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Standing With Peter (no site)
Standing With Peter is an organization that was founded by Fr. Lawrence Michael to offer support to inactive and active priests who are loyal to the Pope and to the teachings of the Church. Standing with Peter is for priests who are isolated or threatened because of their loyalty to the Holy Father and the Magisterium of the Church.
From their announcement: Fraternal support group for inactive priests who left the active ministry for worldly pursuits but whose hearts have turned and now desire to support the Holy Father and Magisterium. Our membership consists of spiritually wounded inactive brother priests. It also includes active priests, both those who are tempted to take the same unfortunate path and those who simply wish to help us in this apostolate. We extend fraternal help to each other in our struggle to live the life of grace and to love the Church. Retreats
Priests who might be interested may write to Standing With Peter, P.O. Box 2230, Brattleboro, VT 05303. cumpetro@adelphia.net
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Australian Confraternity of Catholic Clergy
Confraternity of Catholic Clergy
Standing With Peter (no site)
Standing With Peter is an organization that was founded by Fr. Lawrence Michael to offer support to inactive and active priests who are loyal to the Pope and to the teachings of the Church. Standing with Peter is for priests who are isolated or threatened because of their loyalty to the Holy Father and the Magisterium of the Church.
From their announcement: Fraternal support group for inactive priests who left the active ministry for worldly pursuits but whose hearts have turned and now desire to support the Holy Father and Magisterium. Our membership consists of spiritually wounded inactive brother priests. It also includes active priests, both those who are tempted to take the same unfortunate path and those who simply wish to help us in this apostolate. We extend fraternal help to each other in our struggle to live the life of grace and to love the Church. Retreats
Priests who might be interested may write to Standing With Peter, P.O. Box 2230, Brattleboro, VT 05303. cumpetro@adelphia.net
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Fr. Benedict Groeschel & Catherine Doherty on How to Sanctify Your New Found (or Foisted Upon) Solitude
In the last post, I mentioned the Servant of God Catherine Doherty and her Madonna House Apostolate.
Fr. Benedict Groeschel when founding the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, along with Fr. Stan Fortuna, was deeply influenced by Catherine Doherty’s Poustinia. She’s not the only Catherine he mentions frequently. Catherine of Genoa and Catherine of Siena are other lay reformers who get plenty of air time on Fr. Groeschel’s broadcasts.
I plan to write future posts on the other Catherines as inspiration for the Laity to reform the renewal in the Church.
What does this have to do with priests thrown into administrative leave without due process? Catherine Doherty’s Poustinia helps priests sanctify their new found (or foisted upon) solitude.
Find out all about her and her Poustinia from Fr. Groeschel and her postulator on the
May 11, 2008 Sunday Night Live
After listening, read Fr. Joseph’s blog post to see how he has sanctified his solitude while on administrative leave without due process. He shares glimpses throughout his post archives.
Monday, October 24, 2005: Knock, Knock!
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The Abuse Crisis in the Catholic Church: Turning Defeat into Victory
In her writings, Alice von Hildebrand frequently discusses how, with the intercession of Mary, we can turn defeat into victory.
I often wondered how abuse survivors quietly went on their way to authentic healing after suffering the pain of unimaginable betrayal. These accounts are hard to find in the mainstream media or on the pages of well-known victim advocacy sites. Here is a blog post from one such person.
True Healing from Abuse Starts from the Heart by John Everett
Another casualty of the abuse crisis in the Church is the accused priest thrown into crisis resulting from the zero-tolerance policies in many dioceses. Fr. Arthur Joseph chronicles his day-to-day existence while on administrative leave without due process. He not only survives but thrives with the grace of God and the intercession of our Lady.
Fr. Joseph most clearly describes what it’s like in his Living in the Catholic Gitmo series of posts, but the rest of his archived posts also allow us to witness the action of the Holy Spirit changing heart-breaking defeat into victory in his soul. I am only a third of the way through his archives, but I feel as though I need to slow down and mediate on Father’s words.
Even more edifying is to read John Everett’s letter to Rome defending those priests discarded in the name of zero-tolerance.
Both John and Fr. Joseph reference the Servant of God Catherine Doherty and her Madonna House apostolate. More on that next time because you have plenty to unpack with this post.
