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THE DESCRIPTION OF SAINT PATRICK The Apostle of All Ireland Feast Day: March 17

"Hear me, people of Ireland. For God has sent me back to you to show you His way. He is not a God who asks for these sacrifices. For He took our sins and sacrificed Himself for our salvation. He does not ask for your body to be burned, but for your heart, that He might fill it with His love, His abundance, and His light!"

Patrick was born in 385 in Roman Britain (now modern-day United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland).

At the age of 16, he was sold as a slave in Ireland, where he tended sheep in Dalriada. He lived for six years among mountains and forests, growing in faith and holiness, and during his time in captivity Patrick became fluent in the Irish language and culture.

After a miraculous escape, Patrick, after hearing a voice urging him, to travel to a distant port where a ship would be waiting to take him back to Britain. On his way back to Britain, Patrick was captured again and spent 60 days in captivity in Tours, France. During his short captivity within France, Patrick learned about French monasticism.

Shortly afterward, he was told in a dream by some Irish people (notably Victoricus) to go back and evangelize them.

In 431, having completed his theological studies in Lerins Abbey, he was sent as a missionary to Ireland. The following year, Pope Celestine I had him consecrated as bishop. His first mission was in the north of the island, where he had formerly pastured cattle as a slave. Then, he traveled the whole country, converting many pagans by the force of his faith and the many miracles granted by God.

Patrick's success aroused the envy of the pagan priests and the druids, who plotted to kill him. One day, he exchanged his seat with the one of the charioteer, who was killed in the journey by a spear intended for himself. After three decades (30 years) of labor and prayer, the Catholic church was successfully established through Ireland.

Patrick gave his last blessing from the summit of Cruachan Aigli (now Croagh Patrick), the 2,510-foot 'mount of the eagle' in County Mayo on Ireland's west coast.

There, after a fast of 40 days, he had a vision of thousands of future Irish saints, who were singing out: 'You are the father of us all!'

He died soon afterwards in 461 in Saul, Dal Fiatach, Ulaid, Gaelic Ireland (present-day Northern Ireland) and was buried at Saul, where he had built his first church (St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh).

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Joseph W. Tobin Archbishop of Archdiocese of Newark, NJ

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«It looks for all intents and purposes as an attempt to alter fundamental Church teachings on a range of important issues all in the name of “listening”. Listening to what, exactly? The Belgian bishops have just approved a new ritual for blessing same-sex “unions” despite repeated Vatican statements to the contrary. Many German bishops, Cardinal Marx included, have said that even if their own “synodal way” did not reach the two-thirds majority required to change Church teaching and practice, they were going to still implement it in their dioceses. Cardinal Hollerich, the relator appointed by Pope Francis to run the upcoming Synod on synodality, is on record opposing Church teaching on homosexuality. And Cardinal Tobin of Newark has just released the results of the “listening” sessions in his Archdiocese, and it seems the Holy Spirit sounds a lot like the ladies on The View.

Is any of this what the Council meant by collegiality? In a word… no. The entire affair comes across as a ruse, a game, and a cynical strategy for doing an end run around Church teaching.

Add to this the fact that the ruling style of Pope Francis has been anything but collegial or synodal, and you end up with a deep suspicion that “synodality” is merely a synonym for liberalization. Whether it be by papal diktat as in Traditionis custodes, or the canning of a Puerto Rican bishop without due process and for no stated reasons, or the suspension of ordinations in a vocationally thriving French diocese – also for no stated reason – or the faux “democracy” of the neo-Montanist synodal “listening”, it all amounts to the same thing: the baptizing of the plausibility structures of secular modernity.

And this is not what the Council meant by collegiality, either juridically or theologically.»

— Dr. Larry Chapp: “The challenge of collegiality and the controversy over synodality”

