The Fourth Year.
We are now 4 years into the diocese of Lafayette’s “Uniting in Heart Pastoral Plan.”
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Pope Leo’s three new US Bishops appointment have been administratior of there diocese either by Auxiliary Bishop or administrator. Please hope that when Doherty retires that Father Ted Duduski doesn’t get the same promotion.
That would be a nightmare! He is not an upright man
This site served its purpose. It should close comments. It chronicled the VG’s errors and bishop’s neglect all for the benefit of the next bishop and for posterity. Time to close up shop. Job well done. Peace.
Agree. This site has made it purpose known. But now it up to Pope Leo XIV on what the future on the Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana. Our Lord in trusted the Pontiff the future of his church. Now it’s time for this site to end. Site administrators please in it.
Is there a way to close down old articles for posting but keep the site open in case new articles need to be written? The VG and Bishop are sure to mess up again and it would be a shame to not have any place to review their misdeeds. For example I’ve heard that a key administrative figure in the bishop’s office just resigned the other day over the way the VG behaves and changes he has made to policy; some reduction in ongoing benefits and summer benefits.
I have a proposal for the people on this site and those who love the patrimony of Holy Mother Church. There have already been parish closures, and more will undoubtedly come. Parishes with beautiful churches, like St. Joseph’s in Elwood, are beautiful churches, but it has fallen into disrepair. The parishioners also skew older, and it will likely close within the next 10-20 years. If we want to be left with churches that are more fitting for the TLM, not modern designs that can redirect the focus of our worship of God, keeping our ears to the ground is wise. It should be done if we can buy the church by raising funds. If and when they close, have the FSSP, ICKSP, and SSPX numbers on standby to purchase and add them to serve the faithful attending their Masses. While this is difficult and may be stopped, as demonstrated in the Diocese of Buffalo selling a historic church to Muslims rather than faithful Catholics, being prepared for such an eventuality may prove worthwhile. Pray, hope, don’t worry, and never yield when it comes to the faith. Christ is King!
Today is the day. The College of Cardinals are going to meet to decide whom will be the next successor of St.Peter. Pray that the right person is elected and stear our Church into the right direction.
Also pray for our Diocese that whatever happens of this Conclave that the next Pope would pick the right Bishop the change this Diocese around.
Forget getting good
Bishops now. This new pope was James Martin’s pick.
Probably knowing now. Our new Bishop is probably coming from Chicago which is know for litgural abuse.
I am more hopeful than I was in the beginning. This man has already shown he is not like Francis. I will pray and fast for him because face it, he has to shepherd such scoundrels like us.
Honestly he seems like an incredible pick. Shame on you for not trusting the Holy Spirit.
After merging us into pastorates, one of the things UIH laid on us was the new position of pastorate consultant. Word from the chancery is that a 4th such pastorate consultant has been hired as part of the ever bloated department of pastorate planning. Now none of these 4 have extensive parish experience. The manager of the group was a part time parish business manager for a short time but really none of these people are qualified to come in and tell us how to run the ministerial or administrative sides of our parishes and schools. Hopefully the next bishop sees the waste in all this department does and cuts it out. They really don’t know what they are doing nor do we. Thank God we rarely see ours but when they come they are full of new ideas and priorities they learned from some new blog, podcast, or conference. I’m just so sick of all this. What are they accountable for? What results have they delivered? How much do they cost us in our CMA goals?
In one week the Cardinals are going to start electing on our new Pope. We should start praying that the Holy Sprit guides them to pick the most qualified. A Pope that can stick to our traditions but Evangelize. One that can fix and repair the Church of all the Controversies over the past decade.
Also like I said before this new Pope will pick the successor of Bishop Doherty when he summits his resignation this year. If our Diocese need to change we need to start praying for the change happening in Rome.
Pray for the new Pope.
Don’t forget…..Pope Benedict XVI assigned us Bishop Doherty, not Pope Francis. Even a good, conservative, orthodox pope can give us…well you get the picture.
In all honesty though how did United in Heart truly began. Bishop Doherty didn’t just say let just change stuff up agian. UIH was a result of a Papal decree from Francis limiting how many masses a priest can say each day. I’m not a big fan of this Bishop but he just reacting on what happening in Rome.
Whomever next in St. Peter chair will eventually decide what the outcome is here in the Diocese of Lafayette Indiana. Policies and all.
I wonder if what caused Uniting in Heart was a lack of bishop-priest relationships, a negative vision of how our diocese is dying and lack of a vision of growth, too much reliance on outside ($$&) groups, and the desire to break up stability to get their hands on the money that some parishes had for their rainy days. In my position, I see it as a money grab. I don’t want to blame this one on Francis. This is home grown totalitarianism. $$$$$
https://canonlawmadeeasy.com/2020/12/31/how-many-masses-can-a-priest-say-on-sundays/
Not saying Francis was the main cause but his Decree help boost UIH. Like I said whoever get elected in this conclave will might change the Church in the long term. Especially the Diocese of Lafayette with the new bishop which this new Pope will receive Bishop Doherty Resignation and appoint the new Bishop.
This will ultimately decide the fate of UIH and any personal in our Diocese. If the right Bishop come in it would be clean house but we don’t know.
We need to pray.
Under Francis many bishops were asked to stick around for 3 years after their resignation. Perhaps a new Pope will want to quickly put in his new people. So we could have a new bishop by the end of this year which would also mean a new vicar general I pray. We are in for an interesting ride the next year or so. God help us if the vicar general is made our next bishop.
Please this!!! The VG came up with so many awful plans and the bishop just turned his head
Honestly Doherty wasn’t bad until he got rejected as the Archbishop of Indianapolis. I think after he got rejected that when he decided to implement UIH and his office has become rough to deal with.
So far I like what I have seen and read about Pope Leo the IVX! Let’s all pray for him.
Pray for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis. Pray for the coming weeks that God brings a successor that brings the church to right path.
Whomever is the next Pope is going to effect the Diocese of Lafayette with the next Bishop.
Can ANYONE corroborate that Bishop Doherty submitted his retirement letter to the Vatican early writing that he had lost the support of his clergy?
Keep dreaming. Bishop is incapable of that kind of introspection. He turns 75 this September. He will submit (or already has submitted) his boring, standard-template resignation letter at a point in time that is customary.
If we’re lucky, the Vatican will accept it in about six months or so after they receive it and then an announcement will be made on who the successor will be.
So perhaps a year from now, the winds of change might actually start blowing around this sad diocese.
Come, Lord Jesus.
I sadly agree. A year would be quick to see change. Praying!
