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September 6, 2011: After last Sunday's readings about fraternal correction from Ezekiel 33 and Matthew 18, we are forming a list of priests who publicize on their webpages the obligation of Christians to correct each other and the importance of the Church intervening when someon is in grave sin.
After finding a dozen or so such priests, we will write to all of them to advise them of our "Vindicate Rights" petion that an abandoned spuose could use to invoke the intervention of the Church.
If a faithful spouse, who has a Catholic marriage, is abandoned by the other spouse and there is no morally legitimat reason for separation, the faithful spouse can ask the local diocese to inform the abandoner authoritatively of the obligation to restore common conjugal life -- for the sake of the children and the abandoned spouse. If the abandoner refuses, the faithful spouse can also ask the Church to invoke medicinal penalties and prevent scandal.
| Priest |
Location |
webpage |
date of posting |
contact info and e-mail |
| Father Brent Shelton |
Knoxville, TN |
33rd Sunday "per Annum": Fraternal Correction |
Sept. 4, 2011 |
St Francis of Assisi Parish
7719 River Rd
Townsend, TN 37882
865-448-6070
E-MAIL
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| Father James Brady |
Opelousas, LA |
Homily for the Twenty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time direct mp3 download |
Sept. 4, 2011 |
St. Landry Catholic Church
1020 N Main St.
Opelousas, LA, 70570
(337) 942-6552
stlandrychurch@att.net |
| Campion P. Gavaler, O.S.B. |
Latrobe, PA
Diocese of Greensburg |
St. Vincent Archabbey, 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Gospel Summary |
Sept. 4, 2011 |
St. Vincent Basilica Parish
300 Fraser Purchase Rd.
Latrobe, PA, 15650
724-539-8629
Sharon.Bogusz@email.stvincent.edu |
| Rev Gerald E Murray |
New York, NY |
Catholic News Agency / Audio / Homily of the Day MP3 download |
Sept. 4, 2011 |
St Vincent De Paul Parish
123 West 23rd Street 116 West 24th Street
New York, NY 10011
Phone: (212) 243-4727
E-MAIL
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| Fr. James Farfaglia |
Corpus Christi, TX |
The Sunday Homily Ð The Virtue of Charity |
Sept. 3, 2011 |
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church
540 Hiawatha Street
Corpus Christi, TX 78405
(361) 882-1951
fjficthus@gmail.com |
| Most Reverend Jose H. Gomez, Archbishop |
Los Angeles, CA |
Homily - 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)
... sometimes we have to challenge our brothers and sisters for the sake of heaven. |
Sept. 4, 2011 |
Office of the Archbishop of Los Angeles
3424 Wilshire Boulevard, 5th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90010-2241
(213) 637-7534
http://abpgomez.la-archdiocese.org
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| Rev. Msgr. Charles E. Pope, Pastor |
Washington, DC |
The Call to Compassionate Christian Correction - A Meditation on the Gospel for the 23rd Sunday of the Year |
Sept. 4, 2011 |
Holy Comforter-St. Cyprian
1357 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003
202-546-1885
hcscstaff@hcscchurch.org |
| Father Bryce Sibley, Pastor |
Lafayette, LA |
Fraternal Correction (Homily 23OT 2011) |
Sept. 4, 2011 |
Our Lady of Wisdom Church and Catholic Student Center
PO Box 42371
Lafayette, Louisiana 70504
337-232-8742
info@ourladyofwisdom.org |
| Fr. Robert J. DeMartino, Pastor |
Stafford, VA, Diocese of Arlington |
1st Sunday of September, Correcting Fraternally MP3 |
Sept. 4, 2011 |
St. William of York Catholic Parish
3130 Jefferson Davis Hwy
Stafford, Virginia 22554
540-659-1102
parishoffice@swoycc.org |
| Fr. Robert Barron |
Mundelein Seminary, Chicago |
Sermon 556: "If Your Brother Sins Against You..." : 23rd Week of Ordinary Time |
Sept. 4, 2011 |
contact info |
| Father Michael Rodriguez |
Santa Teresa de Jesus Catholic Church |
holyrope 3: Sursum Corda by Fr. Michael Rodriguez, minute 6:00 |
Jan. 13, 2012 |
Santa Teresa de Jesus Catholic Church
1101 W. O'Reilly Street
P.O. Box 2049
Presidio, TX 79834 |
| Fr Richard Perozich |
St Marys Parish |
In the Catholic Church, strong family is number one priority |
general |
St Marys Catholic Church
1160 South Broadway
Escondido, CA Ê9202 |
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Sample letter that faithful spouse can send to abandoner along with a couple friends/supporters.
You withdrew from marital life in "Month" of 200x". [(optional) Now you are bringing another man/woman around your children, while your spouse is not around.]
No one with a Catholic marriage may separate from their spouse without a morally legitimate reason to do so. You appear to have had no reason. No one may approach the civil courts for a state divorce decree without the permission from the bishop for their "particular" family (canon 1692). You have no such permission.
By natural and divine law, you and your spouse should share one household. You are making your children suffer grave material loss by forcing them to split the contributions both parents make into two households. Plus, your children are being scandalized as you, their mother/father, teach them by your actions that there is nothing wrong in abandoning one's spouse, and refusing to treat him/her as you vowed: "I promise to be true to you in good times and bad, in sickness and in health, I will love and honor you all the days of my life (http://www.marysadvocates.org/syllabus/RiteMarriage.html see excerpts from Catholic Marriage Rite).
We are concerned for your soul. If you received counsel from someone advising you that this is normal behavior for a professed Catholic, please let us talk to you to show you the perspective of Christ's Church.
We ask you to restore your family, for your sake and your soul and your children's soul and for the betterment of the whole Church and the civil culture.
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