This weekend, Grotto-goers will be bidding farewell to the priests, brothers, and sisters of the Order of the Holy Cross (ORC, not OSC) who have been a part of our lives for more about 20 years. Land donated to them in Carrollton, Ohio is the place where they will build their permanent residence here in the United States after receiving all approvals. They have been hard at work (see updates here). On this, Fr. Perrone wrote in a recent Grotto-News:"…on Sunday February 15th we will bid farewell to the Order of the Holy Cross with a little reception in the gym following the 9:30 and noon Masses. Please come to express your gratitude to the priests and nuns for their presence and work in our parish over these twenty-some years."
If you want to bid farewell, come this Sunday as most or all of them based in the US will be here.
Bishop Schneider on Battling the New Gnosticism
Bishop Athanasius Schneider was ordained a priest of the ORC and there is something just published this morning I know many readers here will find of interest.
First, a note: Many of the photos you find on the web of Bishop Schneider, especially with the Little Flower in the background, were photographs I took during his 2009 visit to Detroit when spoke at the Call to Holiness Conference. This morning I got an email from Steve Skojec at the One Peter Five site, alerting me to an article published today at that site by His Excellency. I appreciate the attribution, the link, and the email notice he provided.
The Editor's Note that accompanies Bishop Schneider's article reads:
"Following his strongly-worded interview with Polonia Christiana in the wake of the first part of the Extraordinary Synod on Marriage and Family, we reached out to Bishop Athanasius Schneider to seek his guidance on concrete actions Catholics can take during this time of turmoil within the Church. We specifically requested his advice on what the faithful could do to resist heterodoxy and address the errors (or at least obfuscations) that seem to be issuing forth from some of the highest prelates in the Church. Though his counsel is brief, it is deeply thoughtful, and offers us a great deal of work to do. With the next meeting of the Synod less than eight months away, there is no time to waste."
Bishop Schneider is a man who knows probably some 10 languages, giving him access to much content - both contemporary and historical. His PhD is in Patristics. I find it interesting today that no one questions the hard-hitting boldness with which the Church Fathers spoke, or even Saint Paul for that matter, yet if a bishop today dares to do so, he is vilified and blasted as "rigid." I look at what Bishop Schneider says and I see him cut from the cloth of his namesake, Saint Athanasius.
I've read the article and it is bold, firm, and clear in articulating his thoughts, as usual. Bishop Schneider doesn't mince words. He says what he thinks, but does not use sarcasm or condescension to get his point across - a key point for anyone wanting others who aren't in the choir to hear the message (whether they can agree or not).
Go read the brief article by His Excellency at One Peter Five: Battling the New Gnosticism. And, on this feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes, let's ask for the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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