Dear
Faithful Voice: 2 FEB
03
I
have spoken to you before about VOTF meetings taking place in Amesbury, MA.
Today
I found THIS in the parish newsletter:
VOICE OF THE
FAITHFUL
-- Seacoast Affiliate:
Voice
of the Faithful (VOTF) Seacoast
Affiliate on Thurs., Feb. 13, 7pm, Holy
Family
Parish, Lower Hall. Mary Jo Bane will speak
Future
Directions continues as the focus during
the
next meeting of Voice of the Faithful (VOTF)
Seacoast
Affiliate on Thurs., Feb. 13, 7pm, Holy
Family
Parish, Lower Hall. Mary Jo Bane will speak
in
a video about the challenges encountered as an
empowered
laity tries to work with the clergy to
renew
the Catholic Church. Mary Jo Bane is a
professor
at Harvard's Kennedy School of
Government,
and is a member of the advisory board
of
Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life
at
Boston College. She is currently doing research
on
the role of churches in poverty and welfare
issues.
If you have questions or need more
information,
call Mary 465-2904. Or visit Voice of the
Faithful
at votf.org. VOTF invites all to join us on
Feb.
13 for Mary Jo Bane's thought-provoking talk
and
a lively discussion.
I
imagine the meeting will take place in the Sacred Heart Church (if not here,
then the Saint Joseph Church in close proximity, although I am pretty
sure it will occur at Sacred Heart -- both churches are part of Holy Family).
Feel
free to publicize any and all information in this email if you see fit -- my
anonymity is also not a concern. I intend to be present at this meeting,
to ask
"thought-provoking" questions exposing VOTF, and also to bring
my digital camera. If you would like to send any representatives from
Faithful Voice on Thursday the 13th, that would also be a good idea. I
will contact His Excellency Bishop Allue about this illegal meeting
In
Christo Domino Nostro,
Corey
Vincent mailto:Zelinski@FaithfulVoice.com
Date: Mon Feb 3 11:11:34 2003
Subject: Re:
HOLY FAIMILY PARISH, AMESBURY MA - VOTF Meeting (unauthorized...?)
This is incredible! I read Mary Jo
Bane's "Autobiography" in Commonweal. She acknowledges that she took
the same position on abortion financing that Gov. Cuomo took when she worked
under him in N.Y.. Will any bishop confront her on this? Hiding behind
"structure" so that she and other VOTF leaders don't have to
acknowledge their former public positions on abortion, marriage, contraception,
etc. , and getting away with it is a scandal!!
Why doesn't Bp. Lennon confront
them with their dissident positions on Church teachings?
We, as parishioners, are being totally deceived! Thanks for the information!! ----Alice