Always trying to stir the pot with lies just to try to get this dead site alive again. Everything that has been posted here about the bishop, Fr. Ted Dudzinski, the chancery staff and the like have been proven wrong given the gift of time. Frivolous and unfounded lawsuits have been routinely dismissed at each stage. It it time to face it. Those few radicals that are anti-bishop and anti-change, or who have supported culpable, dis-proven and at times abusive priests are now all watching on the sideline as all their made up claims and lies are refuted by the test of time and the priorities of the magesterium are implemented as they have been for 2000+ years. Fake news never stands the test of time or the test of faith.
Sadly it’s not lies … the diocese is in poor financial shape, priests aren’t happy, “pastorates” have taken away so many parishes … it is due to Ted and the bishop. Truth
Please share your evidence about the financial condition of the diocese. The published audited financial statements do not support your claim/accusation. My priests are happy so again I’d need to see evidence of who is unhappy and why.
Not sure if I would agree with strong financials.
2023 (last year audited financials are available) contributions are 71% of 2020 levels and the financial results were inflated by a $7.2M sale of assets. The diocese has been selling off assets over the last several years:
2023 $7.2M
2022 $0.2M
2021 $1.8M
2020 $1.4M
Additionally, there was complete mismanagement with the diocese moving assets into an ESG fund (think investments for the “woke” crowd) which resulted in a $4.1M loss on investments in 2022.
If you remove the sale of assets and the investment loss the diocese would be at a cumulative $3.1M loss over the period from 2021 to 2023.
At what point do you not have any assets to sell to cover the shortfall in contributions which I believe are an expression of the discontent of the faithful to the way the diocese is being administered?
Not sure what exactly the screed from 4/4/25 was referring to… but, if the priests and bishops of the Church still believe in God they should be terrified of their impending judgement.
They have failed in their only responsibility which is to proclaim the gospel: Matt 28:19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
When you lose 8 practicing Catholics for every 1 that you bring into the Church you are a failure!
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/bad-theology-is-at-the-heart-of-declining-numbers
The performance of many of the bishops and priests brings to mind the warning of our Lord in Luke chapter 17: And he said to his disciples: It is impossible that scandals should not come. But woe to him through whom they come! It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and he cast into the sea, than that he should scandalize one of these little ones.
The devil, his minions, and his culture have had a strong influence on those in the pews or who would be in the pews as well as on the priests especially in the western world. We are in a real spiritual battle and as in the past the laity will have to lead the way out of this
I’ve been a convert since 2017. In that time we have lost many priests in our diocese due to sexual misconduct, birthing children, theft, unexpected death, Covid, and natural causes. It has been hard to witness. I can’t imagine the stress on the bishop and parishes. Thank God for deacons!
Does anyone know what has happened with Fr. Matthew Arbuckle?
He a priest at Sacred Heart in Cicero
He is a floating priest right now covering any Substitutions. He probably most be assigned when the Pentecost assignments come out. I’m shocked though he didn’t get assigned to OLMC especially since one of there priest had a illness.
I’ve heard he is out of ministry temporarily as allegations are investigated.
Unless it was recently new Accusations which it should’ve of been published he returned last year and is currently station at Sacred Heart in Cicero as a floating priest for the Diocese.
Any idea what the nature of the accusations are? Sexual? Money? Fraud? All of the above?
Can anyone confirm if the Red Wolf passed earlier this year?
If so, very , very sad and may he rest in peace.
The silence from Red Wolf seems strange and sad.
No doubt in my heart the aim on this site was a genuine concern fir those in the Lafayette in Indiana Diocese to be free to express their concerns, their views, their experiences especially regarding the massive changes directly affecting every single soul in this diocese.
Although many commenters soon got off topic, criticising even our pope, Vatican II, and Holy Mother Church, the need for a platform was partially met here.
Sadly, it seems even our priests may have need of such an outlet.
I credit the Red Wolf for trying, and I pray some good soul more knowledgable than I, takes the reins and sets up an additional page (or this one if possible), because the need is great, even this many years if ongoing changes!
The 2030 Plan has four plus years to reach its “goal” (although, considering participants here, that “goal” is still quite unclear to many us.
There is yet great hunger for clarity, for explanations of HOW our treasured parish gatherings were SO WRONG that they MUST BE ELIMINATED!!
50-75-150 YEARRS of lived parish experience ERASED–as if it all were against what the Good Lord Helped us to establish?
If this is, in fact, how Bishop Doherty assessed our everyday living out of our Faith, then, please, take greater care in Guiding us through!!
We tried, okay we failed, but what was proposed as the goal failed as well. How? Those Seven (or whatever number) Signs of a Healthy (Amazing?) Parish were already present in many of our parishes!! Many if our parishes already cooperated with nearby parishes us achieving what they could not accomplish alone (look up the definition of Deanery).
As I see it, the designers of this Plan made MANY assumptions about how the Catholic Church functions and is structured, as if it was designed NOT by Catholics, but someone unfamiliar with our ways of life.
From the beginning–the Deanery info meeting held on a weekday afternoon–to the present I have wondered what, if any, bishop/s or priest/s had any part in laying the foundations for this plan and for its implementation! Beginning with the Titles of the Three Pillars, Mission, Community, Witness, there is evidence of misunderstanding of the Catholic use of these terms, especially “Mission”!
We Catholics have been sent out on mission for over two thousand years!! We hear it every Mass!
For me, that is a key to the challenges we face in striving to faithfully follow the changes brought about by this Plan–it just doesn’t “sit right”–and it is more than simply stating “change is hard”! Yes, change MAY be hard, but, as any wise parent knows, difficulties with change can be somewhat eased by careful guidance (tending?) through the change–explaining, comforting, listening, answering questions.
This aspect is tragically absent in this Plan! Not even a “Letters to the Editor” in the Catholic Moment! Thus the utter NEED for a site like the Red Wolf, and, in spite of some AntiCatholic comments that do not accept the Authority of our Catholic Church, we must have a venue to fufill our OBLIGATION to express our views (opinions), especially when we read in the Catholic Moment that our priests are overly burdened, and, it seems, we must not bother them with our problems, especially with regards to the Plan.
PLEASE COME BACK, WOLF!! WE LOVE YOU!!!!
My hope and prayers is hopefully heathy and good spirits. I’m really hoping the Diocese isn’t trying to “shut up” Red Wolf by lawsuits. I would hope if it site is dormant that CUP could pickup the mantle and keep a eye out on what happening in our Diocese.
Ha ha ha this gossip site is dead.
Just like your pope…
I’ve never seen the data on what the trends are and our diocese but it’s pretty clear that organized religion around the United States is in a free fall. The Catholic church seems to be taking the brunt of it. These numbers are pretty startling and terrifying.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/catholics-are-rapidly-losing-ground
It is because the Church for too many decades has followed the “ways of the world” and built its house on sand. Right here in our diocese = Priests treating those with a lot of money differently, Priests fathering children, priests having relations with employees, priests abusing minors, priests seeing themselves as above others, priests living a lavish life style, priests ignoring the magisterium, a focus on buildings, and on and on.
