Similar things are done every day in the asylum
You have to love Bill Donahue.
“Contrary to some news reports, this is not the first time that this make-believe game has been played. In 2003, the Associated Press reported that Judith Heffernan had ‘performed baptisms, heard confessions, said Mass and participated in last rites as a Catholic priest” for the past 23 years. Even before Heffernan’s ‘ordination’ in 1980, a woman was proclaimed ‘Pope’ on the steps of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York; an anti-Catholic group, Catholics for a Free Choice, performed the ceremony in 1974. Similar things are done every day in the asylum, though the media show little interest in these stories.
“There is only one plausible reason why the media are covering this insane event: they have a vested ideological interest in promoting female ordination in the Catholic Church. In this instance, it’s not the reporting, per se, that evinces a bias—it’s the decision to cover the event that gives away their hand.”
I liked Small but disorgaznized take:
Today, July 30, 2006, I will attain my boyhood dream of becoming an astronaut. A former astronaut will pin his astronaut wings on my lapel and I will have become an astronaut. I will then be able to pilot shuttle missions and lead the next manned expeditions to the moon and to Mars.
In unrelated news:
A number of self-deluded women are right here in Pittsburgh today to attend a ritual that they believe will make them ordained Catholic priestesses. The sacraments of the Church are not magic that works regardless of context. If one goes to confession but is not sorry for the sins they confess then they are not forgiven, regardless of the fact that the priest has said the words, “I absolve you”. If you are married but you have never intended to be faithful or never intended to have children then it is likely that a marriage never actually occurred and the Church will likely declare it null when your spouse finds out.
The Pittsburgh Diocese issued a statement:
"This unfortunate ceremony will take place outside the Church and undermines the unity of the Church. Those attempting to confer Holy Orders have, by their own actions, removed themselves from the Church, as have those who present themselves for such an invalid ritual," according to the statement released by the Rev. Ronald Leng win, a spokesman for the diocese.
Joan Houk shows her "blessing cup."
Another article mentions her previous activities.
In July 2000, the Houks moved to Mt. Sterling, Ky., where Mrs. Houk served as pastoral director at St. Patrick while living in the church rectory with her husband. St. Patrick, founded in 1862, had always had a resident pastor, but Mrs. Houk assumed those duties.
"I did do funerals. I led Communion services when the priest couldn't come. When a priest was not available, I led Sunday celebration, and I did preach," Mrs. Houk said.
Besides her service in Kentucky, she has worked on a marriage tribunal; taught catechism as well as the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults; and worked with her husband to prepare engaged couples for marriage.
So unfortunately nobody put a stop to her foolishness. The "blessing cup" is one she used while pastoral director which shows that she wasn't doing Communion services but was already pretending to be a priest. I guess the point of the story of the Emperor's new clothes would be lost on this parish.
Though it is quite funny that people who have abandoned Apostolic Tradition are quite fond of their own traditions.
This is the boat that this faux-ordinations will occur on is called the Majestic and when not performing phony ceremonies does lunch and dinner cruises. Maybe female ordinations will become. I wonder if they think that ordinations done on dry land are invalid? The side wheel on the boat is purely ornamental and is just as fake as the ordinations that will be performed on it.
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Did you also notice in that photo that the painting of the Last Supper has many women in it?
Ever notice that all of these womenpriests seem to be ugly middle-aged women that look like they could be female impersonators?
I wonder how many other phony charades the media would cover if it didn't fit their anti-Catholic liberal agenda.
I chuckled at the Small But Disorganised quote -- I too am looking forward to some great achievements, including declaring my wife and all of my children, and really anyone who sincerely desires it as Family Doctors. As a licensed physician who is Board certified in my specialty, I am often signing passing evaluations for medical students and residents, and I have thought,well gee, this is really the next step, how long must the medical profession be closed to those who have difficulty reading, or writing or understanding science? It's really a "bulletproof glass ceiling" for most people who would like to become doctors but have neither the talent nor the ability.
I and my inductees plan on opening our own hospital, modelled on the great clinics of the past, like Mayo or Cleveland, where we hope to begin treating patients just as soon as possible.
Is there anyone who reads this blog who is interested in switching your insurance plans to us and coming for treatment?
Ooo, Angelic Doctor, I wanna be a neurologist! :)
I take it that this will be an annual summer cruise event for former Catholic women who seem to be both unhappy and married to mainly wet noodles. Is it wine and cheese, byob? Sovenir blessing cups available--with the name of each priestette? Is there a theme song? Does the best priestette to be ordained win a whole facial make-up job?
