In the Vineyard: October 16, 2017
In the Vineyard :: October 16, 2017 :: Volume 17, Issue 18
In the Vineyard: September 29, 2017
In the Vineyard :: September 29, 2017 :: Volume 17, Issue 17
News from National
Update on Healing Circles Project
VOTF’s Broken Vessels™ Healing Circles continue to offer opportunities that foster healing in the face of wounds still felt from clergy sex abuse crimes. Here’s an update:
Pope admits Catholic Church waited too long to respond to clergy abuse crisis
“Maybe the old practice of moving people around, of not facing the problem, kept our consciousness asleep,” the pope suggested. “Thanks to God, the Lord sent prophetic men and women in the church … who got others involved and began this work to face the problem head-on.” (National Catholic Reporter)
Parish priest removed for inappropriate questioning during confession
For once, the child protection system worked.
Child protection procedures mean little if those required to execute them fail to do so. But we are reassured to learn that “the system” can work, as it did recently in a parish in Nebraska.
We offer our support and appreciation to the children and parents at St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic School who alerted the principal, Mrs. Sandra Suiter, to improper conduct in the confessional by Rev. Nicholas Mishek, an associate pastor at St. Robert Bellarmine parish in Omaha, Nebraska.
Mark Mullaney -- Sad News
It is with a heavy heart that I share with all of you the passing of our friend, VOTF trustee, and past President Mark Mullaney.
Mark and his wife Kathy were founders of Voice of the Faithful and played critical roles in our early years, and throughout our work. Mark not only served two terms as President and Chairman of the Board, he filled in as a acting executive director and other roles as needed.