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The Laity Have Spoken!
“The
faithful call for ‘accountability now’ is
a call to keep memory and body, body and members together.
Re-membering the church is about literally reconnecting
the body to itself, to all its parts and members. It
is about integrating its history and healing its memories.
It is about making the body whole.” Francine
Cardman, in her keynote address to the VOTF Indianapolis
Convocation,
July 9, 2005
 The
Indianapolis Convocation drew over 500 attendees and
a broad sweep of media coverage; VOTF commissioned
a new National Representative Council; attendees committed
to an agenda for action; liturgy framed the weekend
and grounded the work ahead; speakers Francine Cardman,
Paul Lakeland, Anne Burke, David Castaldi, Gaile Pohlhaus
and Jim Post made the case again for lay voices; our
Working Groups recapped three years of work; Justice
Anne Burke accepted VOTF’s first Catherine of
Siena Distinguished Lay Person Award; Fr. Tom Doyle
presented Msgr. Lawrence Breslin of OH with the Voice
of the Faithful 2005 Priest of Integrity Award; more
in Convocation Notes in this issue. Most commonly asked
question from attendees: When can we do this again?
READ:
And
Resurrection Tapes has it all at www.resurrectiontapes.com.
Join
a post-Convocation discussion by e-mailing your interest
to concon-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
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- Both
the Charter
for the Protection of Children and Young People and Norms
(Essential Norms for Diocesan/Eparchial Policies Dealing
with Allegations of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Priests
or Deacons) are on the VOTF web site.
- Want
to get in touch with your NEW Council representative?
Click here.
-
Office Memo - Suzanne Morse has left her position in
VOTF Communications for new challenges. Read
Suzanne’s
farewell message
- Our
new Executive Director (ten weeks old!) is still
catching his breath but Ray Joyce has already formed
one solid impression of VOTF - Read More.
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Read VOTF president Jim
Post’s address to SNAP’s annual conference in June
- Sen. Rick
Santorum, PA seems to think the sexual abuse crisis
is an understandable outcome of "Boston
liberalism." VOTF president Jim Post disagrees
and says so.
Read
National News INTERNATIONAL NEWS
- The
Spring meeting of Catholic bishops in Ontario,
Canada left many observers appalled. Read more.
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- Many
thanks to Terry McKiernan of BishopAccountability.org
for making Faith Betrayed, an important
series about the Lafayette IN diocese, available
on the
bishopaccountability.org web
site in time for our Indianapolis convocation.
These articles are not available anywhere else.
- HEADS UP!!! A study on Voice of the Faithful as a Social
Movement in the Catholic Church has been completed.
A Boston College symposium is slated for Sunday October
23.
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Once again, VOTF Winchester, MA offers Christmas in
July with their popular series of Christmas cards – sales
to benefit survivors. You can order today!
- Ohio and Louisiana join the states extending statutes
of limitation on the reporting of sexual abuse
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Boston VOTF is working on an action plan called the “Boston
Initiative.”
Read
Regional News
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Commentary
- Carolyn Disco – “Jim Post and Common Ground – A
Graced Evening”
Book
Reviews
-
Clerical Culture: Contradiction and Transformation by
Michael L. Papesh
Survivors of Predator Priests - J. M. Handlin,
ed.
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QUOTE
of the month: “Participation is the norm.
Exclusion is the problem.” Francine Cardman, July
2005
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