If you are like me, reading the Idaho Catholic Register can be difficult, especially if you read Fr. Taylor's articles. Do you know what his purpose is? I think I heard the running joke that his article is used to gauge readership by how many angry phone calls and e-mails the diocese receives.
The single most frustrating thing is the lack of leadership in the clergy. Bishops that don't use their God-given balls and make a decision. Should we deny communion to pro-choice parishioners? Should we follow the Vatican or not? Making matters worse is when our priests publish an article in the statesman that goes against the catechism such as Fr. Fauche's editorial a while back stating that gay marriage could be helpful since it is no worse than the current state of marriage during the constitutional amendment frenzy. The evangelical groups LOVE to pick up on these and run around their churches proving to their members Catholics are all the evils they say we are.
Now we have allegations that Holy Apostle is denying time for Idaho Chooses life in the bulletin, and I only get blank stares when I ask about it. I know Idaho Chooses life can be pushy, but did the church tell a pro-life group to get out of the church unless they sit down and shut up in the pews?
I don't want this blog to be a clergy-bashing blog, although I know that is where much of our beef exists and reform can only happen through the clergy. I also want non-Catholics to participate in the spirit of ecumenicism and lets focus on what we have in common. I would love this to be place where you can come a vent, but then work towards solutions. How can we get the priests on Sunday to explain the catechism's 4 justifications for war instead of bashing Bush on the war on terror. How can we get our pro-life groups in our parishes to get just as much face-time as the social justice groups - which in my opinion are mostly socialist welfare expansion groups.
Tell us what's going on in your parish - feel free to post calender events and encourage people from outside your parish to join.
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I know what you mean about Fr. Taylor's articles. They can lean to the left, however with that said I know he is a good and orthodox priest. He was my parish priest in Moscow for a couple of years.
Hmm... although I like Fr. Taylor very much, and I believe that he truly has a heart for people (we often attend his parish) I don't know that I'd agree that global warming is the biggest moral crisis of history, or that the early Church had priestesses, or that the Church didn't oppose slavery until after the secular world led the way--all things he has said in my presence or put in writing. However, he has also recognized a desire in his parish for the old mass, and is trying to make provisions for someone to come in and celebrate it for us. He impresses me as someone who needs our prayers.
Idaho Catholics certainly do need an outlet for supporting orthodoxy across the state. Doctrine is far more important to me than politics. Have you thought about starting an online message forum instead of another blog? I know quite a few orthodox Idaho bloggers and lurkers who would be interested if we could pull something like that together. I designed the St. Mark's website (stmarksboise.org) but the message forum I put there isn't getting much use. I'd like to resurrect it starting with Idaho catholic bloggers, most of whom I've seen are quite committed to orthodoxy. That would also be a way to connect those of you in Garden Valley and the other vast areas of rural Idaho with us in the city who get lost in the crowd.
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