Wolves, and Bryan Hehir’s First Boston Social Justice Conference

In view of it being Holy Week, I debated whether to post.  But the betrayal of Jesus brought to mind the betrayal of Catholic moral values that seem to have been encouraged by many of the speakers and sponsors Fr. Bryan Hehir recruits for his recent Social Justice Conferences so I thought I should share [...]

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Wolves, Sheep, and Fr. Bryan Hehir

The psalm from today’s Mass struck me this morning.  “The Lord will guard us, as a shepherd guards his flock.” (Jeremiah 31:10, 11-12).  I love praying on that image of the shepherd guarding his flock, but the current situation in the Archdiocese of Boston feels more like the wolves have come and the shepherd has run off.  [...]

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Homily about St. Patrick and the Snakes

I read Cardinal Sean’s excellent short blog post critical of the current healthcare legislation this morning and if you scroll 2/3 of the page down, you can  see a painting of St. Patrick and listen to his homily of St. Patrick’s Day that gave the inspiration for today’s post.  I was struck by the Cardinal’s [...]

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Open Letter to Cardinal Regarding Fr. Bryan Hehir

I am blogging for the first time and want to make this an open blog/letter to Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston regarding the situation with Fr. Bryan Hehir. After hearing the pitch for the 2010 Catholic Appeal last weekend, my wife said something about Fr. Hehir trying to influence the direction or organization of the [...]

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Bryan Hehir Doctrinal Juxtapositions date back to 1968

A 1996 book, Changing Witness: Catholic Bishops And Public Policy, 1917-1994 by Michael Warner (with forward by George Weigel) has broad implications for what is currently happening in the Archdiocese of Boston. The book details history of the “intellectual changes that have rippled through Catholicism in America over the past two generations” and how the [...]

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