Thursday, July 12, 2012

Priest warns: "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" aka the Archdiocese of Portland

Priest warns: 
What do we find on the Archdiocesan website?

A recommendation for Father Diarmuid Ó Murchú’s 2005 book, The Consecrated Life: The Changing Paradigms.

This seems to rehash the same ideas he presented in his 1995 book, Reframing Religious Life - itself seemingly an updating of his 1980 book, The Seed Must Die - Survival or Extinction.

The 1995 book merited a Doctrinal Statement by the Spanish Bishops' Conference, which was subsequently published in L'Osservatore Romano in March 2006.
Summary: The Doctrinal Commission of the Bishops' Conference of Spain presents this Doctrinal Note in order to bring to public attention the seriously erroneous affirmations found in the book "Reframing Religious Life. An Expanded Vision for the Future," by Father Diarmuid O'Murchu, M.S.C. According to Father O'Murchu, religious men and women "should leave the Church and take on a non-canonical status" since "the values of the Religious life belong to a more ancient pre-religious tradition." 

     He therefore marginalizes Christian revelation and its ecclesial transmission, abolishes the need for redemption and proposes a non-Christian vision where the "Kingdom" or the "Reign" is a substitute for Jesus Christ and his Church. 
     Father O'Murchu also disfigures the sense and significance of the religious vows of poverty, obedience and chastity. In the final analysis, the proposals made in his book, far from promoting a renewal of religious life, will rather bring about its destruction. 
And we wonder why "lay ministers" in the Catholic Church seem not to understand - let alone affirm - the Catholic faith?

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Archdiocese of Portland's "Pride" Posts

St Philip Neri Joins in 2012 Catholic contingent too. 



"Gay Pride Parade": Part Two - Voice of Catholics Advocating Life
Jun 20, 2011
"Gay Pride Parade": Part Two. Dear Advocates for Life,. This Oregon Live article shows that Catholics are being represented, as usual, in the PDX Homosexual Parade on Father's Day. Oregon Live Article: St. Andrew's and ...

Jun 14, 2011
On Father's Day this year the Community of Welcoming Congregations are marching in the Pride NW Parade 2011 in slot number 27. There is also Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence making fun of Catholics openly and freely, ...

Aug 09, 2010
The "Gay Pride Parade" shows how degraded people have become not seeing it as it really is. This is a lifestyle of entrapment not from God. Things may seem too hard to overcome, but there is freedom through Christ and ...


VOCAL : Voice of Catholics Advocating Life: "barred from burial in ...
Jun 06, 2008
"barred from burial in blessed ground"/Archdpdx Marching in Gay Pride Parade, Again! Dear Catholic Advocates, Saturday, June 7th there will be the second scandalous "ordination" of a woman at Ecumencial Ministries of ...

Sep 10, 2008
The Archdiocese of Portland works with Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon (EMO) closely in the Legislature, with them in the Gay Pride Parade; and give these progressives credibility (being linked with the Catholic church) And ...


Archdiocese of Portland's faithful "Gay Pride" Contingent / Happy 9th Birthday VOCAL


On Father's Day,  this year's "gay pride" parade still had it's "Catholic" contingent.  At least they weren't mentioned in the parade line-up as they were in the past.  The Community of Welcoming Congregations which include confused Catholics and all the Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon churches that we still belong to.  These churches allow the heretical so-called women priests services in Portland and Eugene.  The CMC is allowed on Catholic Church property to organize and meet.

There is good news: things are about to change with a new Archbishop.  In the next VOCAL post, there is is a list  regarding scandalous behavior flaunted in Oregon reported throughout the years.  If the new Archbishop is interested, he could get a good sense of some of our problems from them.

God Bless you all for your faithfulness and support of VOCAL for officially nine years now.  
The birth of St. John the Baptist, June 24th, is the anniversary. 
 St. John the Baptist is co-patron with St. John Chrysostom the two lungs of the Church, East and West. 


2012 NW Pride Parade Click for line up



Saint Andrew represents Archdiocese of Portland "Catholics"



Wednesday, June 13, 2012

+Mark's Memorial Service

A west coast memorial service for our friend Mark Andreas will be held at Holy Rosary Catholic Church on Saturday June 16th  at 10 a.m.

His eldest daughter Erin and her whole family welcome you to honor her dear dad.

(Mark wanted this Father's Day to be "special" he didn't have to go to such lengths to do it.)  His joy of awaiting us in the Heavenly Kingdom just came out.

We are sad at his passing and mourn for him, but also smile at the joy he has left.


"Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall all indeed rise again: but we shall not all be changed. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet: for the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall rise again incorruptible. And we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption: and this mortal must put on immortality. And when this mortal hath put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting? Now the sting of death is sin: and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who hath given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast and unmoveable: always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the Lord."  I Corinthians 15:51-58