“Catholic” (obviously in name only) counseling center<\/a> has decided to hold a fundraiser with a very special guest, former president Bill Clinton.\u00a0 And they wonder why the bishop is telling everyone to boycott this thing.\u00a0 A spokeswoman for the center offered\u00a0her little pearl of wisdom saying that they are non-denominational and that the event has nothing to do with their Catholicism.<\/p>\nHello!\u00a0 Your name is “Catholic Family Counseling Centre.”\u00a0 I understand that the agency serves people of other faiths, but come on.\u00a0 I mean, I worked for\u00a0Catholic Social Services, and we served people of all faiths, obviously. Actually, if you look at the statistics regarding those receiving services, Catholics make up only a very small percentage.\u00a0 I can’t speak for all CSS offices, of course, but this was the case at the office in which I worked.\u00a0 But, CSS receives CATHOLIC funding and support, and is an archdiocesan agency, so they are supposed to conduct themselves in a manner that is representative of the Church.<\/p>\n
Honestly, I don’t know if this counseling center receives Church funding or if they are considered a part of the diocese or not, but regardless, they have the name “Catholic” on their door.\u00a0 As a Catholic person or entity, it is simply ridiculous to invite someone to represent you who obviously does not support the teachings of the Church.\u00a0 I am not going to sit here and bad-mouth our former president, but his actions have made it pretty clear that this is the case.<\/p>\n
It’s simple, really, and I have to say this covers not just this instance, but all of those instances which seek to poison our Church, and to turn away from the Truth; if you have such a problem with the Catholic faith, and you hate it so much, then please, do us all a favor and leave.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Don’t call yourself Catholic if you aren’t.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the words of one of my favorite priests of all time, “You can sit in McDonald’s all day long saying, ‘I’m a Big Mac!\u00a0 I’m a Big Mac!\u00a0 I’m a Big Mac!’\u00a0 But, guess what!\u00a0 You aren’t a Big Mac, no matter how many times you say it.\u00a0 In the same way, if you do not accept the teachings of the Church, you are not Catholic.”<\/p>\n
I am not trying to be hateful; rather, I am simply asking why\u00a0you would want to claim to be a part of something in which you don’t believe.\u00a0 I don’t call myself Baptist because I don’t accept the beliefs of the Baptist church.\u00a0 In the same token, if you don’t believe in the Real Presence, or a male-only priesthood, or you do believe that abortion and euthanasia are OK, just to name a few, then why would you want to call yourself Catholic?<\/p>\n
If this agency does not want to be tied to the Catholic Church, then take our name off\u00a0the door.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Also, I applaud this bishop for coming forward and speaking out against this.\u00a0 I wish we had more bishops and priests who would show some courage and speak out against all the nonsense and whining that frankly, I am SO over.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I know we should pray for conversion;\u00a0I also know that I am not perfect, and I do believe that conversion is possible no matter how impossible it may seem.\u00a0 I know that God can do anything, and that people’s hearts can be changed.\u00a0 But, we can’t just sit back and allow people to breakdown His Church either.<\/p>\n
EDIT:\u00a0 I forgot to mention, What’s up, Mr. Davies?!\u00a0 I can’t believe you found us!\u00a0 Email us!\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Um, seriously? So, this “Catholic” (obviously in name only) counseling center has decided to hold a fundraiser with a very special guest, former president Bill Clinton.\u00a0 And they wonder why the bishop is telling everyone to boycott this thing.\u00a0 A spokeswoman for the center offered\u00a0her little pearl of wisdom saying that they are non-denominational and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/randthought.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/randthought.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/randthought.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randthought.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randthought.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/randthought.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/randthought.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randthought.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randthought.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}