PDX/EMO - Are Immortal Souls Worth the Connection Anymore?

Dear CMC Family....Please pray for me......Here's what I sent out, today...on my birthday...I spent ALL DAY on this.....I hope it does some good. Love, Carolyn

Dear Friends, This World Net Daily article shows what can happen to the Catholic Church if we are not vigilant and let our reputation as the one True Church and devotion to the "Ultimate Sacrifice" of Jesus Christ falter.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52769 If you cannot get the link....go to www.worldnetdaily.com "Parish cancels 'Catholic' drag queens' bingo games.

The world views of the Roman Catholic church in union with the Holy Father and the Magisterium seem to be at odds with our involvement with the Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon. Oregon parishes and organizations calling themselves Catholic have homosexual components that are not in compliance with Roman Catholic Church teaching.

They continue on, with "Catholic" money, deceiving people with no sense of shame. The most blatant connection is with EMO. Most of the churches listed support abortion "rights" and homosexual unions: the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches www.mccch.org is most visible.

We are an important member of EMO and have our chancellor, Mary Jo Tully, on the Board of Directors. www.emoregon.org for more information. The World Net Daily article involves a Catholic Church less than a mile away from the Metropolitan Community Church.

From these websites we find out something of what's happening at OUR Catholic parishes, etc. * Welcoming Communities www.welcomingcongregations.org.

Who is CWC? "The Community of Welcoming Congregations (CWC) is an Oregon and SW Washington ecumenical ministry and association of religious and spiritual congregations that welcome and affirm people of all sexual orientations and gender identities. Our ministry dedicates itself to the full equality of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersexed and questioning people seeking spiritual home. Through arms of education and advocacy, we reach out in support and affirmation acknowledging the image of our loving Creator in every person."

Catholic Journey Catholic Community Worship Address: St. Stephens Episcopal Church SW 13th and Clay Portland, OR 97225 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 219098 Portland, OR 97225 Pastor Nancy Bannister (503) 323-2406 Contact Person: Ginny Benware npmwest@aol.com http://www.journey-catholic.org/ Koinonia Catholic Community Koinonia has merged with Journey Catholic Community. Contact Journey for worship times. Koinonia Catholic Community - http://koinoniacommunity.org Perform same-sex "marriages"(also a member of Basic Rights Oregon).

A disturbing note on this group. Click on music. Koinonia former directors Tom Conry and Patrick Loomis do music for the OREGON CATHOLIC PRESS. We have come to realize that some songs lack a true Roman Catholic message from other composers as well.

St. Andrew's Catholic Church 806 NE Alberta St. Portland, OR 97211 Fr. Charles Lienert (503) 281-4429 Contact person: Kathy Saunders http://www.standrewchurch.com/

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church 330 SE 11th Ave. Portland, OR 97214 Valerie Chapman, pastoral administrator (503) 232-5880 valeriechapman@qwest.net Fr. Robert W. Krueger rkrueger@hevanet.com

St. Philip Neri Catholic Church Gay and Lesbian Outreach (GALO) 2408 SE 16th Ave. Portland, OR 97214 Fr. Richard Colgan, CSP (503) 231-4955 Contact person: Robert George Robert_Geo2000@yahoo.com List serve: http://groups.msn.com/catholicandgaywelcomehome http://www.stphilipneripdx.org/

Also... http://cclonline.org/ - Resources to Lesbian and Gay-Friendly parishes - click Oregon. These are listed. Koinonia Catholic Community; St. Philip Neri; St. Andrew; St. Vincent de Paul -- Portland

When I shared this information with ArchbishopVlazny a year ago regarding concerns with EMO and these other homosexual connections in light of the scandal and bankrupcy, this was his reply (see attachment).

 Pope Benedict XVI knows we need to pray and dialogue with other faiths...yet he asks us to avoid "syncretism", the fusion of differing systems of belief, as in philosophy or religion, "Man's heart, in fact, is the place where God acts....Therefore, together with the 'horizontal' dimension of relationships with other men, of fundamental importance in this matter is the 'vertical' dimension of each one's relationship with God, in whom everything finds its foundation." (see attachment for full text)

Let's keep working to keep Oregon Catholic money and relationships on the right track...
 