The Church just need to get back to it roots. Go back to Latin mass. Stick to God mission not allign with politics. Focus on the Lord that the most important.
I really don’t think conducting the divine liturgy in what to almost 100% is a foreign language will do one iota to add to attendance or the sharp decline in new Catholics. In fact it will drive more away. That is a pie in the sky dream that too many hang their hats on.
Go to Indianapolis to Holy Rosary and see how it is a “pie dream”. Latin masses are always packed and serveys shown that people want the Latin mass back. It’s time for church to return to it roots.
I’ve been to Holy Rosary many time to their Latin mass and English mass. That one Latin mass is well attended by that small percentage of people who want Latin. Kind of like Old St Mary’s in Cincinnati has one packed German mass. To then extrapolate that out to all masses everywhere in Latin will be full is a real leap or maybe better said a fantasy. All masses in Latin will only speed up the decline in attendance.
Latin is not the original language of the Mass anyway. Greek was. Perhaps to get more traditional we could try Aramaic or Hebrew. None of these foreign languages including Latin, the language of the conquering Roman’s, will do anything to address why so many people are leaving our faith and most other faiths. I wouldn’t hang my hat or place my bet on Latin being the panacea.
https://www.ncregister.com/blog/3-reasons-why-young-catholics-love-latin-mass?amp
Do your research. Many of our young people desire to go back to traditional. Not Norvs Oreb. And true as told Pentecost as the Disciples receive the Holy Spirt they went out it different languages to the preach the Gospel. But always as a Roman Catholic the traditional mass was ALWAYS devoted to Latin and way it should return. Not Catholic trying to be protestant.
Sure a small minority of people young and old love Latin. But most young and old people do not want mass in a foreign language they dont understand. Adopting Latin as the standard would create the death of the church in 2 years. Right now for every new Catholic eight Catholics leave the church. Want that to be 50 or 100? Adopt Latin. I’m okay with having Latin available for those who like the old traditional ways. But that is certainly not going to be the honey that brings everyone back or encourages more to join.
I highly doubt and by this rate the church is already losing members left to right. If the that studies are right this show encouragement
for the TLM and young not old people are going to it. At least not that change the Norus Oreb mass to at least be more traditional and not Protestant.
https://liturgyguy.com/2019/02/24/national-survey-results-what-we-learned-about-latin-mass-attendees/
Here a other article
No doubt there is a vocal and strong yet small minority of the total population of Catholics who want and like the traditional Latin mass. To take the pulse of that small minority to then say the entire population of Catholics feels the same or would move in the same way is naive at best. All faith beliefs in the US and most of the world are seeing a huge drop off in attendance and those affiliating with that faith. In fact any organized group that requires some attendance, participation, commitment, or effort by its members are seeing big drop offs. Think of Rotary, Kiwanis, Elks, KofC, etc. Roots causes are still being analyzed but we know there has for decades been an erosion of trust in large organizations, in leaders of large organizations, and thus in the messages and believes that these organizations profess, including the Catholic church. Add to that people feeling they have less free time, not wanting commitments especially those that eat into free time and it helps drive the numbers. Then we have the drive to fit into the culture rather than against the evils it at times has. All of this and more is driving people away from all churches and organizations. How we change this selfish trend and get people back to healthy and full participation in all these groups is very complex.
Latin mass won’t change anything for the church. More anything the reason of the Tradition Latin Mass had to be changed was because it mentions something of blaming the Jews for Christ death at the time WWII and the Holocaust was happening. Later update excluded it but we are not going back to it. Second the reason the Church isn’t producing the numbers it use to is it handing of the Child Abuse scandal. When you lose the public trust to hide a crime has been happening then whom can blame.
So to whom promotes the Latin mass will change this please stop.
Yes the sex abuse scandals, which we’ve had and still have in our diocese, have not helped. But some other denominations and groups like Rotary, Kiwanis, Elks etc have not had the scandals and still their numbers are in free fall. So it is not all the sex abuses either. And for sure Latin will not help with perverted priests.
It’s a social issue. Many Christians today don’t want to be associated with any religion. This is unrelated to social clubs. You can say the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts have the same issues but organizations are different from religion. Changes will never made the numbers return especially after the Child Abuse scandal.
I was raised with the Latin Mass. I was happy when we started using English. My mother was ecstatic. “Finally I know what we are doing!” I do not intend to defend what happened after the liberals gleefully put into practice anything connected to Vatican II. I just want to write about my observations of attending different Latin Masses around the country NOW. Question: Does anyone without a missal know what is being prayed at the altar by the priest? Are they praying the Mass with the priest or actively participating which was the desire of Joseph Ratzinger when he joined the Liturgical Movement. He saw that people were not paying attention, and praying the Rosary in German because they didn’t know what was going on at the altar. They couldn’t see, couldn’t hear. Is it any different a these Latin Masses now? Numbers don’t count so that is impressive to me. It’s about the individuals praying with the prayers of the Mass. Moms with babes in arms aren’t wielding missals to follow along. Neither are dads who are taking care of the rest of the children in the pews. At least they aren’t at any of the Masses I have been too. Can children/teens/adults recite the Creed or the Gloria or even the Our Father? Perhaps in some places they can. I have not been to a Mass where there is widespread participation in the prayers. I remember when my grandchildren were young and could recite the prayers with us. Even the three year old could. Now that they go to the Latin Mass, they just fidget. No one seems to even be paying attention, no even the parents. What are we gaining here? I think the pendulum will swing back. In 10 years, our young priests will be pastors, will offer Masses under a new bishop and with new freedoms and the children of today will be adults and just might be happy to go to a Mass that is said in their own language. We pray best in our own language. You will never convince me that Latin is the answer. The “Mass of the ages” is a misnomer. Latin is not what Christ ever asked for. I would recommend Peter Saward’s biography of Benedict XVI and Brant Pitre’s studies on the history of the development of the Mass. Latin is not the answer.
I echo what English lover said and would “like” it 100 times if I could!
The people whom promote the TLM are the Dr. Taylor Marshall people who don’t understand the history of why the Latin mass was changed to the way it is. Now I understand its passion to some. But changing the Mass won’t slove an issue of church reputation, especially after a major child sex abuse scandal which I think still the Church hasn’t solved. Plus now with our Church taking tax’s dollars to help illegal migration. They wants us to thite but yet they are our tax money. Hypocritcy.
Hopefully everyone on here is praying for our pope and Gods will on the situation. What is happening in Rome and potentially the future could change the course of the church and even the Diocese of Lafayette. Most likely if Francis isn’t going to last in this world the next Pope will decide our next Bishop. Please pray about this situation that God’s will will be done.
Just remember: Pope Benedict XVI gave us our current bishop.
I received the 1-27-25 Catholic Moment yesterday. It is very revealing about the state of our diocese, and the Church for that matter, that the Bishop quoted a Beatles song in regards to recently deceased Bishop Higi. With all the great philosophers, he chose to quote the Beatles. Heaven help us!
