Topics: Clergy Abuse : New Data...Fr. Hay: Sermons Available Online and On iTunes...Revised Roman Missal: Saintly Additions
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“Remember, O man, that dust thou art, and to dust thou shalt return.”
"Support us, Lord,
as with this Lenten fast
we begin our Christian warfare,
so that in doing battle against the spirit of evil
we may be armed with the weapon of self-denial.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen".
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...and now for the necessaries.
Please note: St. Anthony Catholic Church is one of two local churches celebrating the Traditional Latin Mass (EFLR) in the Wichita area. Though this blog is loosely centered around this parish and it's members, Venite Missa Est! is by no means, in any way an official voice of, or for, St. Anthony Parish or the Diocese of Wichita. Venite Missa Est! is strictly a private layman's endeavor.
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New Data On Clergy Abuse
The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights
Submitted by Larry Bethel
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the 2010 Annual Report on clergy sexual abuse; it was released by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops today:
In 2009, there were six credible accusations made against over 40,000 priests during that year; in 2010, the number was seven. Moreover, between 2005 and 2010, the average is 8.3 a year.
As usual, most of the accused are homosexuals: 83 percent of the alleged victims were male, and three-in-four were postpubescent. This is consistent with what we have known for years. In other words, it is a lie to say the Catholic Church has suffered from a pedophilia problem. Those who say that this number reflects the greater access priests have had to altar boys are wrong: the more priests have access to girl altar servers, the more likely they are to choose males (there has been a slight uptick in male victims over the past decade).
As usual, the cases date back decades: two-thirds occurred between 1960 and 1984, and three-in-four of the offenders are now dead or have been laicized. The most common time period for new allegations made in 2010 was 1970-1974. That this was when the sexual revolution was at its height is no coincidence. Nor is it a coincidence that the discovery of AIDS in 1981 effectively ended the sexual revolution—not a change in mores.
While this is good news, it is still disconcerting to see hundreds of alleged victims coming forth every year—with their lawyers in tow—expecting that their allegations of what happened many decades ago can somehow be substantiated. Just as distressing is the tendency to call the cops over such matters as "kissing girls on the top of the head," etc.
We are happy to note that the release of the eighth annual report coincides with our full-page ad in today's New York Times on this subject.
Jeff Field
Director of Communications
The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights
450 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10123
212-371-3191
212-371-3394 (fax)
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Fr. Hay Sermons Available Online and On iTunes
Father Hay's sermons are available by podcast on St. Paul Parish/ WSU Newman Center website at http://wsunewmancenter.com/multimedia/podcast-archive and also available on iTunes and by RSS feed.
With Holy Week quickly approaching here is the Confession schedule for St. Paul Parish.
The Sacrament of Reconciliation is offered:
Sun 9:30 AM & 6:15 - 6:45 PM
Wed 7:00 - 7:20 PM
Weekdays - 15 minutes before morning Masses
Special penance services are also offered during Lent and Advent and will be announced in the bulletin and at Mass.
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Saintly Additions to Revised Roman Missal (Novus Ordo)
Our Sunday Visitor
Most of us know by now that the prayers of both the celebrant and the people will be changing with the Nov. 27 implementation of the third edition of the Roman Missal. But did you know that the revised Missal will include 17 additions to the Proper of Saints? Those holy examples include St. Josephine Bakhita, St. Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio), St. Catherine of Alexandria and St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, better known as Edith Stein.
In a column for the Boston Pilot, Mary Elizabeth Sperry of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops explained how the saints were included in the Missal:
The saints new to the third edition of the Roman Missal include saints, like St. Augustine Zhao Rong, who were canonized after the second edition of the Roman Missal was published in 1985. Some of these saints, including St. Lawrence Ruiz and St. Andrew Dung-Lac, have been on the U.S. calendar for years. However, the new Missal will be the first time their prayer texts have been available in the printed book. Other added saints appeared on the liturgical calendar until 1969, when the calendar was simplified and many saints' observances were removed. Also restored to the calendar are observances for the Most Holy Name of Jesus and the Most Holy Name of Mary. Still others saints and observances added to the Missal highlight important teachings of the Church such as the teaching on Mary (Our Lady of Fatima) and on the Eucharist as the Sacrament of Christ's love (as promoted by St. Peter Julian Eymard).
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