St. James Kansas Blog

It’s like explaining to a bully that they don’t have a right to your lunch money. Sometimes you have to force the point home. This is dedicated to all of the “safe” parishes out there. This is what it will take to hang on to what belongs to you:

Paulding County Parish Fights On

Junction, Kansas, Salem, and Perrysburg will never have to take public measures again once the their ownership is vindicated. Until then, you need to re-establish ownership of your parish. If you don’t, you may never have to worry about it being taken from you, but the only thing “safe” about a “safe parish” lies in the prerogative of your bishop.

The mission of the Church is to spread the message of God’s grace to all of God’s children. The vision of Toledo’s bishop is to establish religious population centers for the already faithful to travel to by car. Where does the part about spreading the message come into this vision? If your parish is “safe” while such a visionary gap exists, than what is your parish doing to move the Church back toward bringing the message to ALL of God’s children?

If you never have to worry about taking back ownership, this question still compels “safe” parishes to take ownership.

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Pastor is named a ‘Priest of Integrity’

Stanbery honored for speaking out
By JOE VARDON BLADE STAFF WRITER

“The Rev. Stephen Stanbery has railed against sexual abuse, parish closings, and an alleged murder cover-up involving the Catholic Church.
His fighting of these and other injustices has apparently landed him both a national award and a stern reprimand by Toledo Bishop Leonard Blair….. “

So lets make sure we’ve got this straight. A problem doesn’t exist as long as nobody talks about it. A problem is only a problem if someone talks about it. And in that case, the problem is only the person who is talking about it. Do I have that right?

Congratulations Father. The diocese does not yet realize that the framework of their criticism only serves to validate you, and discredit themselves. This award is well deserved and long overdue.

Click HERE to read the whole article.

In the following editorial, is an appeal to not give into the temptation to skip going to church. But deeply embedded within is the need for community to exist within the parish. For the month of September, you can read the National Catholic Reporter online without a subscription. This EDITORIAL and the article in the post below are highly recommended to go along with your free subscription this month.

Small Christian communities revitalize faith, strengthen parishes, participants say

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This is quite curious.

August 30th was the deadline for summary judgement in Seneca County Common Pleas Court. Yet nothing has taken place yet. During the time frame leading up to 8/30, the discovery process was supposed to be taking place; yet nothing that has been requested by St. James has been delivered; and there is no explanation as to why even though there have been repeated attempts to obtain one.