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Faith abounds at the Democratic National Convention, but don’t be surprised - Journal Important Web https://www.merchant-business.com/faith-abounds-at-the-democratic-national-convention-but-dont-be-surprised/?feed_id=172958&_unique_id=66c5a4649e167 #GLOBAL - BLOGGER BLOGGER (RNS) — Sitting for an interview at the Republican National Convention in July, Caroline Sunshine, a communications staffer with former President Donald Trump’s campaign, laid plain what she thinks about Democrats and faith.“I think the left is godless,” Sunshine told Fox News.But that claim was hard to square with what happened Monday night (Aug. 19), when the Democratic National Convention kicked off in Chicago. For several hours, speaker after speaker not only heaped praise on Democratic White House hopeful Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, but also referred to religion, Scripture and faith, with at least one supporter delivering a Bible-filled address pundits referred to as a “sermon.”The faith-fueled messaging may have surprised some conservatives, but it’s hardly news to anyone who kept a close eye on liberals over the past decade or so. The Democratic Party, although home to a growing (and sizable) subset of religiously unaffiliated voters, remains majority religious and majority Christian, according to the Public Religion Research Institute. More to the point: Although people of faith have long been at home among its ranks, religious rhetoric at Democratic Party conventions has garnered more headlines in recent years, with the 2016 gathering featuring a primetime address from a prominent pastor and the 2020 event including an entire section dedicated to faith.The easiest place to find religious references this year was at the bookends of the day’s session, when faith leaders offered invocations and benedictions. Opening and closing party business with prayers — including non-Christian ones — is a long-standing practice at American political party conventions, and the first night of this year’s DNC was no exception: The evening began with a prayer from Cardinal Blase Cupich, who oversees the Archdiocese of Chicago. He called on God to help Americans “truly understand and answer the sacred call of citizenship” and prayed for “peace — especially for people suffering the senselessness of war.”Cupich, who is one of multiple Catholic bishops who have prayed at Democratic conventions in recent years, closed by citing Pope Francis: He said Americans shouldn’t strive for a country that “narrows our national vision” but rather “dream dreams and see visions of what, by (God’s) grace, our world can become.”Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the Democratic National Convention, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Meanwhile, Monday night’s benediction featured a pair of faith leaders: Rabbi Michael S. Beals of Temple Beth El of Newark, Delaware, and Pastor Cindy Rudolph of Oak Grove AME Church of Detroit.Beals recited blessings in both English and Hebrew, referring to President Joe Biden’s “selfless, effective public service,” Walz’s “joy” in “public discourse and policy” and a mention of freedom inspired by Harris’ campaign slogan. Rudolph, similarly, used Micah 6:8 — “Do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God” — to highlight the same three figures in her prayer.“As we look upon our leadership, we see what you require of us: To do justice, like the justice Vice President Harris has championed her entire career,” Rudolph said. “To love mercy, like the mercy Governor Walz has modeled as a lifelong public servant and educator. And to walk humbly, like the humility President Biden has embodied with decades of outstanding servant leadership.”Religion was also easy to find on the DNC’s main stage. Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina, a member of the AME tradition, referenced 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 in his speech, noting, “We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair.

” Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, who attends a Disciples of Christ church, spoke of the golden rule and the parable of the good Samaritan while discussing the need for abortion access.The most overtly religious language of the night came from arguably the most likely source: Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia, who is also the pastor of Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, which was once the pulpit of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Warnock made many appeals to Christianity, such as referring to voting as a “kind of prayer” and describing the unofficial motto of the U.S. — “E Pluribus Unum,” or “out of many, one” — as the “American covenant.”Warnock also had harsh words for Trump’s use of the Bible, such as when the then-president brandished one after the clearing of Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., in June 2020, or when he recently endorsed the “God Bless the USA Bible,” for which he reportedly earned at least $300,000 this year. Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Ga., addresses the Democratic National Convention, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)“I saw him holding the Bible, and endorsing a Bible as if it needed his endorsement — he should try reading it,” Warnock said of Trump. “It says do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God — he should try reading it. It says love your neighbor as yourself. It says inasmuch as you’ve done unto the least of these, you’ve done it also unto me.”Warnock then called for people to care for one another, referring to several different groups — including Israelis and Palestinians, as well as people in Haiti, Congo and Ukraine — as “all God’s children.”Even some of the speakers who didn’t front their faith credentials still emerged out of faith backgrounds. Bishop Leah D. Daughtry, who addressed the assembly as DNC Rules Committee co-chair, is also a pastor, and spoke out earlier this year alongside other Black Christian leaders who called for a cease-fire in Gaza. She brought up her faith in an interview with ABC on Tuesday, imploring her fellow Democrats of faith to “see the divine in each person” as well as find common ground with others who are not religious.Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware, who spoke shortly before Biden took the stage, is a Presbyterian (PCUSA) and Yale Divinity School graduate. He pointed out during his address that he also spoke at the 2020 DNC about Biden’s Catholic faith.Religion was even outside the assembly. According to the National Catholic Reporter, some of the pro-Palestinian demonstrators, including people affiliated with Christians for Ceasefire and Jewish Voice for Peace, cited their faith as inspiring them to join the thousands protesting in the city, as did several Muslim groups.Looking ahead, religion is likely to come up again in and around the convention hall. In addition to religion-themed side events, including the DNC’s own interfaith council, prime-time speakers such as former President Barack Obama, who is prone to reference Scripture in major speeches, and former Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger, a Republican and evangelical Christian who voted to impeach Trump, are likely candidates to make overtures to religion.So too might Walz, who has referred to himself as a “Minnesota Lutheran,” or even Harris, a Baptist who launched her 2020 presidential campaign with a speech that included the line, “To love the religion of Jesus is to hate the religion of the slave master.”But even if they don’t, religion is still likely to pop up several times between now and when the DNC wraps on Thursday, if for no other reason than to counter the religious rhetoric used by Republicans, some of whom have embraced Christian nationalism. Warnock spoke directly to the dynamic during an MSNBC interview on Tuesday, bemoaning what he characterized as Trump “weaponizing the symbols of faith.”“I think it’s important, particularly for those of us in the Democratic Party, to be full-throated in the ways our faith informs our values,” he said.

