Another aren't we wonderful? parish
From Richard John Neuhaus' May "Public Square"
It is no little thing when one Sunday's church bulletin can reflect the innumerable wonders of renewal. A friend picked up the other day the bulletin of St. Francis Xavier Church, which is around the corner on West 16th Street. It includes the parish mission statement: "We, the Church of St. Francis Xavier, are a prophetic Roman Catholic community. . . ." Not any old Roman Catholic Church, mind you, but a community, and a prophetic one at that.
I doubt parishes like this actually bother to strain gnats, but they're apparently swallowing camels like crazy. Inclusiveness isn't an object good. If it were, the Church would be inclusive of pagans, secular humanists, feminists, third-rate liturgical composers, and other un-Catholic types. Oh, wait…
Funky Dung
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Feminists?!?! When did advancing equal rights for
women become an anti-Catholic position?
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Posted 20 Jun 2004 at 6:53 pm ¶Pardon me. I should have been more specific. "Feminist" is a label that doesn't differentiate well. I meant disgraceful modern feminists, perhaps of the Margaret Sanger mold, as opposed to respectable feminists like Susan B. Anthony. I'm a big fan of Feminists for Life (and I've said so in previous entries), so obviously I'm not against all feminists. I'll try to be clearer in future sarcasm.
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Posted 21 Jun 2004 at 12:08 am ¶Post a Comment