“….imagine there’s no heaven….”
The edition honoring Bishop Higi was so beautiful! So many negative comments about the church, let us not forget that some are trying to do as much as they can to spread the Gospel. God bless you all.
The blog has gone silent. I wonder why.
The blog is probably depressed that all of the things they warned us about over the years have come true.
Praying and wondering…….can anyone on here please give an update on Fr. DeOreo’s case? Thank you !
According to Indiana MyCASE, Fr Deoreo just lost again. The court of appeals agreed that his appeal case should have been dismissed. They agree that Deoreos claims lack merit and support of law.
Is there a line item on the diocesan budget for what they spend for the lawyers they pay for? What did the DC lawyers cost? A pity that there has been no mention of this in the very informative Catholic Moment. The slick CMA mailings failed to mention the DC lawyers and their work for the bishop and VG. If only people really knew how the money gets spent.
One of the best compliments I can give Bishop Higi to honor him now that he’s passed, is that under his leadership the photos on the vocations posters were always so small (because there were so many seminarians). Under the current bishop, the pictures get larger every year it seems, in order to fill the poster….
False
No it is quite true. The diocese thrived under Bishop Higi in faith, vocations and the highly successful Fruitful Harvest campaigns. Quite the opposite today
Higi was a good bishop in a ways or personal. Didn’t like how he transformed his childhood parish into a Vatican II catastrophe. Hopefully it can return to it formal glory and rip Bishop Higi.
I’d have to see counts to know if Higi ordained more. Many of those he ordained or were friends with were abusers. See this list:
https://www.bishop-accountability.org/features/FaithBetrayed.htm
My understanding: The vocations director before Fr. Doerr had virtually no vocations and he filtered out orthodox Catholic men who didn’t buy into female ordination and the usual liberal flotsam crap. He’s still active so I left his name off. Vocations blossomed under Fr. Doerr and the diocese realigned seminaries it was using with heavy use of Mount St Mary and exclusion of [then] gay-saturated Meinrad and Mundelein. There were two bishop Higis. The first was what I call a Hesburgh Catholic, the Kumbaya generation the secularized, faithless kind of which is thankfully dying off. That one systematically wreckovated the majority of diocesan parish church interiors, among other ill effects. Later was Higi 2.0, post ad limina visit to both Rome and Lanciano, site of the stunning Eucharistic miracle. That seemed to be a major turnaround and after that, in short, we had ourselves an actual bishop, shepherd, much improved vocations directors, and a corps of stunning young priests. May God rest his soul. Finally, I think Pope Francis may be discouraging vocations more than Lafayette by just being his harmful Jesuit self. Church working culture–not just in Lafayette, is often toxic for both priests and laity. I have a friend making $40k as music director for multiple parishes, no benefits.
“Social justice teachings apply to thee, not to me.” –USCCB
The big 1/1/25 news is the Greater Lafayette Central Administration Office has officially closed down effective today. This brain child of Fr. Theodore Dudzinski was a bad idea from the start that he forced onto all parishes in Lafayette and West Lafayette. For four years each parish paid $8,000 per month to this extra level in the hierarchy in order to have so called specialized maintenance, HR, accounting, and fundraising. It never worked and was never wanted; kind of like 5 or 6 other initiatives Dudzinski has forced on us. Many people lost jobs over this or left in disgust. So now the parishes and Lafayette schools are forced to pick up the pieces and try to once again do all this work own their own. What I don’t get is the continued silence on this from everyone including the bishop. How many debacles must we all tolerate from Dudzinski? When will Dudzinski listen to us? Or even consult us on ideas? Pray for these parishes and people as they try to pick up all the broken pieces and try to re-build, re-staff, re-motivate and grow!
It’s so sad that ego has torn this diocese apart!
Let’s take a moment to do a mid month check in—how is everyone doing? Be honest, but not absurd.
As the diocese nears bankruptcy because of the Fr. Ted/Tipton Debacle, according to Zillow.com the lovely home where the Vicar General lives all by himself could be sold today for over…
ARE YOU READY?
$314,000. with
Total interior livable area: 2,089 sqft
Lot: 6,882 sqft
I’ll accept that the diocese has our best interests at heart when I see a FOR SALE sign in Fr. Ted
That
*** in his yard
Real question is how much is our (or the Diocese) is being spent on this and is Fr.Ted paying taxes.
Absurd but typical. The bishop sits alone in a spacious mansion on a hill. His Vicar General sits alone in an almost 3000 sq ft house instead of in a rectory. And WE THE PEOPLE are forced to pay for it.
Talk about hypocrisy. This diocese isn’t Catholic. It’s a dictatorship. 10 months and counting!
The last time I checked the Cathedral should have have a new rectory right now. They were hyping on building the new one.
Ted is busy renovating and building himself a new office at the cathedral … even though he has an office at the chancery – a mile away. More unnecessary spending just to serve Ted
St Mary bought a new house to serve as a rectory. Who lives in that now?
@Sell the VG Home, even if we count the day of our Bishop retirement, we still have a Pope that is running our church wildly out of it believe. Nothing will change til Francis is not our Pontiff
The bishop’s mansion is big enough for Ted to live in. Plus on the same property are several rented apartments and a rented house. Why can Ted live in any one of these? Waste Waste and Waste of God’s resources!
Bergoglio isnt Catholic, how can he be the Pope? He believes people can be saved in other religions, which is wrong.
He is an antipope who is leading many to hell.
https://vaticancatholic.com/anti-pope-francis/
I keep hearing the diocese is nearing bankruptcy over and over again? When will this occur?
When Clinton cancels elections? When UN tanks roll into Lafayette? When mankind becomes extinct from global warming? lol, I’ve been hearing this kind of stuff since the 80’s.
As to a house worth $314k, that’s not radical nowadays.
The people saying bologna about finances 1) have no inside knowledge and are just trying to stir the pot/fan the flame of unfounded fears and 2) do not know how to read and interpret audited financial reports. My read is that the diocese is in very good financial shape. Some of the parishes have financial issues but not the Bishop’s office. I have no concerns and am pleased with the Bishop’s stewardship.
No you are wrong. Many people do have knowledge and our diocese is not doing well financially. Transparency is not part of this chancery
Terrible
Because bishop won’t let anyone live him – but Bishop Higi did! I’m sure Ted wouldn’t deign to have a roommate either.
So apparently these comming weeks the 2025 Catholic Ministries Appeal is happening. Their mission statement this year “called to love”. Now we love our Diocese but sometimes loving it is mean tough love. We has parishioners of this Diocese have to decide when is it enough with paying for the Retreat center that bleeding our Diocese dry, our VG dictator lifestyle and the continuing Diocesan lawsuits. Enough is enough and it time to show tough love.