“We’ve got to be full-throated in resisting this idea of Christian nationalism.”“RNS) — Trump staffers have called the left ‘godless,’ but this year’s DNC painted a very different picture. The post Faith abounds at the Democratic National Convention, but don’t be…”Source Link: https://religionnews.com/2024/08/20/faith-abounds-at-the-democratic-national-convention-but-dont-be-surprised/ http://109.70.148.72/~merchant29/6network/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/g86f0f7ab1f53bf4c352f22b18213c3f49679398092d15e75a4fddbbac48d1c57a5f405d84dfd62e263626dc15fee7bbe907.jpeg (RNS) — Sitting for an interview at the Republican National Convention in July, Caroline Sunshine, a communications staffer with former President Donald Trump’s campaign, laid plain what she thinks about Democrats and faith. “I think the left is godless,” Sunshine told Fox News. But that claim was hard to square with what happened Monday night … Read More

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Faith abounds at the Democratic National Convention, but don’t be surprised - Journal Important Web - #GLOBAL https://www.merchant-business.com/faith-abounds-at-the-democratic-national-convention-but-dont-be-surprised/?feed_id=172951&_unique_id=66c5a34392d49 (RNS) — Sitting for an interview at the Republican National Convention in July, Caroline Sunshine, a communications staffer with former President Donald Trump’s campaign, laid plain what she thinks about Democrats and faith.“I think the left is godless,” Sunshine told Fox News.But that claim was hard to square with what happened Monday night (Aug. 19), when the Democratic National Convention kicked off in Chicago. For several hours, speaker after speaker not only heaped praise on Democratic White House hopeful Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, but also referred to religion, Scripture and faith, with at least one supporter delivering a Bible-filled address pundits referred to as a “sermon.”The faith-fueled messaging may have surprised some conservatives, but it’s hardly news to anyone who kept a close eye on liberals over the past decade or so. The Democratic Party, although home to a growing (and sizable) subset of religiously unaffiliated voters, remains majority religious and majority Christian, according to the Public Religion Research Institute. More to the point: Although people of faith have long been at home among its ranks, religious rhetoric at Democratic Party conventions has garnered more headlines in recent years, with the 2016 gathering featuring a primetime address from a prominent pastor and the 2020 event including an entire section dedicated to faith.The easiest place to find religious references this year was at the bookends of the day’s session, when faith leaders offered invocations and benedictions. Opening and closing party business with prayers — including non-Christian ones — is a long-standing practice at American political party conventions, and the first night of this year’s DNC was no exception: The evening began with a prayer from Cardinal Blase Cupich, who oversees the Archdiocese of Chicago. He called on God to help Americans “truly understand and answer the sacred call of citizenship” and prayed for “peace — especially for people suffering the senselessness of war.”Cupich, who is one of multiple Catholic bishops who have prayed at Democratic conventions in recent years, closed by citing Pope Francis: He said Americans shouldn’t strive for a country that “narrows our national vision” but rather “dream dreams and see visions of what, by (God’s) grace, our world can become.”Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the Democratic National Convention, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Meanwhile, Monday night’s benediction featured a pair of faith leaders: Rabbi Michael S. Beals of Temple Beth El of Newark, Delaware, and Pastor Cindy Rudolph of Oak Grove AME Church of Detroit.Beals recited blessings in both English and Hebrew, referring to President Joe Biden’s “selfless, effective public service,” Walz’s “joy” in “public discourse and policy” and a mention of freedom inspired by Harris’ campaign slogan. Rudolph, similarly, used Micah 6:8 — “Do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God” — to highlight the same three figures in her prayer.“As we look upon our leadership, we see what you require of us: To do justice, like the justice Vice President Harris has championed her entire career,” Rudolph said. “To love mercy, like the mercy Governor Walz has modeled as a lifelong public servant and educator. And to walk humbly, like the humility President Biden has embodied with decades of outstanding servant leadership.”Religion was also easy to find on the DNC’s main stage. Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina, a member of the AME tradition, referenced 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 in his speech, noting, “We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair.

” Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, who attends a Disciples of Christ church, spoke of the golden rule and the parable of the good Samaritan while discussing the need for abortion access.The most overtly religious language of the night came from arguably the most likely source: Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia, who is also the pastor of Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, which was once the pulpit of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Warnock made many appeals to Christianity, such as referring to voting as a “kind of prayer” and describing the unofficial motto of the U.S. — “E Pluribus Unum,” or “out of many, one” — as the “American covenant.”Warnock also had harsh words for Trump’s use of the Bible, such as when the then-president brandished one after the clearing of Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., in June 2020, or when he recently endorsed the “God Bless the USA Bible,” for which he reportedly earned at least $300,000 this year. Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Ga., addresses the Democratic National Convention, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)“I saw him holding the Bible, and endorsing a Bible as if it needed his endorsement — he should try reading it,” Warnock said of Trump. “It says do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God — he should try reading it. It says love your neighbor as yourself. It says inasmuch as you’ve done unto the least of these, you’ve done it also unto me.”Warnock then called for people to care for one another, referring to several different groups — including Israelis and Palestinians, as well as people in Haiti, Congo and Ukraine — as “all God’s children.”Even some of the speakers who didn’t front their faith credentials still emerged out of faith backgrounds. Bishop Leah D. Daughtry, who addressed the assembly as DNC Rules Committee co-chair, is also a pastor, and spoke out earlier this year alongside other Black Christian leaders who called for a cease-fire in Gaza. She brought up her faith in an interview with ABC on Tuesday, imploring her fellow Democrats of faith to “see the divine in each person” as well as find common ground with others who are not religious.Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware, who spoke shortly before Biden took the stage, is a Presbyterian (PCUSA) and Yale Divinity School graduate. He pointed out during his address that he also spoke at the 2020 DNC about Biden’s Catholic faith.Religion was even outside the assembly. According to the National Catholic Reporter, some of the pro-Palestinian demonstrators, including people affiliated with Christians for Ceasefire and Jewish Voice for Peace, cited their faith as inspiring them to join the thousands protesting in the city, as did several Muslim groups.Looking ahead, religion is likely to come up again in and around the convention hall. In addition to religion-themed side events, including the DNC’s own interfaith council, prime-time speakers such as former President Barack Obama, who is prone to reference Scripture in major speeches, and former Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger, a Republican and evangelical Christian who voted to impeach Trump, are likely candidates to make overtures to religion.So too might Walz, who has referred to himself as a “Minnesota Lutheran,” or even Harris, a Baptist who launched her 2020 presidential campaign with a speech that included the line, “To love the religion of Jesus is to hate the religion of the slave master.”But even if they don’t, religion is still likely to pop up several times between now and when the DNC wraps on Thursday, if for no other reason than to counter the religious rhetoric used by Republicans, some of whom have embraced Christian nationalism. Warnock spoke directly to the dynamic during an MSNBC interview on Tuesday, bemoaning what he characterized as Trump “weaponizing the symbols of faith.”“I think it’s important, particularly for those of us in the Democratic Party, to be full-throated in the ways our faith informs our values,” he said.

“We’ve got to be full-throated in resisting this idea of Christian nationalism.”“RNS) — Trump staffers have called the left ‘godless,’ but this year’s DNC painted a very different picture. The post Faith abounds at the Democratic National Convention, but don’t be…”Source Link: https://religionnews.com/2024/08/20/faith-abounds-at-the-democratic-national-convention-but-dont-be-surprised/ http://109.70.148.72/~merchant29/6network/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/g86f0f7ab1f53bf4c352f22b18213c3f49679398092d15e75a4fddbbac48d1c57a5f405d84dfd62e263626dc15fee7bbe907.jpeg BLOGGER - #GLOBAL

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Today is the feast day of Saint Patrick.

