Contraception: Destroying The Church, Fattening Wallets Of CRS Leaders

In last week's Mic'd Up, Michael Voris and Michael Hichborn discuss the seminal role that contraception played in the inception of the Culture of Death in western civilization.  They segue into a discussion of the role of Catholic Relief Services' role in distributing that moral poison, with an enlightening "aside" about the gargantuan salaries that CRS leaders drew.  They, along with Rey Flores, delve into a discussion of contraception's role in the general implosion of the Church.  It's an hour long but well worth your time to watch.

If You Still Need Proof That The CCHD Is Dangerous To Faith And Morals

Here it is, from my friend Rey Flores of American Life League.  He himself was Director of CCHD for the Archdiocese of Chicago.  When he actually started to run it according to Catholic principles, he was railroaded out of that job, with knowledge of the national office.  Read here.

CCHD = Catholics Contributing to Hell and Damnation.  Say #no2cchd on Nov 23-24th.

Unless Souls Are Saved There Can Be No Peace

That is the title of an article written by Rey Flores of the American Life League.  I urge all - particularly clergy - to read and ponder.  I'd also suggest the same of those "peace and justice" types who relegate matters of faith, morality and the spiritual life to the sidelines as they sidle up to pro-aborts to advance some progressive cause.

Again, USCCB, your efforts to jam amnesty for illegal aliens down our throats are at best ill-advised.  If you really want true peace and not just money in your coffers, you'll resume the preaching of all the truths of the Faith and stop demonizing those who disagree on matters of prudential judgment.  In case you haven't noticed, dear bishops, we're on the brink of war in the mid-east.  Be shepherds, not politicians.

Boycott The CCHD Collection!

A number of great articles came across my email today and I was going to post them.  I see that my friend and colleague at Les Femmes beat me to the punch, so I'll just send you over there!  One word about that second article.  The author, Rey Flores, is the former Director of CCHD for the Archdiocese of Chicago.  For having the courage to initiate some real reform of the local granting process, the local liberal cabal orchestrated a campaign to have him fired and to return the local CCHD to its mishandling of donation dollars.  He does write from an insider's perspective and his insights are valuable.

For additional information on the CCHD, visit the Catholic Media Coalition site (on right tool bar) and watch the Vortex's two CIA episodes dealing with the CCHD.

Perhaps Another Reason Why The Chicago CCHD Director Was Fired?

According to this LifeSiteNews article from Friday, it appears that Rey Flores, former Chicago CCHD director, may have violated a CCHD precept big-time.  And just what might that sacred, set-in-stone precept be??  Hear ye!  Hear ye!

Thou shalt not personally catch thy grantee with hand in cookie jar!

The Southwest Organizing Project (SWOP) is a Chicago-based organizing venture that has for three years received national CCHD grants to the tune of $45,000 each year.  Among other things, SWOP is implementing a school program called Elev8, working with a clinic called Access Community Health, that distributes condoms and birth control, and abortion referrals.

Last year, Flores did some personal vetting.  He called the health clinic, posing as a father of a 7th-grade girl, stating that she might be pregnant.  The nurse told him that they could provide him with an abortion referral.  Obvously Flores had primae facae evidence of a clear violation of the CCHD's supposed new guidelines.

Accordingly, the Chicago CCHD, still under Flores' leadership at the time, advised the national CCHD not to award another grant to the SWOP - amount $45,000.00.  This facade of reform didn't last too long now, did it?

Ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to say this plainly.  The so-called "reform" of the CCHD is a sham, not much more than a "cya" move to try to deflect well-deserved criticisms -  and boycotts.  The retention of Father Mindling as a consulting theologian is yet another flimsy attempt to pretty up a very ugly reality.  By the way - I don't impugn Father Mindling at all; he is, after all, a priest vowed to obedience to his bishop.

A Stinging Indictment Of The Chicago CCHD

More details are now surfacing regarding the derailment of the reforms of the CCHD in the Archdiocese of Chicago.  One might ask why I'm focusing so much on Chicago, since I'm from the Archdiocese of Washington?  There are two reasons.

1. The CCHD had its origins in Chicago.  That's where Msgr Jack Egan, friend and disciple of Saul Alinsky, conceived this swindling scheme later known as the CCHD.  To this day, it still garners the largest collection in the nation.
2. Lately, the CCHD has been crowing and waxing sanctimonious about its overly-vaunted "reform and renewal".  It was in the Chicago archdiocese where we were seeing some real efforts and progress in implementing such reforms - reforms that have been sabatogued by renegade archdiocesan priests.

LifeSiteNews spoke with Rey Flores, the courageous ex-director of the Chicago CCHD, who lost his position at the behest of these sabatouers.  By the way - as you read the article and see the picture, please do not assume that is a picture of Mr Flores.  It is not.  It is a picture of Father Larry Dowling, who is leading the charge to undo the corrections that Mr. Flores implemented.  If you were confused, that's understandable, since Father is not dressed in his clerics.  What?  Do you really think a priest who's hell-bent on removing the "Catholic" from the CCHD would give a rat's behind about looking like a priest?  In a strange way, it's just as well - but I digress!

In this article are snippets of a letter that Mr. Flores wrote.  The entirety of this letter appears to be in this episode of the Vortex, shown below.  Click here if you can't see embedded video.



Another important point - the USCCB is indeed NOT releasing the names of its intended grantees until the collection has already taken place.  From a purely secular viewpoint, it's simply unethical on their part - and more so from a truly Catholic viewpoint.  What, oh what, are they trying to hide?  Visit http://www.reformcchdnow.com for more information.

Please - do not give to the CCHD collection so much as one red penny.  Give any such donations to a crisis pregnancy center (the ones in Maryland are particularly beleagured after the recent attacks they've endured) or other solid charities that actually do practice the Works of Mercy.

BREAKING - Archdiocese Of Chicago CCHD RETRACTS Grants Promised To Pro-Life Groups

We reported, in the past two weeks, that there was a backlash against the much-needed reform of the Chicago CCHD.  Read here and here. 

It appears that the backlash is pretty much complete.  InsideCatholic reports that Chicago's CCHD has actually retracted grants previously promised to solid pro-life groups.  Among them is the Pro-Life Action League, founded by Joe Scheidler.

The CCHD just sank to a new immoral low.  Over the past few weeks I've detailed where they're slipping money to nefarious community-organizing scam-outfits, many of them kissing up to baby-murder organizations.  Now they're actually reneging on solid pro-life groups that are about the business of saving babies.

The CCHD does NOT deserve one red penny of any Catholic's money.  Boycott that collection!

(HT to Pewsitter)