The situation where I live (Mordor to borrow a friend’s assessment) is gloomy. Our pastorate’s churches need repairs but there is no indication of that happening any time soon. We don’t get minutes from Pastorate Council meetings…gone are the days of any sort of transparency. We don’t have a pastor who seems to think parishioners need to know. We all know that the situation is not going to improve any time soon and we are praying that our poor priests serving us can hang on. That seems that the only thing we can really do. And as for the bishop and his regime? His letter of retirement is NOT going to be accepted by the Pope. Look how long the bishops are being asked to serve. We have this bishop for another 5 years. The only way Bishop Doherty’s letter will be accepted is MAYBE if he runs the diocese completely in the ground, to bankruptcy or beyond. But don’t be counting on getting a new bishop anytime soon. We are in this for the long haul. We don’t have enough money because of the disaster of diocesan management and we don’t have enough priests or seminarians. Pray for our priests. They have to deal with the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana disasters.
Even that. Like I said in countless post if Dothery post his resignation tomorrow and it what ever happened it would be approved. With our current Pontiff right now most definitely like our next Bishop would likely come from the Chicago area which we know the Archdiocese of Chicago is or as worse as our current Bishop.
I’ve looked at the audited financial reports on the diocese web site. It looks to me like it is anything but a bankruptcy. The finances of the diocese look real strong. As for the priest/seminarian shortage, that is a horrible thing occurring about everywhere in the western world including the USA. So as much as I don’t care for this bishop, I can’t pin these two things on him.
I don’t believe that all the financials are made public. Bankruptcy looms
Not sure if I would agree with strong financials.
2023 (last year audited financials are available) contributions are 71% of 2020 levels and the financial results were inflated by a $7.2M sale of assets. The diocese has been selling off assets over the last several years:
2023 $7.2M
2022 $0.2M
2021 $1.8M
2020 $1.4M
Additionally, there was complete mismanagement with the diocese moving assets into an ESG fund (think investments for the “woke” crowd) which resulted in a $4.1M loss on investments in 2022.
If you remove the sale of assets and the investment loss the diocese would be at a cumulative $3.1M loss over the period from 2021 to 2023.
At what point do you not have any assets to sell to cover the shortfall in contributions which I believe are an expression of the discontent of the faithful to the way the diocese is being administered?
It all makes sense if you read the Catholic Moment. Couple of weeks ago a big spread about taking care of priests. The article basically meant that if any priests are in need, “Good Luck” to them.
There’s no money left. Gotta cut somewhere. The prayer to the Lord for the priests is cold: “guide them in seeking the means to care for themselves.”
Might want to add to that prayer “cause the diocese is near to bankrupt and the priests are holding us back.”
These people are shameless.
Those new lawyers out of Washington must be costing all of us a fortune. Fighting a 10M lawsuit from one of our priests!
Employers have to defend themselves against all lawsuits especially frivolous ones filed by former or suspended employees, especially those employees violating policies and committing offenses that that same employer gets sued over. No news here.
But the diocese is at fault- not the employees
So the diocese is at fault when one of their employees or clergy abuses a person, violates law, or breaks the law? That is some real woke logic that lawyers love but in reality is wrong. Employers often pay for abuses of those in their employ but they also need to be able to disciple and dismiss those perpetrators. So far in this case it appears the courts agree that the diocese acted appropriately.
“Frivolous” lawsuits need no expert lawyers.
“Former employees”–??
If that comment referenced the suit filed by a priest against the dol-in, then what more needs be said. Priests here are considered “emoloyees” not an integral member of our Catholic Family?
Oh, yes, the court had it correct–this is not a simple secular matter–it is a matter of a religious nature. Got it.
Any Canon lawyers not associated with dol-in consulted on these matters?
Don’t mind me, I’m just a curious sheep wondering about the spiritual welfare of our shepherds as well as other sheep.
Has anyone else noticed that the diocese has hired a Washington, D.C. law firm to join their defense team in the Fr. DeOreo case?
How much is all this costing US?!?
Meanwhile another Administrative Assistant position is open again at the diocese. Anybody quess whose Administrative Assistant was with canned or escaped? Yeah, Fr. Ted Dudzinski.
3 or 4 positions open at the Cathedral too? Who’s the new pastor there?
Either it is a coincidence that positions open up magically around Father Ted Dudzinski or a sign that there is something terribly, terribly wrong.
How much is all this costing US?!?
The monster is hungry. $$$ The monster eats up humans too. The monster is real. The monster has been reported to the Vatican. The monster prowls day & night. Wear a St. Benedict medal. It may keep the monster away. Jesus is stronger than the monster!
Take it from me: the monster is like blood sucking Dracula.
Several open staff positions at St Mary St Ann Pastorate. Apply within!
Openings thanks to Ted making people leave … no thanks to working with him!
Can you elaborate?
Nice try
I was shocked to learn that today, the court has ruled in favor of the defendants in the Deoreo case by granting the defendant’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit. Whether or not Deoreo and his counsel decide to appeal this decision with a higher court remains to be seen. Unfortunately, this will likely only inflate Fr. Ted’s (already gigantic) ego and narcissistic behavior even more. What a sad day……
Wow it is a pretting strong and curt rebuke of Fr Deoreo’s attorney and case. Between this and the allegations, I really see no future in the church for Fr Deoreo.
I don’t DeOreo coming back too. Even if this go though the church, Cupich will dismiss it totally and side with DOL In church tribunal. Truly it a sad day for the church.
If the allegations are remotely true, then this is a good day for the church and everyone in the pews, especially those with kids and those who give money only to have it go to defending baseless lawsuits.
This is a maddening comment, displaying a truly breathtaking ignorance of the facts of the case. The allegations aren’t even “remotely true”, as the DIOCESE ITSELF HAS ADMITTED UNDER OATH in depositions taken in DeOreo’s lawsuit against his accuser. This is all spelled out in DeOreo’s suit against the diocese, and all you have to do is to go to https://public.courts.in.gov/mycase/#/vw/Search and look for the civil case. You can download all the pleadings and read them. The diocese has not contested a single fact in DeOreo’s pleadings, namely, that the diocese performed an investigation regarding the accusations and found no credible evidence that the accuser’s accusations were true, and that the VG subsequently coached the accuser in how to change his accusations so that the diocese would pay him, and that the VG then manipulated the Bishop, under false pretenses, into suspending Fr. DeOreo.
In their response to the lawsuit, the diocese spills a lot of ink claiming that all of this behavior is protected under the ministerial exception under the first amendment, which enjoins the government from intruding on the personnel decisions of religious organizations. In fact, in their pleading the diocese admits that they issued a public statement that they had suspended Fr. DeOreo for an accusation that they knew to be false, and say that this is allowed, because the statement itself was true, i.e., that they had suspended him. This is the equivalent of raping a woman and then telling anyone who will listen that she’s a slut, and when she sues you for slander claiming that you are immune from judgement because all you did was tell the truth, because she did have sexual relations with you.