He's the patron saint of Ireland, Nigeria, Montserrat, Archdiocese of New York, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, Boston, Rolla, Missouri, Loíza, Puerto Rico, Murcia (Spain), Clann Giolla Phádraig, engineers, paralegals, Archdiocese of Melbourne; & is invoked against snakes & sins.

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Joseph W. Tobin Archbishop of Archdiocese of Newark, NJ

Cardinal Tobin looks like he could give a good fuck.

IF... he fucks.

Oh yes Cardinal Dolan. You're always my favorite.

Guys… I've got enough lust for all of you.

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Crisitello v. St. Theresa School And Rights Of Teachers

By Lizbeth Herrera Gomez, University of Chicago, Class of 2026

August 24, 2023

When St. Theresa School, a Catholic school in New Jersey, fired Victoria Crisitello from her art teacher position, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in favor of the school. In Crisitello v. St. Theresa School, the defendant cites that because Crisitello violated the terms of her employment agreement, she could no longer remain on St. Theresa’s staff. The employment agreement refers to the official “Archdiocese of Newark Policies on Professional and Ministerial Conduct,” in which employees must conduct themselves according to the teachings of the Catholic Church. And since Crisitello’s pregnancy proved to have resulted from premarital sex, St. Theresa School deemed it appropriate to fire the unmarried art teacher.

For full article please visit

Firing of Pregnant Art Teacher: Crisitello v. St. Theresa School

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Archdiocese of Newark. December 2021.

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Til About the Ecumenical Council about Whether Americans Were Allowed to be Catholics!

So we all know why Americans are circumcised for non religious reasons! But just in case you don't, here's a run down. In the mid 1800s Americans, especially influential ones, became obsessed with masturbation and how bad it was! This is where we get Kellogg cereal, with cornflakes being conceived as a form of masturbation prevention! Along with this, many Americans believed that circumcising your children meant they wouldn't masturbate.

Now the Archbishop of Newark, NJ had a major problem on his hands, he realized that most of the babies being baptized within his Archdiocese were suddenly circumcized! And so he hits up the pope and says, and I quote the letter directly here.

The [American] population, without knowing it, has ascribed to the ancient covenant, that made with the Israelites, while seemingly not knowing it. I have reminded them that our covenant, between us, Christ, and God, specifically makes it so that circumcision of our newborn sons is no longer a necessity. (Then there's a bunch of anecdotes about local parishioners )...Does this mean that they are no longer members of the Church?

Now the pope and the Cardinals originally looked at this question as silly, but after looking through the catechism (specifically the 1864 Venetian Edition) they realized that technically this meant that American Catholics had BROKEN the covenant, and thus were going to hell when they died. And so, a meeting was called, discussing whether or not this meant that American churches would technically no longer be Catholic! While I wish it was more interesting, eventually they just decided that it wasn't enough of a grave rule break to justify complete separation.

However! What is interesting is two things! One, some European bishops began MANDATING that if you were going to be circumcized, your priest had to be the one to do it. However this was undone, as lack of medical training among priests would either lead to terrible disfigurement OR even infant mortality.

The second interesting part is that the pope didn't decide himself, and instead put it up to a vote. And the vote was so close it had to be recounted, meaning that Americans were almost no longer considered Catholic!

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New York’s Catholic Church was thriving. Over 40 percent of Manhattan’s population (and a somewhat smaller percentage of Brooklyn’s) was now Catholic, and Catholics accounted for perhaps three-quarters of the city’s active churchgoers. With nearly four hundred priests and perhaps two hundred churches and chapels, the archdiocese was unquestionably the largest in the United States. In 1875 the Vatican had recognized New York’s importance, when Pius IX sent a red hat across the Atlantic to John McCloskey, Archbishop Hughes’s successor. And on May 25, 1879, the cardinal, with forty-five archbishops and bishops in attendance, had sung a dedication Mass, before an immense crowd of dignitaries, at the high altar of the finally completed St. Patrick’s Cathedral—now the most imposing ecclesiastical edifice in New York City.