I would pay for all of them to have a make over, not that it would help most of them.....
If there's one thing I noticed about women's ordination groups, I notice most are lesbians who hate the liturgy (no wannaba SSPXers). They always have the liturgical sense/taste in vestments of Larry, Curly, and Moe.
Instead of a boat the could go for the "one big tent" approach. Go to Ringling Bros. and borrow the 3 rings.
Ad hominum attacks undermine valid points of view.
Angelic Doctor, please, will you ordain me as a brain surgeon? My visions not good, my hands are shaky, and I have no medical degree, but I feel called!
But, as to switching to using your new, more accepting institution as my primary care... um, I don't think my plan will cover that (whew!)
Yet I would trust my body to unlicensed, unqualified doctors before I'd trust my soul to invalid, relativist priests.
Al, you're so right about their lack of fashion sense. With the colorful moo-moos they wear, they're acting more "in persona Bozo" than "in persona Christi".
Sharon, I'm familiar with "ad hominem" attacks, but what's an "ad hominum" attack? Is that like an attack on hominy?
Sharon is right. Besides which, rude comments about women make it sound like the Church must be anti-women, which is of course not the case. Attacking peoples' appearance is bad witness.
Not only is it a bad witness, but it doesn't bring a warm feeling to me, a faithful Catholic woman who is plump, middle-aged, and could NEVER have won any beauty contests.
Kathy & Naomi: Sandy criticized their mannish appearance. A quick perusal of the biographies at the womenpriests site reveal large numbers of professed lesbians. Keep in mind that their organization doesn't value chastity. Al & I criticized their lack of fashion sense, which also goes to their judgement. These two seem like fair criticisms to me.
I've encountered members of the womenpriests organization who characterize ANY criticism of their efforts or organization as mean-spirited. But toleration of evil is not a virtue, and scripture has harsher criticisms than anything listed here for homosexual behavior and rebellion against his Church.
But I have a question: The Curt Jester site is all about humor. It pokes good-natured fun at the Church iteself, but the humor regarding heretics is considerably more pointed. Do you think Jeff is wrong in using humor as a tool against heresy?
(and Sharon, apologies on the "ad hominum" comment, someone who mis-spells as much as I has no room to talk).
"Heretic" derives from the Greek for "to choose." Jeff uses humor against people who choose evil. Not about superficial, accidental, irrelevant things like physical appearance.
Kathy
Sorry, I apparently was late on the bandwagon. In my own defense, I was not referring to their physical appearance when I called them lesbians (who says lesbians are ugly anyway? they just wear comfortable shoes). I was more pointedly criticizing their liturgical fashion sense, as it seems they wrapped themselves in scarves and bath-towels. Also, the "blessing cup" makes me want to heave. I want to sick the SSPX on them; we need a wrestling match between the two...in Jello...with Archbishop Milingo as referee. I would almost pay to see it.
Kathy: I also didn't target their physical appearance, which cannot always be controlled, but their behavior and dress, which definitely can. However, physical appearance can be chosen to a certain extent. A woman can choose a mannish look using testosterone injections, breast reduction operations, clothing choices, or a masculine hairstyle. The way some of these "priests" look, I'm not sure if some of them haven't chosen "all of the above and then some".
OT: I like the subject matter of your blog. You post some great lyrics.
Sometimes a woman can choose those things. Or she might have short hair because of chemo, or because she's a competitive swimmer, or because she's an OR nurse and it's easier that way.
Sometimes she has bad knees and wears comfortable shoes.
Sometimes she inherited a blocky upper body that makes her look, well, blocky.
In any case, you can't tell by looking and it's a bad road to go down trying. Ask the millions of boys who were labelled sissies, when maybe they were just geeks. Now making six figures their first year out of systems programming school.
Thanks for the nice words about my blog.
You're welcome Kathy.
All true. No argument in what you say here. It's why I initially said nothing about their physical appearance. Heck, my wife has short hair, she simply can't grow it long.
I still think there's a relation between their appearance and their desire to be ordained. They have a larger percentage of lesbians than the regular population. Many of the advocates for this group whom I've communicated with also harbor a deep hatred of men (I'll furnish quotes on request).
I am keeping them in my daily prayers. They are deeply troubled.
The original reason for the boat was that the boat would situate itself at a dividing line between two diocese in a body of water in order to confuse the issue of who had jurisdiction. I beleive it was first done on the Danube river. I think once it was done out at sea to avoid jurisdiction but those boats are more expensive to rent. Now it has evolved into a "tradition" as they don't care about jurisdiction now that it is known the Pope is going to excommunicate them rather than having a bishop do it.