SEARCHING FOR THE ARCHBISHOP (8.2) - Re: His Grace's Men - those invited to mark this archdiocese's formal commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the closure of the Second Vatican Council; on the eve of the arrival of the FSSP at Warrington; Notes #9

PREAMBLE

A lengthy scrutiny, which we'd like to have written in just 15 words:

Fr Timothy Radcliffe OP should not have been 

invited to speak in this archdiocese last week.

Sadly, we have to go to the lengths and methods below to demonstrate why.

Because, for whatever reason, it seems so patently beyond the grasp of so many.

Much further down in this post, we're going to include a deliberately de-activated web-link to an online source which provides information of the gravest, most shocking and most eye-opening kind imaginable. We cannot overstate that enough.

The facts conveyed by this respected (by British society at large, not us) web-source – which also enjoys the backing of the UK Government and the considerable largesse of both the British public and some of its most renowned charities, and probably the sympathy and support of many, apparently practising, Catholics in this land – are so telling and revealing that we'd rather you didn't avail yourselves of the detail therein. We'll let you know when we post it; so that you can bypass it.

Eh?

SEARCHING FOR THE ARCHBISHOP (8.1) - Re: His Grace's Men - those invited to mark this archdiocese's formal commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the closure of the Second Vatican Council; on the eve of the arrival of the FSSP at Warrington; Notes #8

The first of two posts.

About that archdiocesan conference (emphasis) scheduled to be held in this territory last weekend, which had to be cancelled because not enough people were interested: Vatican II and the Church today - A weekend exploring the continuing impact of the teaching of the Second Vatican Council in the life and mission of both the local and global Church: 

But first some quotes – taken from their considerable spoken-word archives – from two of the major speakers (pictured above) invited by His Grace The Most Rev. Malcolm McMahon, Archbishop of Liverpool, to address the conference-that-never-was.

"We must accompany them [those with same sex attraction - our terminology] as they discern what this means, letting our images be stretched open ... this means watching 'Brokeback Mountain,' reading gay novels, living with our gay friends and listening with them as they listen to the Lord."
- Fr Timothy Radcliffe, 2006  

"If we want to abandon Gaudium et Spes, we must be ready to abandon every word of joy and hope that the Church has to say to this world."
- Prof. Massimo Faggioli, 2012

"My Jihad - moving, beautiful, emotional and instructive"

Screengrab (below) taken from an online version of a major Liverpool archdiocesan "parish cluster" newsletter (i.e. an amalgamation of several parishes) - July 2015.

We have amended nought, save for blocking-out the name of the parish priest, a man of very significant influence in this archdiocese. Yes, a Catholic parish priest wrote the words above.

Well, then?

We quote (but they underline):

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Vatican II and the Church today

A weekend exploring the continuing impact of the teaching of the Second Vatican Council in the life and mission of both the local and global Church

The organising committee is sorry to inform you that the conference has had to be cancelled. This is due to insufficient delegate numbers having booked to justify bringing the planned speakers to Liverpool. I am sure that you will share our disappointment that it will no longer be possible for us all to benefit from the wisdom and conversation that was planned for this conference. Refunds to those who have booked will be made from the source that you made your purchase.

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There is a Twitter feed (with its seven "followers" - at least one of whom was a Trad-mole, ahem) that you can follow. However, at 5.45am it really wasn't saying much. Maybe after breakfast?

For the record: understood - the new concept of 'parish'; limited remarks only

To be filed under: 'space watching'.

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"In recent years, through the revised Code of Canon Law (1983) and Church and papal documents — more particularly among these Christifideles Laici (1988) — new perspectives of what 'parish' is are emerging. A parish is now being seen not primarily as a territory within defined geographical borders but as people, community, and Eucharistic community. Wherever people come from geographically, gathered in the Eucharist they are ‘parish’, a worshipping community."

THE RT REV. MALCOLM McMAHON,  BISHOP OF NOTTINGHAM, 2012; FOREWORD - DIOCESE OF NOTTINGHAM COMMISSION FOR EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION HANDBOOK 2012

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