Cardinal McCloskey died in 1885. Power passed to New York’s third archbishop, Michael Corrigan. Corrigan was the son of a Dublin cabinetmaker who had emigrated to Newark in 1829 and become, by the 1850s, a prosperous wholesale grocer, liquor dealer, and real estate investor, one of the wealthiest Catholics in the city. Michael, born in 1839, had grown up in the comfortable world of the emerging Irish middle class. In 1859 Corrigan studied for the priesthood at the new American College in Rome, where his prefect was the strappingly masculine Edward McGlynn, who apparently looked down on the bookish Corrigan, a slight that would be remembered. Ordained in Rome, Corrigan returned to America and rose to become bishop of Newark in 1873, where he stayed until summoned in 1880 by McCloskey to help administer the huge and rapidly growing archdiocese of New York.

In 1885, now himself archbishop, Corrigan found himself pitted against his old nemesis McGlynn, on matters both sacred and secular. Corrigan had moved swiftly to centralize ecclesiastical authority, but McGlynn, like many priests in New York, thought the American Church should adopt a more democratic style, one better suited to the American people. Corrigan also believed that New York’s Catholics should band together socially, and he launched a massive parochial-school building program, with Democratic Party backing. McGlynn, however, decried Corrigan’s goal of withdrawing into a Catholic ghetto, publicly opposed state aid to parochial schools, and decried the Church’s alliance with Tammany. The pastor of St. Stephen’s urged Catholics to break down differences with their fellow citizens rather than erect new barriers between them.

The two men did not see eye to eye on labor issues either. McGlynn wanted the Church to actively support working-class organizations like the Knights and CLU. The archbishop, like others of the affluent Irish upper middle class, was a strong supporter of the status quo and gratified that upper-class Protestants had come to see the Church as a source of stability. It was appropriate, Corrigan thought, for workers to want improved conditions, but they should wait patiently for such improvements to come their way, rather than engage in militant and clerically unsupervised self-help. Corrigan even urged a ban on the Knights of Labor but was thwarted by more liberal bishops in other cities.

— Mike Wallace and Edwin G. Burrows, Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 (1998)

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I’m not Irish, but I am catholic and St. Patrick is also the patron saint of the archdiocese of New York, Newark, Boston, and a few other random places in the states. And of Melbourne in Australia. And also of engineers and paralegals! For some reason I find it very interesting which saints are patrons of which random things

Hi anon!

I totally agree, it’s super interesting to see which saints are associated with which I countries or professions and why. Saint Patrick is obviously associated with Ireland a lot but he’s absolutely not exclusive to us and I love seeing his connections to other places.

This reminded me of how an Australian classmate in my Celtic mythology lectures claimed that the reason Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Melbourne in the hopes he can help with their massive snake problem 😂 I don’t know if that’s true or not but it’s absolutely hilarious if it is!

Thank you for the message my love

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“Young Catholics take a stand against satanic radio broadcasting at Seton Hall University > Watch the video

When a Catholic university – called to teach truth – sponsors a satanic rock station, the situation is bad. Well, WSOU radio at Catholic Seton Hall University, owned by the Archdiocese of Newark, has been playing explicit satanic rock and blasphemous content against Christianity. That’s why TFP volunteers organized a peaceful protest with local Catholics outside Seton Hall’s gates.  And 29,000 petitions were given to Seton Hall. I also delivered a copy of the petitions to the Archdiocese of Newark. > Here the video You’ll be happy to know that TFP Student Action held a student conference in Texas.  The event included a public street campaign for moral values in Houston.   > I invite you to see the video from Texas here. After the student conference, a team of TFP volunteers stopped at Auburn University in Alabama where they teamed up with local students on campus to defend God’s marriage. > You can read about the debates they had here. Thank you for your all your support, prayers, and friendship. Let’s keep fighting the good fight. John Ritchie TFP Student Action, Director www.tfpstudentaction.org”

snipped from newsletter but you can here or go to video hot links for the article

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Joseph W. Tobin Archbishop of Archdiocese of Newark, NJ

Looking at those big, strong hands of Cardinal Tobin. One thing comes to mind.

Yep. A hand-job.

What? I love hands… and hand-jobs.

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Grade 5 coed basketball team opts to forfeit season after 2 female teammates not allowed to play The Catholic Youth Organization league recently notified officials at St. John's in Clark, New Jersey, that their fifth-grade team should never have been coed and their girls wouldn't be permitted to finish the season.