Fr. DeOreo’s response to the diocese’s response makes it clear that Fr. DeOreo is not asking to be reinstated to his priestly duties, and hence this is not a personnel issue covered by the ministerial exception, but an issue of slander against Fr. DeOreo by the diocese because they made a general public announcement that he was suspended because of an accusation which they knew to be false, and which the average person would understand as an affirmation by the diocese that Fr. De Oreo had, in fact, engaged in improper behavior. He is alleging that the diocese maliciously destroyed his reputation, and he wants compensation for this tortious injury.
In the decision dismissing the case, Judge Schein makes no effort to address Fr. DeOreo’s arguments that this case is not covered by the ministerial exception. She writes that she’s considered the pleadings and case law, but her decision doesn’t indicate that if she did, she understood them. It is clear that, for reasons we cannot know but can surmise, she doesn’t want to touch this case in any way. Judge Schein is running for reelection in Boone County this November, and it isn’t difficult to imagine that deciding a case against the Catholic Church a couple of weeks before an election would be a no-win proposition. It isn’t hard to further speculate that the easiest and most politically astute action would be to kick this case up to the appellate court and let them make the hard decisions.
Case here – Church is protected by 1st Amendment per the Court. Doesn’t mean that the Diocese didn’t do anything wrong.
https://public.courts.in.gov/mycase/Case/Document/?token=Wm01p-unbGNZ7Kkvgpcikh5cQMjAAPBMda84rXlEPBsdN7EDIbk76Eak1MSKNbqmX8CpZQmUPTDfXWvyurDTnSgrOExZW96x1B8hejoZvJehfFQL-khQEJmpZq9y7K-9nF1M5ClzVoBhNR3o_YZtI-3pvH-1DeyW-7-A5K0z7GWZ9K7WOnl9aosWvwrbXUdKnVtgTK_wkG7BIbI-UeCI5g2
It was not a “strong” or “curt” rebuke.
It’s certainly not over. I really hope Fr. DeOreo appeals.
Perhaps this has been glossed over because of the number of priests on RedWolf with a vested interest, but I encourage everyone here (never thought I’d say this) to stop tithing to parishes. Give to your favorite priest personally and make it public. Literally say to your pastorate or pastor, “I gave to Fr. So-and-so rather than the offering plate because I believe it is immoral to give to a local Church that is so cruel to priests.” Send a letter to the diocese explaining this if you so desire:
Bishop Doherty
610 Lingle Ave.
Lafayette, IN 47901
Make no mistake: the current bishop of this diocese literally thinks he has done no wrong. The Vicar General, Fr. Ted Dudzinski is worse. Don’t let up. Keep letting them know. Tell them! You are upset and your funding will go elsewhere until they (to be specific the bishop and Fr. Ted Dudzinski) will admit they are wrong publicly. Say that the claims against Fr. DeOreo are unsubstantiated. The chancery needs to know that the financial flood gates can open as soon as they stop being egotistical and unwilling to admit error.
Priests and pastorates will tell you that they have to pay a portion to the diocese whether CMA goals are met or not, so you might as well give. This is true. But don’t be bullied or intimidated !! Be clear and say: my funds are only for a local Church that doesn’t bully priests and /or traditional Catholics. I think we should let our pastorates fail the silly goals put before us because Bishop Doherty is selfish. Don’t believe the lies. They won’t get their funds if we all give specifically to priests. That, in no way, is a bad thing.
I personally have had it. Please join me. I 100% believe that giving to CMA or (now) to the offering plate since it’s going to the bishop, too, is immoral. Cut a check to a priest. Don’t let the bad guys touch it.
And keep praying, people. It is a strange, strange, time to be a Catholic.
I agree with most, you don’t give a drunk a drink…don’t give your money to someone who will miss handle it. However, I disagree on one thing… Don’t name which priest you’re giving money to, unless you want a target on his back. “When you give, give in secret”
Yeah, it’s kind of sad that Fr. Ted keeps escaping earthly justice time and again, because divine justice is eventually meted out. And, as a rule, it’s always better to face earthly justice than divine justice. But what do I know, I’m just some easily-ignored face in the pews.
So, if you give your money to priests and not the parish, is it expected that the priest give the money to the parish for specific needs and ministries, or just for himself? If it isn’t clear, then we’ll end up with rich priests and closed parishes, because parishes have bills to pay to stay open.
I will say that my parish has thrived in the last 4 years. Do I attribute it to UiH? No! I attribute it to geographical trends and great parish leadership that began 4 years ago.
Unfortunately the court sided with DOL in this case and it can’t really be appealed if it was dismissed. By the sounds of this the court was aiming it more as a Church issue than an issue in the Court system.
Even if Fr.DeOreo tried to go through the Church tribunal, he wouldn’t even make it pass our District which leads to the Archdiocese of Chicago. We all know Doherty and Cupich are close on multiple committees.
We do need to pray for our Church all together. Just recently Antipope Francis just announced that all believes are a gateway to heaven which is totally against what we believe. Jesus is way the truth and light.. No one goes to the Father except thru him. We needed to pray to our Lord that he can take back his Church and show the people the truth and the light
When it comes to Francis, it’s best for your spiritual and mental health to just ignore him. God’s going to have to sort out His shepherds. There is nothing the marginalized faithful can do but pray and keep their souls clean. As far as I’m concerned, call me when Francis has either publicly repented or died. Because I’m done getting upset over his errors. Life’s too short to get knotted-up over the death throes of Modernism.
Come, Lord Jesus.
No, it’s not OK “just to ignore him”. When you attend a Novus Ordo mass, you’re participating in it in communion with whom the priest notes as the pope. A true pope cannot teach heresy. In fact, pre-conciliar understanding was that a pope would be struck down before he was able to teach heresy (e.g., Pope Sixtus V). Bergoglio has taught heresy, and still stands. Therefore, he cannot be a valid pope. Same logic applies to the other post-conciliar “popes” as well.
I’d prefer the Latin Mass and the pre-conciliar Church. However, riddle me this: If it was so great, how the heck did such a great organization allow such bad reforms? And in case you are wondering, I am asking rhetorically. The Pope is a dolt in many ways, but Vatican II or not, I’d bet he or somehow very similar would be Pope now.
I’d prefer the Latin Mass and the pre-conciliar Church. However, riddle me this: If it was so great, how the heck did such a great organization allow such bad reforms? And in case you are wondering, I am asking rhetorically. The Pope is a dolt in many ways, but Vatican II or not, I’d bet he or someone very similar would be Pope now.
Just as the French kings ignored God’s instructions to consecrate France to the Sacred Heart of Jesus until it was too late (which lead to the end of the monarchy and the start of the French Revolution), the popes ignored God’s instruction to validly consecrate Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary until it was too late (which lead to the infiltration of the Vatican by Freemasons).