Jesus Christ says "Be as wise as serpents as harmless as doves."

Apropos - from my Good Earth teabag. "Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for" Earl Warren
 for." Earl Warren world"

Archd of PDX David Carrier/John Kerry Timed perfectly

Dear Friends, With many Oregon Catholic men and women in the armed forces sacrificing themselves in Iraq and the families who are praying for their safety, it would have been kind and prudent for something like this to NOT be sent. This happened at the same time as John Kerry's statement on our troops during war time. Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon (EMO) is closely linked to homosexual, anti-war and pro-abortion groups. www.emoregon.org We know that we cannot get away from the Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon and their liberal agenda...we have been bound for thirty years. Their "ecumenical" member churches include the International Metropolitan Community Church, pure homosexual. Mary Jo Tully , Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Portland is on their Board of Directors and said to me that they need help with the AIDS Daycare program, that's a reason we still stay. When I first met David Carrier, our new Justice and Peace director, not knowing what VOCAL was, he invited me to invest in some building projects...(this could be the new ones we see in the PDX areas). During one of our conversations, I even went so far as to tell him what Oregon really needed was a Pro-LIfe Director. but Providence Hospital offered a grant. As we talked about the war, I asked him "If Oregon was being invaded, would you defend us?" His answer was "no". Now this is fine...I once was a Quaker...however, as a Catholic I know that we have "prudential judgment" as to the war, but NOT, abortion or homosexual marriage/promotion. Therefore, the emphasis should be on Pro-life activties and family unity, not the environment or the war. We follow the Holy Father and the Magisterium of the Church. It would have been nice for the Justice and Peace Ministry to support something tangible that we all could benefit from - Yes on Measure 43 as Archbishop Vlazny has requested. From: Carrier, David [mailto:dcarrier@archdpdx.org] Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 12:17 PM To: justiceandpeace@archdpdx.org Subject: Please act to support peace in Iraq <> Dear concerned Catholic; I am sure that you are as disturbed as I am about the violence in Iraq. The magnitude of the tragedy was really brought home for me with the news last week that the first scientific analysis of likely casualties in Iraq estimated the death toll to be upwards of 650,000 people (90% of sample respondents had death certificates for the victims). This issue is not about politics. It cannot be dismissed that easily. As followers of Christ we are obligated to support life, create peace, and care for our brothers and sisters who are victims of the violence. We must do all we can to bring about a transition to peace so Iraqis can resume normal lives as soon as possible. If you were an Iraqi citizen, what would you ask us to do? What would Jesus want you to do? Over the summer, a group of faith leaders and I met with Senator Ron Wyden to express our concern about the violence in Iraq and the need to develop a concrete strategy for a transition to peace. Senator Wyden suggested that the most effective way for the faith community to bring about a change in U.S. policy is to convey to our Congressional delegation our own thoughts on what that transition should look like. With that in mind, we have written the attached letter in conjunction with Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, outlining a plan for a responsible transition to peace in Iraq. The letter has been signed by Archbishop Vlazny, the bishops or executives of several other Oregon faith communities, and over 80 churches throughout Oregon. I urge you to please ask your pastor or other religious leader to sign on to the letter. All you need to do is have them email or call me and let me know that they wish to be a signatory. Please ask them to include their full name and title, and community affiliation. In some parishes, the Pastoral Council or Social Ministry groups are also making the letter available to parishioners to sign after weekend masses. In this case, provide a separate sign-up sheet that refers to the EMO letter, and provide space for a signature, printed name, and full address. That way you will receive a follow-up letter from the Senators. Please note on the last two pages of the attached letter that we have not heard from a lot of pastors that would probably be in agreement. If your own parish is not listed, please talk to your pastor this weekend. We will be delivering the letter to members of Congress immediately after the fall elections. There will be a press conference and visits to the offices of our Senators and Representatives soon after that. So please notify me of your pastor's response, and return the letter with parishioners' signatures to me at the Office of Justice and Peace, by Sunday November 5. I would appreciate any help you can offer to circulate this letter to the appropriate people in your parish or community. With the collective signatures of people from all faith traditions we will send a strong message that our religious convictions compel us to speak out against the continued violence. We must not remain silent as this continuing conflict claims hundreds more lives each day. Thank you for your thoughtful consideration. In the peace of Christ, David Carrier David Carrier Office of Justice and Peace Campaign for Human Development Archdiocese of Portland 2838 E. Burnside St. Portland, OR 97214 503-233-8361 www.archdpdx.org/justice_and_peace * One life * One world * One human family We are one Body in Christ. God Bless you and yours, Carolyn VOCAL We believe that the foundation for a Culture of Life starts with the beginning of life: at conception, when God breathes life into His people. To circumvent this puts man in our Creator's role and can only fail causing a domino effect that leads to a Culture of Death. Poverty, war, racism, hatred, and violence all leads from this event: when man thinks he knows best. Voice of Catholics Advocating Life PO BOX 458 Sublimity, OR 97385 503-767-3333

