A reader (and you know who you are) let me know that the priest leading the 12noon meditations will be Rev. J. Clete Kiley.
Who is Fr. Kiley?
Fr. Kiley is a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies at The Catholic University of America. It is a community of scholars and researchers engaged in the analysis of public policy issues related to Catholic social thought. The work of the Institute serves and speaks to the university, the Church, the country, and the disciplines of its fellows.
Now, as you can tell, that is not the issue. Fr. Kiley is also the Director of Immigration Policy for UNITE HERE, as well as, a Trustee of their Health Plan.
What is UNITE HERE? According to their website:
UNITE HERE represents workers throughout the U.S. and Canada who work in the hotel, gaming, food service, manufacturing, textile, distribution, laundry, and airport industries.
UNITE HERE boasts a diverse membership, comprising workers from many immigrant communities as well as high percentages of African-American, Latino, and Asian-American workers. The majority of UNITE HERE members are women.
Through organizing, UNITE HERE members have made apparel jobs in the South, hotel housekeeping jobs in cities across North America, and hundreds of thousands of other traditionally low-wage jobs into good, family-sustaining, middle class jobs.
So there are a couple of things here which bother me...
1. As a Trustee of the Health Plan, what has he done to remove abortion and birth control services, which are contrary to Catholic teaching? Or is he really cooperating with evil.
2. UNITE HERE also has a program entitled Sleep with the Right People, a pro-gay effort in the hospitality industry. Does this mean that Fr. Kiley is supportive of gay marriage and the gay lifestyle? In reality, most unions are supportive of gay marriage. Is he once again knowingly cooperating with evil?
3. Again, we have a priest who is willing to support illegal immigration (illegal aliens), which is unjust to the millions who have come here legally and to the sovereignty of the US borders.
Who is Fr. Kiley?
Fr. Kiley is a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies at The Catholic University of America. It is a community of scholars and researchers engaged in the analysis of public policy issues related to Catholic social thought. The work of the Institute serves and speaks to the university, the Church, the country, and the disciplines of its fellows.
Now, as you can tell, that is not the issue. Fr. Kiley is also the Director of Immigration Policy for UNITE HERE, as well as, a Trustee of their Health Plan.
What is UNITE HERE? According to their website:
UNITE HERE represents workers throughout the U.S. and Canada who work in the hotel, gaming, food service, manufacturing, textile, distribution, laundry, and airport industries.
UNITE HERE boasts a diverse membership, comprising workers from many immigrant communities as well as high percentages of African-American, Latino, and Asian-American workers. The majority of UNITE HERE members are women.
Through organizing, UNITE HERE members have made apparel jobs in the South, hotel housekeeping jobs in cities across North America, and hundreds of thousands of other traditionally low-wage jobs into good, family-sustaining, middle class jobs.
So there are a couple of things here which bother me...
1. As a Trustee of the Health Plan, what has he done to remove abortion and birth control services, which are contrary to Catholic teaching? Or is he really cooperating with evil.
2. UNITE HERE also has a program entitled Sleep with the Right People, a pro-gay effort in the hospitality industry. Does this mean that Fr. Kiley is supportive of gay marriage and the gay lifestyle? In reality, most unions are supportive of gay marriage. Is he once again knowingly cooperating with evil?
3. Again, we have a priest who is willing to support illegal immigration (illegal aliens), which is unjust to the millions who have come here legally and to the sovereignty of the US borders.