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Selected Blog Posts by Fr. Arthur Joseph
I believe the time has come to challenge Bishops, Priests, Laity, to look at the repercussions of the Dallas Charter and the abusive way in which priests are denied due process, the poisoned atmosphere where allegation becomes fact, where indeed, though not as visible as the one in Cuba, we have within the Church our own Gitmo. Throughout the world those priests condemned to life in this Catholic Gitmo numbers in the thousands. ~ Fr. Arthur Joseph
Living in the Catholic Gitmo: 1
Living in the Catholic Gitmo: 2 – A Three Day Reflection
Living in the Catholic Gitmo: 3 – A Blessed for those denied due process
Living in the Catholic Gitmo: 4 – A Post for Suffering Priests
Living in the Catholic Gitmo: 5 – Towards the Thin Place
Living in the Catholic Gitmo: 6 – Crawling Towards the Thin Place
Out of the Swamp of Darkness – scroll down
Administrative Leave Issues
The Civil & Canonical Rights of Roman Catholic Priests in Boston by Carol McKinley
Fr. Christopher Buckner Support Blog
Catholic League July/August 2009: Due Process for Accused Priests by Fr. Gordon J. MacRae
The Father Gordon MacRae Case Site
Priest sues bishop, fellow priests over harm to reputation by Rachanee Srisavasdi
Priest in Exile: Fr. Joe Baca & the Fresno Diocese
Now where do I go to get my reputation back? by Diogenes of Catholic Culture
Diocese says book by suspended Baraboo priest should be destroyed by Capital Staff Writers
On the Removal and Transfer of a Parish Priest by Auxiliary Bishop Porteous of Sydney
Fr. Eduard Perrone on Opus Bono Sacerdotii
“Nightline” Guilty of Injustice and Hypocrisy by The Catholic League
Helping Accused Priests is His Calling by Sue Ellin Browder
Ousted Priest Wages Battle to Clear Name, Return to Ministry by Gail Besse
Collared-Falsely: Not Every Priest is Rightly Accused by Rod Dreher
Accused Priests Given Unique Right of Appeal by Simon Caldwell
Fighting Back, Accused Priests Charge Slander by Sam Dillon
What to Do with the Priests in Chicago by Amy Welborn
Persecuted Priests: A Growing Problem in US by Mary Ann Kreitzer
Some Canon Lawyers Say Due Process Limited for Accused Priests by A. Bono
The Protection of the Canonical Rights of Priests by Msgr. Michael Higgins
Due Process for Priests by Walter R. Hampton, Jr.
Bishops Must Give Priests Due Process Says President of Priests” Council by Michael Kelly
Due Process for Accused Priests by Msgr. Harry J. Byrne, JCD
U.S. Cardinal Says Priests Are Denied Due Process by The New York Times
Priests Want Due Process by Gary Stern
Due Process for Priests? by Brian D. Sabin
Abuse Survivors Finding Peace
A Victim’’s Defense of Priests by Terry Donovan Urekew
True Healing from Abuse Starts in the Heart by John Everett
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Identifying, Resolving Loneliness in Priestly Life by Richard P. Fitzgibbons
Reform of the Renewal
Liturgical and Sexual Abuses by G.C. Dilsaver, PsyD, MTS
Priests and the Importance of Fatherhood by Paul Vitz & Daniel Vitz
The Sacred Priesthood by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
The Gay Priest Problem by Fr. Paul Shaughnessy
Priestly Identity: Crisis and Renewal Part 1, Interview with Fr. David Toups
Priestly Identity: Crisis and Renewal Part 2, Interview with Fr. David Toups
The Real Reason for the Vocation Crisis Part 1 by Fr. Michael P. Orsi
The Real Reason for the Vocation Crisis Part 2 by Fr. Michael P. Orsi (See Pt. 4)
A Crisis of Saints by Fr. Roger Landry
The Priest: Icon of Christ, Enabler of Sanctity by George Weigel
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How to Help
Letter to Opus Bono Sacerdotii:
A huge thanks to you for the superlative job you did for Father’s defense. The full measure in which you both threw yourselves into your work to spare him a life of woe and depression is far beyond the demands of any job. I know that you also did what you did out of your love for the Church, our dear Mother who is suffering so much grief these days. Gratefully, and in the Sacred Heart of Jesus,
Father Eduard Perrone
Step 1
First and foremost, donate to Opus Bono Sacerdotii. If you want your emergency money to help a particular priest,
contact joemaher(at)opusbono(dot)org
Step 2
To counteract the extensive harm done to priests by the current media hysteria, please:
- promote this resource site in all your social media outlets (see icons at the bottom of the page)
- link to us in your blog
- copy/paste posts into your blog giving proper attribution to the original authors
- Stay updated by RSS or email (see bottom of page)
Then when your friends know of a priest in dire need of help, he or she could immediately plug him into a network of emergency resources.
Step 3
Pray the Rosary for the success of this apostolate.
It may seem that evil has the upper hand right now, but it’s no match for the intercession of Our Lady. (read about Bl. Bartolo Longo)
Step 4
Form the proper perspective during this unholy mess. Read From Scandal to Hope by Fr. Benedict Groeschel or listen to his original talk An Urgent Appeal found in this post
“Indeed too without your fraternal affection and prayer, my Brothers and that of so many of the Laity, I might well let go of the hand of the Mother of Priests and then truly would fall – from grace, probably, from life off a bridge or some such possibly, for we all know this is too much, way too much suffering for any person – but NOT too much for Him and He is our faith, HE is our trust, HE is our courage and HE is the reason for our ad sum!, spoken not some yesterday of ordination but in the now of every moment in Him, which is always the graced moment of beginning again!”
~ Fr. Arthur Joseph, Living in the Catholic Gitmo
