eucharist (which you did not mention), denied any opportunity to publicize themselves in a Catholic institution (which you refused to take a stand on regarding Nancy Pelosi and Trinity College) and then, and only then, should we excommunicate them. That is the last resort.
Archbishop Burke of St. Louis has outlined the case for denying Communion to pro-abortion Catholics very well and yet, you refuse to do so. Why? What are you afraid of?
Maybe this is why you did not mention it as an option during your interview.
Archbishop Wuerl, many of us who sit in the pews each and every week, are tired of the same old “song and dance” routine (and I really don’t know how to say it otherwise).
You need to take action. Inaction is not an option.
By continuing to ignore the issue, you continue to weaken the Church as an instrument of moral teaching.
On the issue of pro-abortion politicians, the Archbishop continues his insistence that we must:
“explain to people why what they are doing is so bad, why voting for legislation that allows terrible things to happen is itself a bad thing. We have to help them understand that."
And that is correct, but if you say it to a Mario Cuomo, Nancy Pelosi or a Ted Kennedy, year after year after year, and they don’t change their position, then at some point you need to say “enough is enough.”
They need to be denied the Holy Eucharist (which you did not mention), denied any opportunity to publicize themselves in a Catholic institution (which you refused to take a stand on regarding Nancy Pelosi and Trinity College) and then, and only then, should we excommunicate them. That is the last resort.
Archbishop Burke of St. Louis has outlined the case for denying Communion to pro-abortion Catholics very well and yet, you refuse to do so. Why? What are you afraid of?
Maybe this is why you did not mention it as an option during your interview.
Archbishop Wuerl, many of us who sit in the pews each and every week, are tired of the same old “song and dance” routine (and I really don’t know how to say it otherwise).
You need to take action. Inaction is not an option.
By continuing to ignore the issue, you continue to weaken the Church as an instrument of moral teaching.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Archbishop Wuerl's Interview with The Washington Times
How could I have missed this interview in the Washington Times?
So, it is time to take a look at this interview.
The Archbishop predicts that Catholic schools in America will continue to close unless there are government vouchers. He states:
The whole idea of vouchers is that the money that we all pay in taxes for education should follow the child," he said. "The child is being educated at the school the parents decide on. Until that happens, we're just going to gradually see a continual challenge to the ability of the church to sustain all of these schools, particularly in the poorest, urban areas."
I agree but the Maryland Catholic Conference (MCC) continues to waste it’s time begging for money for textbooks (which was cut this year by the way), in-state tuition for illegal aliens and passing hate crimes legislation instead of identifying those who refuse to support vouchers and targeting them for defeat.
Unfortunately, the Archbishop knows what the end result will be but continues to push a failed strategy.
On the issue of illegal aliens, once again, the Archbishop continues to ignore the fact that they have broken the law by entering the country.
He asks if the answer is to round up all 10 to 12 million illegal aliens. The Archbishop knows that is impossible to do and that this is just a ploy to confuse the issue – just like the Archdiocese does via the MCC website.
But you can start by recognizing that they have entered the US illegally, penalize employers for hiring illegal aliens, refuse them any sort of assistance, not promote in-state tuition for the children of illegal aliens, check their immigration status when arrested, etc.
To be continued tomorrow...
So, it is time to take a look at this interview.
The Archbishop predicts that Catholic schools in America will continue to close unless there are government vouchers. He states:
The whole idea of vouchers is that the money that we all pay in taxes for education should follow the child," he said. "The child is being educated at the school the parents decide on. Until that happens, we're just going to gradually see a continual challenge to the ability of the church to sustain all of these schools, particularly in the poorest, urban areas."
I agree but the Maryland Catholic Conference (MCC) continues to waste it’s time begging for money for textbooks (which was cut this year by the way), in-state tuition for illegal aliens and passing hate crimes legislation instead of identifying those who refuse to support vouchers and targeting them for defeat.
Unfortunately, the Archbishop knows what the end result will be but continues to push a failed strategy.
On the issue of illegal aliens, once again, the Archbishop continues to ignore the fact that they have broken the law by entering the country.
He asks if the answer is to round up all 10 to 12 million illegal aliens. The Archbishop knows that is impossible to do and that this is just a ploy to confuse the issue – just like the Archdiocese does via the MCC website.
But you can start by recognizing that they have entered the US illegally, penalize employers for hiring illegal aliens, refuse them any sort of assistance, not promote in-state tuition for the children of illegal aliens, check their immigration status when arrested, etc.
To be continued tomorrow...
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