The latest issue of Wel-com, the official Catholic newspaper of the Wellington and Palmerston North Dioceses, offers the spiritual journey of a self-described activist for change in the Church, which makes wonder, yet again, why this is even tolerated by the bishops, let alone allowed to be published.
Moyra Pierce has written her journey in "Paul's conversion inspires reflection in Mt Victoria. It seems her opinion has not changed at all from the interview she gave two years ago to a Catholic nun on Ms Pierce's thesis on Generation X'ers in the Catholic Church. The wierdest thing she said, outside of the obvious heretical opinions, is that she didn't have children - she "reproduced". Must be one of those feminist terms.
Summary of the highlights of the You-Tube interview:
Related Link: Paul's conversion inspires reflection in Mt Victoria ~ Wel-com
Moyra Pierce has written her journey in "Paul's conversion inspires reflection in Mt Victoria. It seems her opinion has not changed at all from the interview she gave two years ago to a Catholic nun on Ms Pierce's thesis on Generation X'ers in the Catholic Church. The wierdest thing she said, outside of the obvious heretical opinions, is that she didn't have children - she "reproduced". Must be one of those feminist terms.
Summary of the highlights of the You-Tube interview:
Was there a different kind of Catholicism emerging with Gen X?Not much has changed over the last two years, because in her Wel-com article published this month, where she goes through the challenges she has had as a woman in the Church, she concludes:
Asked only those who self-identified as Catholic [Didn't matter if they didn't go to church].
Post 65 children, ie those born after Vatican II finished [Hey, that's me!].
Changes of Vatican II were rapid in NZ, most people took to them [And I left the Church in the 80's, along with many others other Gen X'ers].
The changes were long overdue, 400 - 500 years overdue (laughter from both).
Catholic Church was still a medieval church.
Some of us think not enough has happened, but some think too much has. [Her position and that of Sr Stephanie is obviously of the former]
Gen-X'ers are very selective in what they believe.
Gen-X'ers don't go to Mass every Sunday.
Gen-X'ers are happy to be so far from Rome.
Gen-X'ers are very unhappy that women can't get ordained as priests [as she seems to be]
As well as some activism in regard to gender roles in the church, this has also involved reading feminist theologians and challenging and rethinking the male-dominant images of God available to us, especially in the liturgy.Well, as a Gen-Xer who returned to the Church nearly 3 years ago after 20 years away, she's just going to love me!
For feminists in the churches, the challenge is whether to leave, to operate on the margins or to try to reform it from the inside.
So far I’ve chosen to stay, but it’s getting harder. The ideals of Vatican II are growing dimmer as fundamentalism, conservatism and retrenchment gain the upper hand.
Related Link: Paul's conversion inspires reflection in Mt Victoria ~ Wel-com
When I got my copy of Wel-com, I didn't even stop to read this article. The headline said it all.
ReplyDeleteThank God there are other choices in terms of Catholic press in New Zealand.
Scribe, yes.
ReplyDeleteHaving an alternative newspaper (NZ Catholic) is fantastic.
The difference is even more telling when comparing the fact that NZ Catholic has a Letters to the Editor section and Wel-com does not.
"Feminist theologians"?
ReplyDeleteThis idiot needs to find herself another hobby before she does any more damage.
Because a hobby is all it is--if she doesn't like the Catholic Church and the central tenets of that Church then she'd do better to go find herself some new-age fad and play with that.
She says, "For me conversion is not so much about faith—I’m the doubting Thomas type—but it is certainly about hope and love and about living out transformative theologies that enable and empower us all as the people of God."
ReplyDeleteTheologies? How many? And a theology of what? She's the doubting type who has removed faith, keeping only hope (in something not grounded in that which she has faith in), and love.
Ah, form without substance, then. Aquinas is the remedy here, surely!
Aquinas is the remedy for many things of this nature.
ReplyDeletePossibly also insomnia :-). The reading can be heavy going.
KG: For some-one looking in from the outside, a pretty accurate summary!