The Issue Is H@mosexuality, Not Ped@philia

...in a lengthy letter from the Catholic League president Bill Donohue argued, talking about priests:  “There is no other group in the U.S. which is subjected to such abuse.” “What accounts for the relentless attacks on the Church?  Lets face it.  If its teachings were pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage and pro-women clergy, the dogs would have been called off years ago,” Donohue wrote. 

The letter contrasts with recent expressions of repentance heard in the Seattle Archdiocese. A recent commentary at Seattle’s Jesuit-run St. Joseph Church talked of “a communal responsibility, a responsibility too often avoided in our culture and in our church.” The commentary followed a recent $166 million settlement between Northwest Jesuits and plaintiffs, mainly Native Americans, who claimed abuse at schools in Washington and Alaska.  

It spoke of “repentant listening that is needed in the church.” “Where would we all be, for instance, had not many voices, including those of victims and of people in the pews, spoken up and told the awful truth about clergy sexual abuse and the way the Church handled it, when speaking up was regarded by many as an act of disloyalty,” Fr. Michael Ryan, pastor of St. James Cathedral, said in a recent homily. Donohue, by contrast, charged that “some are exploiting this issue for ideological and financial profit.” 

He also took issue with allegations of widespread child rape from victims and their advocates. “Lets get it straight — they weren’t children and they weren’t raped,” Donohue alleged.  “We know from the John Jay study that most of the victims have been adolescents, and that the most common abuse has been inappropriate touching (inexcusable though this is, it is not rape).

“The Boston Globe correctly said of the John Jay report that ‘more than three-quarters of the victims were post pubescent, meaning the abuse did not meet the clinical definition of pedophilia.’

“In other words, the issue is homosexuality, not pedophilia.”
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To Start At A Word From The Pope To Preach The Faith To Any Nation However Distant Or Barbarous

A portion of the book, Concerning Jesuits, By Fr. John Gerard, S.J.

At present it will suffice to observe that " Solemn Vows" bind the Order to the individual, as well as the individual to the Order; that such Vows must always be taken publicly, or they are not valid ; that the Professed of Four Vows, in whose hands is the supreme executive and legislative power, are bound by the special obligation peculiar to themselves (the Fourth Vow), to start at a word from the Pope to preach the Faith to any nation however distant or barbarous.

I.—Vow's taken by " Scholastics".on the conclusion of their Novitiate.

Almighty and Eternal God, I, NN., though altogether unworthy of Thy Divine Presence, yet relying upon Thine infinite mercy, and impelled by the desire of serving Thee, in presence of the most holy Virgin Mary and of all the Court of Heaven, do vow to Thy Divine Majesty perpetual Poverty,

Chastity, and Obedience in the Society of Jesus; and I promise that I will enter the said Society to spend my entire life therein—all things being understood according to the Consti; tutions of the same Society. Wherefore I suppliantly beg of Thine illimitable goodness and clemency, by the Blood of Jesus Christ, that Thou wouldst deign to accept this Holocaust in the odour of sweetness, and as Thou hast given me grace to desire and make this offering, wouldst also give it abundantly so to perform.

II.—Solemn Vows of "Spiritual Coadjutors."

I, NN., promise to Almighty God, in presence of His Virgin Mother and the whole Court of Heaven, and to you, Rev. Father A. B., Superior-General of the Society of Jesus holding the place of God, and to your successors (or, to you,

Rev. Fr. C. D., representing the Rev. Fr. A. B and his

successors), perpetual Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience in the Society of Jesus, and, moreover, special care of the instruction of youth, according to the tenour of the Apostolic Letters and the Constitutions of the said Society.

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III.—Solemn Vows of" Temporal Coadjutors" (Lay-brothers').

I, NN., promise to Almighty God, in presence of His Virgin Mother and the whole Court of Heaven, and to you, Rev. Father . . . perpetual Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience in the Society of Jesus, according to the tenour of the Apostolic Letters and the Constitutions of the said Society.

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IV.—Solemn Vows of the Professed.

I, NN., make my Profession, and promise to Almighty God in presence of His Virgin Mother and the whole Court of Heaven, and all here present, and to you, Rev. Father . . . perpetual Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience in the Society of Jesus, and, moreover, special care of the instruction of youth, according to the mode of life contained in the Apostolic Letters of the Society of Jesus and its Constitutions. I also promise special obedience to the Sovereign Pontiff regarding Missions, as is set forth in the same Apostolic Letters and Constitutions.