OCTOBER - Respect Life Month/Our Lady's too!/Dept ofEducation legal reminder

Culture of Life Calendar ~~~ Saturday, September 30th Please join us for a MASS FOR LIFE on Saturday, September 30th at 4:30 PM at Resurrection Catholic Parish. 21060 Stafford Road, Tualatin, Oregon. This Vigil Mass will be sung in Latin by Cantores in Ecclesia, an award-winning choir under the direction of Dean Applegate, which was established in Portland in 1985 with the intention of providing Gregorian chant and sacred polyphonic music for the Mass. During the year Cantores in Ecclesia participates in services at St. Mary's Cathedral, Mt. Angel Seminary, the Immaculate Heart Church, The Grotto and Holy Rosary. The participation of Cantores in Ecclesia was arranged by the Parish Knights of Columbus and the Celebrate Life Committee. The U.S. Conference of Bishops has designated Sept. 30/Oct 1st as Respect Life Sunday. ~~~~~~ Sunday, October 1st. Life Chain 2:30-3:30pm on Lancaster Dr., Salem Info - Call 503-585-7856 Meet at Academy Square for Signs and directions. ~Yes on 43 Bumper Stickers and Brochures also available here.~ ~~~~~~ Learn how you and your children can become involved... Friday, Saturday, Sunday, October 6, 7, & 8 Pro-Life Events - Local, National and Worldwide World Apostolate of Our Lady of Fatima Sanctity of Life Day/One World Praying The INTERNATIONAL APOSTOLATE is making it a three day event this year. Friday is focused on children's Eucharistic Adoration; and Saturday on prayer to Our Lady; and Sunday the goal this year is One BILLION prayers. SANCITITY OF LIFE DAY - SUNDAY OCT. 8 The Meaning of the Day: http://www.wafusa.org/events/sanctity_life/about.html > scroll down Speakers include Alan Keyes, Fr. Apostoli: http://www.wafusa.org/events/sanctity_life/prolife.html EWTN Television Broadcast Times: SPECIAL LIVE EVENT - The CHILDREN'S ADORATION is an international event and the main US location, the National Basilica at Washington, DC, will be televised on EWTN. The focus of the children's prayer is in support of our Holy Father which is especially poignant in light of recent events. WORLD APOSTOLATE OF FATIMA: "ONE WORLD PRAYING" WASHINGTON, NEW JERSEY, USA (450:00) Sunday October 8, 2006 10:00 AM Eastern Time Sunday October 8, 2006 7:00 AM Pacific Time SPECIAL FOR CHILDREN Our local Portland group does not have enough members to put on a children's event on the Friday of these three days of prayer -- but we hope many local Catholic schools may be able to organize a children's Holy Hour at their school or parish. This is in union with people all over the world dedicating three days of prayer in support of the pro-life cause and for world peace. Information and a suggested program for the children are available at http://users.ifriendly.com/pjostermann4/children/program.pdf. More information for the children's day is also located on the national website http://childrenoftheeucharist-waf.org/ JOIN US! Portland's WAF division www.wafpdx.org Our local World Apostolate of Fatima division is sponsoring a Candlelight Rosary Procession on Saturday, October 7th at St. John the Baptist Parish in Milwaukie; and a prayer service on Sunday, October 8th at St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Portland. More details on these events as well as information on our apostolate is available at www.wafpdx.org . We would appreciate any help you can offer in heavily promoting especially the Candlelight Rosary Oct. 7th. All of the details of the Sunday event at St. Joseph the Worker are not decided yet but I should have this in a day or two. It will involve prayer and be at 7:00 pm with at least some pro-life groups attending. Of course, you are welcome to have an information table if you wish. Information on national events - including the times of EWTN's live broadcasts all three days - is at www.wafusa.org . If you would like any additional information