Archdiocese Of New York To Commemorate 9/11 With Gay Men's Chorus??

First, thanks to Pewsitter for this alert.

Here it is.  At New York's Church of St Paul the Apostle, there will be a musical commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attack.  However, the "rememberance concert" will be performed by a gay chorus - as evidenced on their website.

The announcement for this profanation is repeated in the church's bulletin. This church, in hosting this chorus, is lending a forum to a group that admits to its purpose of celebrating the gay lifestyle.  A perusal of the bulletin will make plain that this church makes a habit of facilitating sin.  Notice that it has an "Out At St Paul Group" that seems to have the fostering of a sinful and dangerous lifestyle as its self-styled "misson".  And yes, that "Out" website does link to that of the Human Rights Commission!  You can go further down to see the "centering prayer" and yoga.  They even take trips to Atlantic City to support that city's despicable gambling industry.

This bunch will most likely be performing in front of the Blessed Sacrament, offering insult to Our Lord Himself.  This concert will make a mockery of the tragedy of 9/11 by lending legitimacy to a dangerous and sinful lifestyle.

Nine years ago, a number of us discovered similar plans afoot locally.  To commemorate the first anniversary of the attack, St Mary's Church in Rockville was slated to have a number of speakers address the congregation after a Mass.  One of them was rabidly pro-abortion US Congresswoman Connie Morella.  When we got wind of that, we called/faxed/emailed both the pastor and the DC chancery and advised them that if Morella wasn't disinvited, they could expect a picket.  Happily, they saw the errors of their ways and disinvted her, so our picket was not necessary.  I call upon the faithful Catholics of New York to take similar stands and engage in similar actions.

We can and will assist you by making our protests heard.  We must stand for the sanctity of that Church and for the teachings of Our Lord via the Magisterium.  Here is contact information for the church.   Here is contact information for the Archdiocese of New York. 

By the way - as I look at the homepage of the chorus, it seems that they profaned yet another Catholic Church this past May - the Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament.  When we contact the archdiocese, we need to ask what's up with this bunch being granted admittance to this church as well.

Escort Misbehavior - August 27, 2011

From time to time, I'll have occasion to post videos of incidents involving misbehaviors of those who call themselves "pro-choice clinic escorts".  You may already have seen some of them.  Well here are two incidents that happened two days ago - this past Saturday.

The first involves a pro-life activist who is calling out to a woman headed into the building.  Notice how the "escort" is jumping in her face as she does so, and as she moves to get away from him.  I would call that aggression.  Click here if you cannot see embedded video.



This next one shows the same escort.  He's just being silly here. I suppose he thought the people praying the Rosary would really be intimidated by him taking pictures with his cell phone. Whatever!! Click here if you cannot see embedded video.

Yippee! Changes To The Catholic Standard!! Goodie-Gumdrops!!

Well, maybe I'm being just a tad too enthusiatic.  My colleague at A Washington DC Catholic has detailed the changes.  Rather than post a long comment over there, I'll just post my feedback below.  The numbers correspond to his original points.

1. Will the subscription prices drop accordingly?  I hope so; I don't feel like paying for "glossy stuff and bolder headlines."
2. How about real news in the Catholic world? That would be far preferable to the periodic kiss-ups to pro-abortion personalities simply because they are powerful and they toss a few crumbs towards the chancery every now and then.
3. What does that mean?
4. Less articles from the Catholic News Service (USCCB propaganda machine) would be the improvement. Perhaps they can tap into the Wanderer or EWTN - or our blogs! (stop laughing immediately!)

Now notice what's missing from this "list of improvements".  How about a restoration of the letters to the editor? That's the feature that "mysteriously" disappeared from the Standard's pages when Cardinal McCarrick made plain that he would disobey Canon 915.  I have it on good source that at that time, the Standard was flooded with hundreds, if not thousands of letters decrying the Cardinal's statement.  Mine was in that pile.  Not one was published.  Even some of the progressives in the DC chancery who had some sense of honesty opposed the disingenuous decision to ignore our letters - a decision that continues even to the time of this writing. 

(Note to the Standard staff: the cessation of your "letters to the editor" was a major factor in my decision to start both the earlier wesite and this blog.)

To summarize:  If that is what the Catholic Standard means by "major changes", it will continue its downward spiral to oblivion.  It is already irrelevant; there aren't too many of us who take the Standard seriously in terms of finding out what is really happening in the Church.  If it truly wishes to reverse its self-destructive course, it will cease being a de facto USCCB mouthpiece with all its progressive panderings.  It will join the fight to expose progressive machinations within the Church rather than maintaining silence about them.  Somehow I don't think that is their mindset.

Some Friday Night Humor

The Media Research Center produces this video at least once a week - for a little different take on current events.  Here's today's episode.  Click here if you cannot see embedded video.

The Truth About Pope Pius XII

This episode of Catholic Investigative Agency exposes the politically-correct fairy tales about the late pontiff for what they are - malicious lies.  Click here if you cannot see embedded video.

August 17th Conference In Baltimore To "Normalize" Child Rape

A conference last week in Baltimore, hosted by the group B4U-Act, was held "to discuss key issues regarding the entry for pedophilia in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) of the American Psychiatric Association." That is from their website.  B4U-Act exists as "a unique collaborative effort between minor-attracted people and mental health professionals to promote communication and understanding between the two groups."   Got that?  Notice how the language of that statement places people with dangerous predelictions on a par with mental health professionals?  That's by design!  And notice the new politically-correct buzz word.  Minor-attracted people!  Ladies and gentlemen, if they're acting on these impulses, these "minor-attracted people" are dangerous perverts who seek to prey upon children.  Let's not let them get away with that lame attempt to manipulate the English language.