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V.—Simple Vows taken by the same after Profession.

I, NN., Professed of the Society of Jesus, promise to Almighty God, in presence of His Virgin Mother and the whole Court of Heaven, and before the Rev. Father A. B. . . . that I will never in any manner contrive or consent that the ordinances of the Constitutions of the Society concerning Poverty should be altered; unless at any time there should appear to be just cause for further restriction.

I likewise promise that I will never so act or devise, even indirectly, as to be chosen for or promoted to any prelacy or dignity within the Society.

Likewise I promise that I will never strive for any ambition or prelacy or dignity outside the Society, nor consent to my election to such, so far as I am able, unless I be compelled by obedience to one who has power to command me under pain of sin.

Also, should I know that any one is seeking or ambitioning dignities of either kind, I will forthwith inform the Society or its General.

Moreover, I promise that should I ever be thus forced to undertake the charge of any Church, I will, in respect of the care to which I am bound both of my own soul and the right discharge of the duty laid upon me, show such deference towards the General of the Society as never to refuse to hear what advice he may deign to give me, either directly or through another. And I promise that I will act upon such advice should it appear to be better than what has occurred to myself; all things being understood according to the Constitutions and Declarations of the Society of Jesus.

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Vows

Benjamin Anderson of Chanhassen was among six men to pronounce first vows in the Society of Jesus during a ceremony at St. Thomas More in St. Paul, Aug. 15, with Archbishop John Nienstedt in attendance.

Those who also professed vows in the Jesuits’ Wisconsin Province are: Michael Rossmann of Iowa and Tho Vu of Nebraska; for the Missouri Province: Shane Mulligan, Sean Powers and Joseph Wotawa. All six men spent the past two years at the Jesuit Novitiate in St. Paul. Anderson will continue his studies at Loyola University in Chicago.

Also during the ceremony, Jesuit Father Joseph Weiss, St. Thomas More pastor, professed final vows.

In another ceremony, Jesuit Father John Thiede professed his final vows Aug. 22 at St. Joseph in New Hope, where he was baptized and where his parents, Len and Kathleen, are members.

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Photo is St. Thomas More Catholic Church, "A Jesuit Parish"

Jesuit Professes Final Vows At Historical Jesuit Site

Jesuit takes vow on St Paul’s Hill By PERCY D’CRUZ.
MALACCA: For 46-year-old Jesuit Fr Paul Dass, the profession of his final priesthood vows in the Society of Jesus was a ceremony steeped in Malacca’s rich history. This was because the solemn occasion was carried out in the ruins of the former 16th-century Portuguese church on St Paul’s Hill recently.

The ruin on the hill's peak was known as De Nossa Senyora De Oiteru (Our Lady of the Hill) and holds much significance. It was here that the famous Saint of the East, St Francis Xavier, of the Society of Jesus with St Ignatius of Loyola, lived more than five hundred years ago.

As the leading prayer house for Catholics in the 16th century, the church functioned as St Francis’ missionary headquarters. It was within the walls of this church that he walked, preached, prayed and wrote several important documents during his five visits to Malacca from 1545.

Following the saint’s death on Sanchian Island off mainland China on Dec 3, 1552, his body was temporarily laid on St Paul’s Hill from March to December 1553. It was then shipped to Goa, India, where his incorrupt body still lies at the Basilica of Bom Jesus.

Said Fr Dass: “As a member of the Society of Jesus, commonly known as Jesuits, I am blessed to profess my perpetual vows in the hallowed grounds of St Francis Xavier. “Perhaps, the significance of the saint’s history is not only in the church's preservation on the hill, but in its continuance as well.” “Most of all, it is here to tell us that the beginnings of the Society of Jesus in the person of St Francis, the first companion of St Ignatius, took roots here at St Paul’s Hill,” he said.

Close to three hundred people, including religious members and priests of the Malacca-Johor Diocese and other dioceses, family members and relatives of Fr Dass were at hand to witness the hour-long Eucharistic Celebration.

Halfway through the service, Fr Dass professed his vows in front Fr Larry Tan, the regional Superior of the Society of Jesus for Malaysia and Singapore.

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