EVENTS, ETC
East Region
**** Jetta Bernier, member of the Victims' Rights Committee,
to address Winchester Area VOTF Affiliate Meeting, Monday,
July 26, at 7:30 p.m., St. Eulalia's Church, 50 Ridge
St., Winchester. For the Victims' Rights Committee's
mission statement, annotated list of members, and "Report
of the Victims Rights Committee," go to the VRC web
site: http://www.vrcboston.org.
For directions to St. Eulalia's Church, email Marge
Bean at Margebean@cs.com.
****SAVE THE DATE - August 15, 2004 - Boston VOTF
has announced that a Mass on Boston Common will
take place on Boston Common, Boston, MA. John Hynes
writes that the purpose of the Mass is to "John Hynes
writes that the purpose of the Mass is "to bring harmony
and healing to the archdiocese of Boston and to Catholics
everywhere. We invite you all to come and celebrate
this Mass as part of the larger community of Catholics
that are influenced by parish closings and events in
the Church today." Watch the VOTF web site under New
England News for details or if you are willing to help
with this effort, please contact Edward Wade at edwwad@msn.com.
To get an idea of how this large community of parishioners
is handling their parish closings, take a look at the
agenda for their third Parish Preservation Summit held
on July 7. Sadly, readers must be aware that this is
not a Boston phenomenon. It is a church-wide issue.
****SAVE THE DATE- NEW ENGLAND VOTF CONFERENCE,
NOVEMBER 13, 2004, WORCESTER, MA
"It's Not History, It's Time For Renewal" will be
the theme of a full day conference sponsored by the
New England affiliates of Voice of The Faithful at the
Worcester Centrum on Saturday November 13, 2004. The
conference derives its name from the words of Bishop
Wilton Gregory, President of the U.S. Conference of
Bishops, who summed up the bishops' response to the
John Jay Report on the clerical abuse scandal in the
Catholic Church in the United States with the words,
"It's history."
"By selecting this theme, we want to show the bishops
and the entire Catholic Church in the United States,
that the abuse scandal cannot be swept under the rug.
The scandal also presents a unique opportunity for Catholics
of all stripes to come together to renew and revitalize
the Church," said Bob Morris, Chair of the event.
Confirmed speakers for the conference to date include
Fr. Thomas Doyle, Pamela Hayes of the National Review
Board, and Jason Berry, author ofLead Us Not Into
Temptation: Catholic Priests and the Sexual Abuse of
Children and, with Gerald Renner, Vows of Silence.
A Priest of Integrity award will be conferred on a New
England priest who has courageously stood up to the
power of the institutional Church on behalf of survivors
of clergy sexual abuse.
Information on the entire program and ticket prices
will be forthcoming. We hope to see you in Worcester
in November!
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