Bishop Vasa "Bearing Witness", asks His Teachers to "Reject Modern Errors" and Pays for It.

Here's a little blast from the past...click on the link.

  Religion in the "Modern World".. w/ modern "errors"

Titled "Bearing Witness," the addendum asks teachers to "acknowledge" or "recognize" that:

They are called to a "life of holiness" and that "this call is the more compelling for me since I have been entrusted, in my vocation as a teacher/administrator in a Catholic school, with the formation of souls." In part here is the addendum:

 

As a teacher in the Santa Rosa Diocese, "I am, by that fact, also a ministerial agent of the Bishop who is the chief 'teacher' of the Diocese."

 

It also requires all teachers to "agree that it is my duty, to the best of my ability, to believe, teach/administer and live in accord with what the Catholic Church holds and professes.
 

"I am especially cognizant of the fact that modern errors -- including but not limited to matters that gravely offend human dignity and the common good such as contraception, abortion, homosexual 'marriage' and euthanasia -- while broadly accepted in society, are not consistent with the clear teachings of the Catholic Church."

Here is the whole article for you to read.

Bishop Vasa Requires Teachers to Reject Modern Errors

The comments shows the lack of True Catechisis for too long.  The Church is not what they perceive Her to be. 

Feeling the heat from his "Fireside Chat" Univerity of Portland's president issued this:
http://www.upbeacon.net/a-letter-from-fr-beauchamp-1.2996176#.US7f9uuY5Ho

God Bless Bishop Vasa, Archbishop Sample, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and our new Holy Father.
 

Archbishop Alexander Sample's Curriculum Choice, also for Us?

It seems that the only sources used for Religious Education are The Catechism of the Catholic Church and the Holy Bible.

Curriculum Used by Bishop Sample in Marquette, Michigan.

This program was the way the Diocese of Marquette was under Bishop Alexander K. Sample.

This will save us untold amounts of money if used in Western Oregon and any "funny business" with publishers disappear.

All the misery that some parents have been going through will be ended we pray.

"Following the renewal of the Liturgy and teh new codification of the canon law of the Latin Church (Roman rites) and that of the Oriental (Byzantine i.e.) Catholic Churches. this catechism will make a veryu important contribution to that work renewing the whole life of the Church, as desired and begun by the Second Vatican Council." Catechism of the Catholic Church , Apostolic Constitution Fidei Depositum pg. 3 (the Deposit of Faith Where things cannot change in the Church, VOCAL)

Most Rev. Alexander K. Sample's homily at the Rite of Election Feb. 17, ...

"To Keep a True Lent" - Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter, Happy Feast Day

 Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter  The Holy Father is directly involved with the Anglican Use Mass. 

Christ Gave Us Many Beautiful Ways to be Catholic

The Personal Ordinariate is made up of Anglican (Episcopalians) who are finding a home in the Roman Catholic Church.  They are going to help the Roman Catholic Church stay Catholic.

  

"To Keep a True Lent"

Is this a fast, to keep
The larder lean ?
And clean
From fat of veals and sheep ?

Is it to quit the dish
Of flesh, yet still
To fill
The platter high with fish ?

Is it to fast an hour,
Or ragg’d to go,
Or show
A downcast look and sour ?

No; ‘tis a fast to dole
Thy sheaf of wheat,
And meat,
Unto the hungry soul.

It is to fast from strife,
From old debate
And hate ;
To circumcise thy life.

To show a heart grief-rent ;
To starve thy sin,
Not bin ;
And that’s to keep thy Lent.

 -- Robert Herrick 1591-1675

University of Portland: Cleaning Up Its Act for Archbishop Sample?

With the advent of Archbishop Alexander K. Sample having his Installation at the University of Portland some things are being broadcast on the news that beg our attention.

Channel 6 had a report of the Univeristy of Portland's President, Father William Beauchamp's statement that caused quite a firestorm at the school . He said in his Fireside Chat on Monday, February 18th regarding the same-sex faculty and staff on the UP campus.. 

FIRESIDE CHAT in part.

“The Catholic Church has certain expectations regardless of whether you’re heterosexual or homosexual,” Beauchamp said.

 “The courts looking at [the non-discrimination policy], especially in Oregon, could take sexual orientation to mean sexual practice, whether or not it’s same sex couples.”

Beauchamp acknowledged the presence of LGBTQ individuals on campus.

“We know that there are faculty and staff in same-sex relationships on campus,” Beauchamp said. “They are not public about it and we don’t ask them. But if someone were to go very public about it and make an issue then we would have trouble.”

When asked for clarification Tuesday, Beauchamp said the University would address a situation only if it “were to become a public scandal.”
 
click for full article. University of Portland Asks President for Answers 

The students of the "Gay, Straight Partnership" Club under Special Interest Groups on campus said through Facebook:

"Take it with a grain of salt, but Fr. Bill was not at his best when he gave his fireside chat comment; there were many unanticipated questions being asked and his comment sounded worse than he meant it to be.

Keep in mind that a lot of progress has been made under Fr. Bill’s administration (GSP, Statement of Inclusion, Presidential Advisory Committee on Inclusion)"

In his defense, Father Beauchamp made the "Vagina Monologues" go off campus for their event.  This was when he was made president of the Univeristy around 2004. 

I called his office and we exchanged emails.  He was very cordial.

Catholic private schools should adhere to Catholic teachings.  It's not popular especially in Portland, but it is necessary for Christ to be known to these students.  If they don't have a strong Catholic family, the school has to at least have Catholic principles explained and help these young people and old it seems.

It seems the Dalai Lama Plans Talks at U of P Environmental Summit in May  Let's hope that the students know their Catholicism as well as "mother earth". 

Remember...the installation of Archbishop Samples, Tuesday, April 2nd at the Chiles Auditorium at the Univeristy of Portland.  Bring your holy water.