Freemasons>1958 Conclave>White Smoke, Black Smoke, White Smoke>Chair of St. Peter Impeded>Tridentine Mass of the Ages Replaced with Ape of the Church
Moral of the story: Don’t thumb your nose at God—particularly if you are a king/leader of many and He gives you a direct instruction.
“And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it unless French Kings don’t do this and your successors don’t do that because then Freemasons>1958 Conclave>White Smoke, Black Smoke, White Smoke>Chair of St. Peter Impeded>Tridentine Mass of the Ages Replaced with Ape of the Church.”
And Uniting in Heart is stupid, but I’m pretty sure for all Bishop Doherty doesn’t do well when he reads comments about French kings and Freemasons he feels like he can discount this website even more, so maybe you are the Freemason infiltrator.
I certainly don’t have the spiritual authority outside of my station in my immediate family, and as far as I’m aware I wasn’t given any special gifts of casting out demons by the Holy Spirit, but that last post sure read like my prior comment triggered something being cast out of someone.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
No need to verify but that sounds like Our Lady of Grace. Parishioners there unaccustomed to experiencing the Catholic faith from the Bates Hesburgh/Kumbaya faux Catholic era going forward finally have a couple of superb Catholic priests. Bad times for Hamilton County Rev. 3:16 Catholics but changes at Noblesville have been long overdue.
They wouldn’t have to travel far. Especially the next county over has their old pastor
If the court judgement is against Fr. Theodore and the diocese, maybe that would be the beginning of the end of our suffering. Hard to say since this our leadership so acts like all dictatorships.
Even when they lose they say they win. But we the people know differently.
Not 1¢ from any of us to pay off a $10M judgment against the dictators!
I agree but sadly nothing from a court of law will change this Diocese. It all has to come from Rome which Francis will won’t do anything. Even if Bishop Doherty retires it not going to change if Francis is still Pope.
Pray for church and pray for our Diocese.
Has there been a judgement?
Now there is a civil suit against Dudzinski!
What you are seeing is the appeal of the case that Deoreo lost. It is not a new civil case or case at all.
In the end the court judgement and appellate judgement was against DeOreo.
A poll about UIH on this forum is like polling the DNC attendees if they support Harris or Trump.
And like a poll on here is like everyone is anonymous.
The Amazing Parish program/prayer/and study materials that will only cost our parishes an additional $10,000 a year will save us…When is the decree to begin, the report that we’ve always budgeted an extra $10,000 for AmazingParish2030, the headline teaching us serfs that we’ve always loved it, and the final decree saying that we can’t afford to pay to be an AmazingParish anymore but now we’ll all collaborate to be AmazingParishes?
Cf George Orwell – 1984
Some info for those interested: St. Francis Solano in Francesville and St. Anne in Kewanna have been closed. The last mass at St. Anne in Kewanna will be Sept. 4 at 5:30 pm, and the church is planned for demolition.
Of course. Anything to try to get SSPX not to get a church.
No worries. The remnant few will adapt just as the persecuted Christians of old did, and recall the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass being held in hotel conference rooms, and basements as recently as a few decades ago. The gates of hell will not prevail.
St. Anne is apparently in a poor state of disrepair, which is the reason demolition was mentioned in the decree, but no specific plan has been made as far as I know
Plans for this were made months ago with parishioners present with the Bishop and financial team. The writing was on the wall for years. Very sad indeed. Keep praying for more priests!!! Pray for the priests we have!
Apparently not a poor enough state of disrepair to have a last Mass in though?
Also, I read the decree for the relegating of St. Anne Church…the meeting/decision was made on June 4, 2024…wasn’t Fr. Ted the pastor/administrator at that time? So he signed the actual decree as chancellor, but also approved of demolition as the pastor/administrator as required by Canon Law (of course he would)…conflict of interest there
The decision was made years ago. It was a process started by Father McKinney in 2019, passed down to the next priest, and finally now got finalized. I know everyone here is looking for fodder, but please don’t use this as part of it. Pinning this on one person is so strange when the parish had several meetings on this.
And THIS is what Uniting in Heart actually is: decline management. Cut away all the brochures and hype and look at what it actually does. After four years, they can’t hide it anymore. It was only ever designed to do one thing: close churches.
Consolidate. Close. Repeat. These are the true “pillars” of Uniting in Heart. And, if allowed to continue, our diocese itself will face suppression and consolidation with neighboring dioceses.
Fortunately for us, our inept and callous diocesan leadership is almost out of time. One year from now Bishop Doherty will be putting the finishing touches on his resignation letter to Rome, as what’s left of the diocesan staff organize his big 75th birthday party in September. Parishes targeted for closure will find their mass schedules disrupted, diminished, or eliminated. The empty Tipton Center’s operating hours will have steadily been reduced to near-closure (no one will notice). And Father DeOreo may find himself being among the more wealthy of the cancelled priests in this country.
Come, Lord Jesus.
Hopefully so @Faceplam Catholic but like I said doesn’t matter if Doherty writes his resignation today or next year or even the year after that. If Antipope Francis is still Pope we going to get same type of Bishop if not worse.
Personally, I think we’re coming to a point in Church (and world) history (as described in Dupont’s, “Catholic Prophesy” ) such that the world will be unrecognizable as early as this time next year. That said, no matter. Work to stay in a state of grace—pray, fast, and give penance.
UIH has been anything but uniting….except possibly in bitterness at the lack of a shepherd for the people (read: BISHOP). The non responsive nature of the rule from the top is so not appreciated. As was the cry for help from the parishes during the great shake up.
More like dividing and lawsuits.
Our parish has continued to grow in spirituality despite the Bishop. We are blessed with great priests and a great staff.
Covid pulled the curtain back and UIH blew up everything. First they closed the churches, then they told the old people to stay home. When we were allowed to return, the holy water fonts were empty, the oak pews had bleach(?) stains as did the tile floors. Did not know any of the priests. Saw no one except my family and that was on the other side of a door or on Zoom. Two kind parishioners visited once. Went to Confession in our all purpose room.
Health issues intervened, and I haven’t been to Mass in a long time. Only hear from the parish when they ask for money. I still watch the Mass every Sunday and holy day, pray a daily rosary and chaplet every day.
My little dog died and then my sister. Her funeral Mass was the last one I attended. She was the only member of my family who stayed in the Church.
Every day I ask the same question. What would they have done differently if they purposely wanted to hurt us?
Het there, Abandoned – On behalf of all of your fellow catholics/parishoners/church leaders – I apologize. They (I…We) have obviously failed you in our responsibilities of fellowship. But please come back to mass. Don’t stay away. Come back fully into the flock. You mentioned health issues. Do you need a ride to mass? To confession? Jesus loves you, and is waiting with open arms to embrace you.