They met last week to attempt change to the American Psychiatric Association's definition of pedophilia as a mental illness.  In the not-too-distant past, gay activists succeeded in getting the APA to drop homosexual behavior and attractions from its list of mental illnesses.  This apparently is their next target.  Read what some attendees had to say about this conference.

My friend at Les Femmes has already written a good bit about this subject.  See:
http://lesfemmes-thetruth.blogspot.com/2011/08/bishops-adviser-adresses-pedophile.html 
http://lesfemmes-thetruth.blogspot.com/2011/08/pedophilia-next.html
http://lesfemmes-thetruth.blogspot.com/2011/08/first-hand-report-from-pedophile.html

But wait!  There's more!  There is another organization that is working to prime our children for sexual exploitation.  They are attempting to chide parents into believing that children are naturally precocious sexually!  What is that organization?  The US Department of Health and Human Services, led by pro-abortion "catholyc" Kathleen Sebelius.  Here's the link to which the Foxnews article refers.  It all seems so subtle on the surface, but we need to be aware of this growing threat to our children.

Gay-Rights Advocate Influences USCCB

In one of their postings yesterday, Lifesite News published a litany of the insults to the Faith proffered by John Sweeney, president emeritus of the AFL-CIO.  I link to it here.  I've commented on many of the items listed therein, but they bear repeating.  It must also be stressed that this man continues to exert considerable influence at the USCCB - particularly in the CCHD office - acting as a consultant to the USCCB's Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development.  No one who shills for the homosexual lobby has any place consulting the bishops on the shoelaces to put in their shoes, let alone "domestic justice".

Not only have I written on this man before (both here and on my earlier web page), I've led two pickets of Catholic functions at which Sweeney was specifically honored.  Present at both those events was Cardinal McCarrick.  His Eminence has displayed regretable tendencies to hang out (often flagrantly) with Catholics who support abortion and sodomy - but I digress. 

Here are links from three earlier blog posts.
http://restore-dc-catholicism.blogspot.com/2011/02/and-speaking-of-zombies.html
http://restore-dc-catholicism.blogspot.com/2011/04/dissent-fest-at-catholic-university-of.html
http://restore-dc-catholicism.blogspot.com/2011/05/sweeney-gets-dressed-down-at-cua.html

When I started the website, I linked to a letter that I sent to Cardinal McCarrick, expressing concerns held not only by me, but by many faithful Catholics in the Archdiocese of Washington.  Here it is.  Note items 4, 7 and 11.  All have to do with John Sweeney; 4 & 11 describe the two picketed events.

Despite all this, John Sweeney continues to enjoy a place of considerable influence over the CCHD.  Did I say "Despite"?  Perhaps I should have said "Because of".  I no longer believe that the denizens of the USCCB are ignorant of a mole in their midst.  I now realize that they are merely welcoming the kindred spirit that they see in John Sweeney.

This is all the more reason why not only the CCHD, but the USCCB should be dismantled.  At any rate, not one red penny should be given to the CCHD second collection (for those localities who have not yet had that collection yet).

Quake-Blame Poll!!

Boys and girls, it's time for the Quake Blame Poll!  You progressive-types will surely enjoy this!  Here is the burning question of the day that must be answered!

Who/what is to blame for today's east-coast earthquake?  Choose one of the following:

1. Global warming
2. Global cooling
3. Global whatever
4. Climate change
5. Tea Party
6. George W. Bush
7. Corporate greed
8. Conservative talk radio
9. FOX News
10. Michele Bachmann
11. Sarah Palin
12. Pro-life activists
13. Rush Limbaugh
14. Sean Hannity
15. Mark Levin
16. "Taliban Catholic" blogs such as this one

You may cast votes via the comments.  The poll is OPEN!

Catholics And Politics

"Catholycs" for Equality are chortling about their belief that a "majority of Catholics in Maryland stand by Governor O'Malley".  They opine in the context of O'Malley's intention to push for "gay marriage" in Maryland.  I'm not going to banter as to whether or not a "majority" of MD Catholics have swallowed the politically-correct koolaid of "gay marriage".  When one speaks of "Catholics", one can mean those who were baptized Catholic as children and that's it, those who attend Mass only on Easter and Christmas, and even those who call themselves "recovered Catholics".  It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that the aforegoing sub-groupings of Catholics probably would support "gay marriage" (assuming that they care one way or the other about the matter).  However, morality is never defined by consensus, but only by God's laws.

The article goes on to criticize Archbishop O'Brien for a "bad use of his time" in defending traditional marriage.  That's interesting.  If these people don't recognize a bad definition of marriage, who are they to determine whether or not the Archbishop is using his time badly?  As for the archbishop being "out of line", I suggest it is the gay activists who are "out of line" for their attempt to mangle the meaning of true marriage to suit their warped purposes.

While I certainly congratulate Archbishop O'Brien for speaking out, I do suggest that this article may indicate the results of years of neglect in teaching authentic morality and placing that before other matters, such as so-called "social justice" which is nothing more than wimpy attempts to placate progressives.  Archbishop O'Brien and Cardinal Wuerl MUST start obeying Canon 915 and deny Holy Communion to Governor O'Malley, Barbara Mikulski and all the other politicians who dare to call themselves Catholic while using their high positions to tear down authentic morality.

A Lesson In "Civility"

Bless their hearts!  The liberal left-wing progressives of the Democrat Party have given to us a priceless lesson on what they consider "civility" and "reaching across the aisle" to be.  Let's listen to Maxine Waters herself.  As you watch, notice the SEIU shirts in her audience; the wearers of those shirts are cheering her on!  A year ago last spring, they and other union-types gave to a young 14-year-old boy a "lesson" he'll never forget, as 500+ of them stampeded on the front lawn and porch of his home.