tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024178972531580240.post6949293539621377286..comments2024-03-14T09:31:24.792-04:00Comments on TORONTO CATHOLIC WITNESS: Stripping the Church: On diocesan building projects...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024178972531580240.post-65587388696860665042013-10-24T13:07:25.636-04:002013-10-24T13:07:25.636-04:00If a bishop can be called into Rome and raked over...If a bishop can be called into Rome and raked over the coals for a mere 21 million Euros - surely Cardinal Collins needs to explain why the Archdiocese is seeking a 115 million or so Euro ($200 million CAD) cash grab...Baronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265555388172261643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024178972531580240.post-50802439411565944342013-10-23T20:49:50.508-04:002013-10-23T20:49:50.508-04:00Let's not confuse any desire for simplificatio...Let's not confuse any desire for simplification with beauty in the liturgy and the church. St. Jean Vianney had one, torn habit but he insisted on the finest chasubles. Why? Not for him, but for the LORD. St. Francis of Assisi loved poverty but not when it came to the Mass.<br /><br />We don't need any new buildings; we need to fix what we have and we need to preach and convert and a $Vox Cantorishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16987049370515084083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024178972531580240.post-4837416813169877142013-10-23T15:25:21.320-04:002013-10-23T15:25:21.320-04:00I am concerned that our "1st" world chur...I am concerned that our "1st" world church is behaving/living in a manner that is - outside of public liturgy - that is horrifying our sister churches in the "3rd" world. <br /><br />Could not the monies targeted for this development be better spent sending it to those poor sister churches who have barely two pennies to rub together as they struggle to survive. The ancient Baronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265555388172261643noreply@blogger.com