Does our bishop care about this woman?
My pastorate somehow can’t support all the schools now. Even though they pay for new signage for two of there school buildings. Money has been an issue at my pastorate but now it seems worse and can’t trust were the funds go to. Never an issue with the leadership before UIH happened. Church sometimes seems like a place social issues than a place to worship Christ.
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Our parish is flourishing. We have great priests. There is greater cohesiveness of the families in our parish. Is this owing to UiH? If anything, it is in spite of UiH. Many of us are waiting for God to retire our bishop and bring in someone who was inspired and reinvigorated by the Eucharistic Congress.
Sadly though unless Francis is out and more conservative Pope is in charge, most likely our next Bishop would be coming from the Archdiocese of Chicago, which is know to be the looney tunes of priest saying mass even correctly.
Speaking about the Archdiocese of Chicago. Seeing a high raking Cardinal of our church giving an innovation to a political party that goes almost everything against our values and our faith. Hopefully Francis changes his ways soon, if not like I said don’t know even our Bishop even does retire his replacement would be the same if not worse.
So glad your parish is flourishing Baeolophus. Of course it really isn’t, is it?
Your parish like mine appears to flourish because of the whims of an Administration who cares nothing of its priests or people.
Our priest in Delphi died of Covid and I wonder if he would still be alive, and the priest in Pulaski still a priest, and the priest in West Lafayette still a priest, and the diocese not facing bankruptcy (even without the $10M lawsuit) if UiH had not been IMPOSED by Nero and his unqualified, shallow assistants (who should dress like cheerleaders) and Vicar?
Lies lies lies all around us. We all heard stories from VERY reliable sourceS about when the priests all met in June at the Tipton Retreat Center (don’t insult St. Joseph by dragging his name into the title of that money pit).
The steeple/chapel roof was leaking, no hot water for the priests’ rooms, urine leaking into the dining area from a guest room above it, a urine smell in the dining area, broken windows not repaired, dirty fixtures, etc. etc. etc.
But the official line is that the place is an incredible moneymaker and source of spiritual renewal!
Sorry! My family has to have hot water and non-leaking toilets.
Lies. Control. Lies. More control. Did I mention lies?
Hey Baeolophus! Your parish isn’t thriving at all. If Nero or his corrupt Vicar eat a bad pizza before bed tonight you’ll finally get it.
Hey! How did we get from UiH being “a new way of being,” to today with staffs in disarray in many places, firings in diocesan level (no article in the Catholic Moment thanking Dr. Dora Tobar for her work here until she got fired), to another shift in diocesan policy because they got no more money so parishes get together to plan your OWN stuff because we got no money to help you?!?! And foist it off like that TOO is another development we all expected from UiF!
Lies. Control. Lies. More control. Did I mention lies?
My wife says that’s enough for one day, but hey Baeolophus…you’re livin in a dream world!
PS is there a support group for people who are abused by their bishops and who have to hide from them when they’ve had two little control the day before and they are in a rage?
THIS
Noticed my parish had recent Facebook post about the importance of Gregorian chant to praise God, honor Mary, scare away demons, and how we should listen to it at home. How about bringing it into Holy Mass? Also mentioned how chant is often done in Latin, “the language of the Church, unifying us”. A previous music director was trying to add in Latin, but suffered much pushback from some in the pews. Some loud parishioners complained about any Latin, entrance antiphons, communion antiphons, etc saying they wanted no antiphons (even though they were sung in English), flowery, long sing-songy psalms, more Gather songs, etc. Others tried to ask for better music (chant, God-centered hymns, not me-centered, more Latin, but new director not interested.) Hope they can reconsider and bring back the Church’s heritage music, Gregorian chant, and more Latin. Currently, the Church feels more protestant than Catholic at times. White-washed walls, too. No interest by diocese to upgrade sanctuary. Very disheartening.
Makes one wonder what motivates Catholics to reject, and in many cases disdain, their own patrimony.
Four years ago the diocese was in shambles because it had just been totally shut down, not due to COVID, but due to zero leadership by the Bishop. The dying were unattended, those who hungered and thirsted for Christ’s Body and Blood were left starving. The newly born had been denied Baptism, endangering their souls to eternal loss of Heaven. Those in mortal sin were denied Confession. The Church has always respected burying the dead as an act of charity, an act denied during 2020. The dying were denied visits with viaticum and the Sacrament of the Sick. Those intending to enter the Church at Easter were denied Confirmation. In other words, all seven Sacraments of the Church were suspended during the COVID Panic of 2020. I dare claim more Masses were held in the Catacombs of the early centuries of the Church than in the world during the COVID panic, thanks to the pusillanimous leadership of the Church, including our Bishop.
When the Churches reopened, the lack of confidence of the Bishop in his Priests was reflected in his 15 page decree on how to say Mass, including erroneously publishing that the GIRM stated Communion in the hand was preferred; which was blatantly false. When his hand was forced regarding Communion on the tongue, he refused to state his policy regarding Communion on the tongue was not the teaching of the Catholic Church.
Poor leadership from bishop and his staff trickles down to confuse parishes
Massive changes in staff while saving money caused deterioration in some liturgy (some did improve but less than what deteriorated)
Fewer programs of interest to adults
Some priests and other staff running on empty due to expectations from bishop and his staff
Less collections, mass attendance, lay liturgy participation
Poor leadership from bishop and his staff trickles down to confuse parishes
Massive changes in staff while saving money caused deterioration in some liturgy (some did improve but less than what deteriorated)
Fewer programs of interest to adults
Some priests and other staff running on empty due to expectations from bishop and his advisers
Some unqualified staff due to frequent turnover
Less collections
Less mass attendance
Less lay liturgy participation
Poor leadership from bishop and his staff trickles down to confuse parishes
Massive changes in staff while saving money caused deterioration in some liturgy (some did improve but less than what deteriorated)
Fewer programs of interest to adults
Some priests and other staff running on empty due to expectations from bishop and his advisers
Staff turnover
Some unqualified staff due to frequent turnover
Less collections
Less mass attendance
Less lay liturgy participation
Hamilton County is the place to be. Lafayette is not. I feel sorry for our priests who are too close to the chancery’s prying eyes. No transparency for the people to see where our money is going. We are suffocating and there seems no help for us. Even Rome seems not to care.
Yeah the big problem is Rome. Let see when the last supper Debacle at the opening ceremony of the Olympics a few weeks ago it took the Vatican about week plus a day to even respond to it, and yet I haven’t heard a outcry on our pulpit about this. Even the closing ceremony was bad enough even there a report they ban the Mass at the Olympics.
This show Francis is more focused on social issues than even his own faith, the one he supposed to shepherd, and the true wolves are showing their cards. It’s Trickling down all the way to even our local parishes. Like Bishop Baron says we need to call this out.