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SITE-Seeing, Etc.
VOTF member Richard Taylor’s new book Love in Action: A Direct Action
Handbook for Catholics Using Gospel Nonviolence to Reform and Renew the Church is
being praised by many committed to the work of reform. Fr. Tom Doyle said
of the book, “[Here is a] way to dispel the doubt and replace it with
hope among Catholics hoping for significant reform in the institutional church
in the face of serious opposition to progress." Bishop Gumbleton finds
that “Love in Action teaches us how to make our Church, which
dares to teach justice, itself just.” FutureChurch director Chris Schenk said
that Love in Action “contains vitally important tools for building a
more effective church reform movement.” Read more about Richard’s
book and his nonviolence stance at his website.
And look for a review of Love in Action in an upcoming Vineyard.
“The Legionaries of Christ, a religious order whose founder was recently
disciplined by the Vatican following years of accusations that he had sexually
abused young seminarians, has filed a lawsuit against one of its most public
critics…. John Paul Lennon, who maintains a critical Web site aimed at
exposing the inner workings of the secretive organization, said the lawsuit
against him is an act of intimidation to silence the order’s critics.
The former Legionary priest said it is also a hypocritical action by a religious
order that claims ‘to respond in charity to those who criticize us.’” Subscribers
can access this National Catholic Reporter story.
Whose Eucharist is it? “St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke is urging
ministers to deny Communion to politicians who support abortion rights, arguing
that it’s a ‘mortal sin’ to offer the sacrament to ‘the
unworthy.’” In his recently published article on this subject, ‘the
archbishop explicitly criticizes his fellow bishops, the majority of whom voted
in 2004 to leave the Communion decision up to individual bishops.’” See
National Catholic Reporter.
Finally! A new, single-volume inclusive Bible is available from Sheed and
Ward, a division of Rowman and Littlefield. The Inclusive Bible: The
First Egalitarian
Translation was originally published in four volumes, which are still available
and on sale through Catholics
Speak Out.
“While this new Bible is certainly an inclusive-language translation,
it is much more: It is a re-imagining of the scriptures and our relationship
to them.
Not merely replacing male pronouns, the translators have rethought what kind
of language has built barriers between the text and its readers. Seeking
to be faithful to the original languages, they have sought new and non-sexist
ways to express the same ancient truths.” The translators of the Bible
are Priests for Equality. For more information about Priests for Equality
click here.
HIGHLY recommended: It might surprise readers to learn of the enterprise
that was Paul the Apostle’s mission in bringing the gospel to the “ends
of the earth.” Jerome Murphy- O’Connor has written a layperson’s
treasure in Paul His Story; he has brought together generations of scholarship
in what becomes a page-turner. Let us know what you think. Write to pthorp.ed@votf.org.
Paul His Story is available at Amazon.com.
Pope Benedict XVI noted recently that the “primacy of people comes first.” The
Pope’s remarks were made during his reflection on the social doctrine
of St. John Chrysostom. Go to www.zenit.org for more.
The annual Fall General Assembly of the United States Conference
of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will be November 12-15, at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront
Hotel. For an overview of the agenda, go to click
here.
Commonweal magazine has published an article by VOTF trustees Bill
Casey and David O’Brien. Look for “Shared Burden: A Manifesto for
the Laity” in
the Oct. 12 issue. Subscribers can access the article
here.
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