please feel free to contact my wife, Marie, or myself at 503-288-2040. In Christ and His Holy Mother, Paul Ostermann World Apostolate of Fatima - Portland The World Apostolate of Fatima is an International Public Association of the Faithful approved by the Vatican. Our local division is listed as Blue Army (the former name) on the archdiocesan website. The international apostolate is making it a three day event this year. Friday is focused on children's Eucharistic Adoration, Saturday on prayer to Our Lady and Sunday the goal this year is One BILLION prayers. The children's adoration is an international event with the main US location, the National Basilica at Washington, DC, being televised on EWTN. The focus of the children's prayer is in support of our Holy Father which is especially poignant in light of recent events. Our local Portland group does not have enough members to put on a children's event on the Friday of this three days of prayer but we hope many local Catholic schools may be able to organize a children's Holy Hour at their school or parish. This is in union with people all over the world dedicating three days of prayer in support of the pro-life cause and for world peace. Information and a suggested program for the children are available at http://users.ifriendly.com/pjostermann4/children/program.pdf. More information for the children's day is also located on the national website http://childrenoftheeucharist-waf.org/ Our local World Apostolate of Fatima division is sponsoring a Candlelight Rosary Procession on Saturday, October 7th at St. John the Baptist Parish in Milwaukie and a prayer service on Sunday, October 8th at St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Portland. More details on these events as well as information on our apostolate is available at www.wafpdx.org. We would appreciate any help you can offer in heavily promoting especially the Candlelight Rosary Oct. 7th. All of the details of the Sunday event at St. Joseph the Worker are not decided yet but I should have this in a day or two. It wil involve prayer and be at 7pm with at least some pro-life groups attending again. Of course you are welcome to have an information table if you wish. In addition information on national events, including times of live broadcasts all three days on EWTN, is at www.wafusa.org. If you would lke any additional information please feel free to contact my wife, Marie, or myself at 503-288-2040. In Christ and His Holy Mother, Paul Ostermann WAF Portland The World Apostolate of Fatima is an International Public Association of the Faithful approved by the Vatican. Our local division is listed as Blue Army (the former name) on the archdiocesan website. ~~~~~~~ Elections are close at hand. Yes on 43 will save the lives of over 600 unborn babies killed each year to teen mothers without their parents notification. We can no longer allow our schools to be part of the pickup and delivery system to abortion mills in our state. Schools are for teaching, not for keeping secrets from parents. God Bless you and yours, Carolyn Oregon Department of Education Statute: 336.067 Instructions in ethics and morality. (1) In public schools special emphasis shall be given to instruction in: Honesty, morality, courtesy, obedience to law, respect for the national flag, the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the Stae of Oregon, respect for parents and the home, the dignity and necessity of honest labor and other lessons that then to promote adn develop an upright and desirable citizenty. VOCAL Voice of Catholics Advocating Life PO Box 458 Sublimity, OR 97385 Member of Catholic Media Coalition - "Inline with the Church, online with the world" If you prefer not to receive these messages, please reply and put "unsubscribe" in the subject line.

As Bob Castagna exits the Oregon Catholic Conference - the Laity needs to enter political realm!

