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“There is one God, and one Christ, and one Church, and one chair, by our Lord’s voice founded upon Peter. To set up another altar, or to constitute another priesthood, besides the one altar and the one priesthood, is impossible. Whosever gathereth elsewhere scattereth. It is adulterous, it is impious, it is sacrilegious, whatsoever is instituted by man to the breach of God’s disposition. Get ye far from such men: they are blind, and leaders of the blind…”
St. Cyprian
ED NOTE: The following articles contain information and resources concerning the American Catholic Council and other self appointed groups advocating changes that are in direct conflict with the doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church…
April 17, 2009 - St. Joan of Arc Mpls. – Dialogue on difficult church issues, or, advertisement to subvert the Catholic Church in America? on The Orate Fratres
April 20, 2009 - St. Paul/Minneapolis – Archdiocese Warns Faithful on Self Appointed “Catholic Coalition for Church Reform” Group On The Orate Fratres
June 30, 2009 - Sorry Michael Bayly and Carol Marin, the Song of Bernardin don’t play here anymore… on The Orate Fratres
July 2, 2009 - Old Call to Action to break with Catholic Church by Stephanie Block
July 6, 2009 - American Catholic Church? on The Divine Life by Eric Sammons
July 10, 2009 - Archdiocese St. Paul and Minneapolis: Dissident group ignores Archbishop Nienstedt notification, schedules meeting at St. Edwards Catholic Church on The Orate Fratres
July 13, 2009 - Another Catholic Dissent Group by R. F. Lucey
July 13, 2009 – A New Church by California Catholic Daily
July 14, 2009 - We say no to the Catholic Coalition for Church Reform: For our good, and the good of all His Church… on The Orate Fratres
July 15, 2009 - CATHOLIC BY CHOICE: No to Dissent, Yes to Fidelity By Deacon Keith Fournier
July 23, 2009 - Catholic Coalition for Church Reform meeting: facilitating ‘dissipative structuring’ within the local church on The Orate Fratres
July 27, 2009 - Roadblocks To Reform by InsideCatholic
August 12, 2009 – Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis Official Announcement: Catholic Coalition for Church Reform on The Orate Fratres
August 13, 2009 - Archdiocese of St. Paul says ‘reform’ group not associated with Catholic Church by Catholic News Agency
August 14, 2009 – Lovingly Crushed: Catholic Coalition for Church Reform on The Orate Fratres
August 14, 2009 – MINNESOTA ARCHDIOCESE WARNS AGAINST REFORM GROUP’S 2010 SYNOD by Catholic Culture: News Briefs
November 6, 2009 – They’re Back (Special Report) by The Catholic World Report
WHAT YOU CAN DO DEFEND YOUR FAITH AND PROTECT THE FAITH OF OTHERS FROM SUCH ERROR WITHIN YOUR DIOCESE
1. Don’t participate. Warn your family, friends, and fellow Catholics of the spiritual danger(s) involved in falling for propaganda (errors) coming from representatives of either the Catholic Coalition for Church Reform or the American Catholic Council within your diocese. Especially, be on watch for advertisements that promote “Synods of the Baptized” or invitations to meetings found within parish bulletins describing “Catholics coming together to dialogue on difficult Church issues…” This smokescreen tactic was used recently within a bulletin at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Minneapolis.
2. Contact your pastor in person or by e-mail and (respectfully) inform him about the dangers CCCR and the American Catholic Council represent within the Archdiocese.
3. Contact your bishop in person or by e-mail and (respectfully) inform him of the same.
4. Pray for all those suffering from a spirit of constantly taking umbrage: with Church, Church doctrine, and defiance of divinely instituted authority–
Blessing. Grace. Peace.
james mary evans
