Alexandros wrote:
Oh no, let's take a look.
St. Irenaeus of Lyons wrote:
a Jesuit-run community
Ah, here's your problem.
I've weighed in previously in these forums somewhere about how this Jesuit-run community uses a modified version of the Creed that reads "and became
human" rather than "and became
man." I spoke to one of the priests and the pastor about that. The priest said he understood my concern. Yet the pastor told me that was a more inclusive presentation to which I replied that the Creed is an historical document that should not be changed. I also added that in such a climate of sexual or gender confusion as today's zeitgeist, that such a change is especially inopportune.
One of the priests wrote something in the bulletin complaining about homophobia but not about homosexual acts. The same priest, during a homily, mentioned how a lesbian friend got into a relationship and, as a consequence, reformed her life - by losing weight. In another homily he mentioned how many of "our" ancestors were immigrants without mention of how many - probably a very high percentage - were
legal immigrants unlike today in the USA. The community has a float in New York City's annual Gay Pride Parade. Fr. James Martin recently spoke at the church. Maybe it is a blessing that I get to monitor these things, regrettable as they are.
The Jesuits, I believe, have more canonical saints in the Catholic Church than any other order. My how they have fallen. I am not registered in that Jesuit community but am a parishioner elsewhere in Manhattan where I have not heard any whiff of dissent or malpractice such as the lack of a screen in the confessional. One of the priests there is both a former Carthusian monk and a former Jesuit, interestingly.