Editorial
My comments this month will be brief. My opinion of "women" being allowed to serve the Catholic Church as "priests" stirred some controversy. Of course, most of the clergy disagree strongly with me. Some have disassociated themselves from our magazine. However, I do have some priest friends who do not disagree with me. I have also received emails from women who agree wholeheartedly with me. And some women who do not agree.
Rédaction
Ma rédaction sera courte. Mon opinion de "femme" comme "prêtre" dans l'Église Catholique a fait du bruit. La plupart du clergé n'est pas de la même opinion que la mienne. Il y en a qui se sont éloignés de montre e-zine. Mais, j'ai des prêtres-amis qui sont d'accord avec moi. J'ai reçu du courriel de nos lecteurs qui sont d'accord avec moi, et ce qui opposent cette opinion.
I am not trying to spread heresy. I believe in Christianity, in Catholcism. I'm just asking that the Catholic Hierarchy take a close look at its male-only network.
Please read Denise Larson's "Women in the Church" in this month's issue.
Je ne suis pas en train de propager une hérésie. Je crois fort au Christianisme, au Catholcisme. Je demande simplement que la Hiérarchie Catholique examine le réseau mâle.
Il faut lire l'article en anglais de Denise Larson "Women in the Church" de cette parution avril.
When I get down to the river anywhere along the shores from, say, Deschambault east to I guess the Saguenay River history comes to mind and the visions firstly of my favourite boats, les goëlettes which plied the river for generations. In fact I have a model of L'Alida which is on the wall just next to my computer. She burned in 1956 off of Orléans Island. Secondly I can relate to the éperlan, the smelt which at one time not too far back came up river in the fall and helped make the history of the river that much more interesting...
Well it happened last year, but I doubt very much that it will re-occur this year because of the messed up temperatures. What has happened here is that we had a very warm day early in the season and the sap rose like crazy, then at about 3:00 pm, the temps dove down to well below freezing, like in the low 20's within the space of maybe 40 minutes...
Voici les principaux termes qui sont utilisés pour désigner des réalités parfois disparues mais dont on parle encore...
Norm, women in the church? No problem here, except I sure wouldn't want to confess to one!!!!! I'll go even further. I believe that priests should be able to marry. Women in politics??? no way............LOL........j
Here we sit, in early March, and the weather guy on TV tells us that it will be 80 degrees over the weekend. Even for this part of far west Texas, that’s awfully early. What happened to the season that comes between winter and summer? ...
“Il fait froid!” Cold weather is actually the best climate for curling up in a warm family room chair to catch up with watching DVD and video movies. A recommended movie for Franco-Americans and World War I history enthusiasts is the DVD, “Joyeux Noël”, because it is based on an actual event sometimes called “The Christmas Truce”. The movie takes place on a cold Christmas Eve, during World War I in France...
For those who don't know, unless you live in Portland, Maine, the parish where this controversial presentation was hosted is located adjacent to the Chancery of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, on Ocean Avenue (at least, I think it's the same parish mentioned - i.e., St. Pius X)...
April Showers Bring May Flowers! I am hoping that the snow turns to rain and the rain will in fact bring me some much needed flowers. It seems the older I grow the more I tend to dislike the cold winter months. I love flowers in a garden and have since my earliest childhood. They bring me more joy and happiness than anything else I can think of. I do not know about you but I can't wait. I am writing this just for Norm Léveillée! ...
The dozen and a half families who settled at the fur-trading post at Quebec in the early 1600s brought their family customs and their French culture with them. When it came time to name the babies born in New France, the parents kept to tradition and used names that were popular in their family and in France at that time...
I read your article on women's role in the contemporary Church and understand your frustration. I agree women have been shortchanged and their talents underutilized. The old complaint about "cafeteria Catholics" can be applied to "cafeteria clergy" as well. Brethren of Brothers and Sisters, equal in the eyes of God, has been reduced to the bureaucracy of a strict hierarchy. The ministry of Mary has been reduced to a kowtow servitude as you described...
Religiosity in the United States is astonishing to the visitor. The first "Jesus Saves" billboard he sees gets his attention. "Time is passing by. Where will you spend eternity?" is intended to violate the personal space and privacy of every passer-by who thinks it no one's business but his own where he hopes to spend eternity, but he hasn't been in the Bible Belt very long, and so he has not yet got used to a continual assault to his senses by eschatological messages from fervid proselytizers...
Since you probably drive to Québec on occasion, you may enjoy reading this story!...
I finally was able to read your "short" editorial - and I want you to know that I AGREE WITH YOU COMPLETELY!...
Before each of us laid our lives like the squares of a quilt in many piles; an angel sat before each of us sewing our quilt squares together into a tapestry that is our life...
As a follow up to my May dedication to Mary for the Feast of the Annunciation on March 25 , I would like to quote from the Prayer Book that I use on a daily basis Magnificat. The following was written by Anthony Esolen, a professor of English at Providence College, for the March issue of Magnificat:
I reviewed Paul J. Bunnell Volume 3 French & Native North American Marriages & Other Sources"...
The Kateri Center & Gift Shop at the North American Martyrs' Shrine in Auriesville, NY has closed own. The gift shop will be located in the Main Gift Shop at the Shrine. All of Blessed Kateri's artifacts will be housed in the museum on the grounds.
This appeared in the Friends-List on March 25, 2007. It was sent to the List by Charlie Remy, taken from The Portland Press Herald:
Roman Catholics should push for a stronger role in the church and seek greater accountability from the clergy, a noted theologian told an audience of 80 people in Portland Friday evening.
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