Dear Friends, The Body of Christ in Oregon will have to step out of their comfort zones even more as Bob Castagna leaves the Oregon Catholic Conference. For over twenty years he has been in charge of Oregon Catholic political life, advising the Bishops and lobbying in the Capitol. We wish him well. The laity will also have to take a more pro-active role as the ax falls on programs throughout the Archdiocese. Many people are already seeing the changes taking place. We are still spending a million dollars a month on attorneys because of the sex-abuse scandal and the "climate" where this was allowed to flourish has not diminished. Even with Pope Benedict's call to purity, we still have to deal with open rebellion: "welcoming" parishes, and our membership with the Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon and their leanings with pro-homosexual and pro-abortion-minded member churches. We need to do our own research into groups with the title "Catholic" allowed to be attached for a start. For example, "Koinonia Catholic Community" been around for decades in Oregon, their name changed since last year, to Journey Koinonia Catholic Community. www.journey-catholic.org You will be able to connect the dots yourself with EMO member churches and see how deep the "climate" is. www.basicrights.org will also help with these homosexual/abortion connections with churches, businesses, and political leaders in Oregon. These are not easy things to tell you, but they need to be told. Our Holy Father said that we will probably be a smaller Church, but we can keep our priorities straight and help eachother reach our Eternal Home. Let us pray for the groups that have lost their way. May they find the Divine Authority given His Holiness and the Magesterium a source of true freedom and not something to fight against. God grant us the gifts of the Holy Spirit - Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Fortitude, Knowledge, and Piety, as we get more involved with the political and spiritual needs of our Oregon home and change the climate of our Church. May God Bless you and yours, Carolyn "Facts are stubborn things...our wishes, the dictates of our passions...cannot alter the facts and evidence." John Adams VOCAL Voice of Catholics Advocating Life PO Box 458 Sublimity, OR 97385 503.767.3333 Member of the Catholic Media Coalition - "Inline with the Church, online with the world" If you prefer not to receive these messages, please reply and put "unsubscribe" in the subject line.

Archbishop's Challenge to PROTECT OUR TEEN DAUGHTERS

Dear Friends, Oregon's Catholic priests have received a letter from the Archbishop and the Oregon Catholic Conference for a go-ahead to have petitions signed and collected for the Parental Notification Ballot Measure at all parish functions and on church property. The grassroots movement is depended on to get the needed qualified registered voters, so that this measure can be put on the November ballot. Some have considered working on this an extension of Lent, where we have to keep ourselves focused on this issue to PROTECT OUR TEEN DAUGHTERS and LIFE that God Almighty created. The PROTECT OUR TEEN DAUGHTERS COMMITTEE needs your help to contact your pastor, make sure that he has received the packet and encourage him to speak from the pulpit regarding the collection of signatures. Then we need folks to have petitions signed before and after masses, make it a family, bible study, Altar Society, YLI, CDA, Knights of Columbus, etc., project. Contact your friends in and out of church too. What about the library? We need to move outside of our comfort level and collect those signatures. Set a goal, 50,100, 200 or a competition to see who gets the most. There are lives at stake! Attached is the letter from the Archbishop for you to see, if you haven't already had the opportunity. It is encouraging. Let's help the Culture of Life grow. If you need petitions, table signs, explanations, ANYTHING to help you in this effort to stop the trafficking of our/your teen daughters by the pro-abortion efforts supported by our tax dollars, PLEASE let me know, or call the campaign at 503-390-3645. The abortion lobby wants to make money from abortions and baby body parts. The destruction is left to the parents, grandparents and people who love them. Let's put some sanity back into Oregon. Almost thirty states have parental notification laws. This safeguards girls in abusive families, so a judge is involved if is parental abuse, instead of letting the girl back into the situation; it safeguards girls involved with older men who are guilty of statutory rape and as Archbishop Vlazny states in the attached letter "allows parents to be an integral part of their daughters' lives at a most crucial moment." If we all work together we can get this on the ballot and into law. The deadline for signatures is June 15th. God Bless you and yours, Carolyn "What I do you cannot do; but what you do, I cannot do. The needs are great, and none of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful." - Mother Teresa- VOCAL Voice of Catholics Advocating Life PO Box 458 Sublimity, OR 97385 Member of Catholic Media Coalition - "Inline with the Church, online with the world"