This is about the decision of All Saints Episcopal Church in Cincinnati to host a sacrilegious, simulation of two Catholic sacraments: holy orders and holy Mass.
I wrote to the rector of the parish on Sunday, and received a reply this afternoon:
Dear Fr Fox
The event which took place this past Friday was a venue rental and was in no way sponsored by All Saints Episcopal Church or the Diocese of Southern Ohio.
Beannacht
Rev Eileen O'Reilly
A commenter on another thread said he received an almost identical response.
Here is what I wrote back to Rev. O'Reilly:
Dear Rev. O'Reilly:
I appreciate you writing back.
You should know that I have written about this on my blog, and I will continue to do so, because this is a subject of great importance to me as a Catholic, as I'm sure you can appreciate.
I will be very candid in saying that response doesn't satisfy me, and I suspect that doesn't surprise you. There are many other questions I want to ask, in order to understand how this happened. I won't pester you, but I will tell you I've posted those questions at frmartinfox.blogspot.com. And if you are * in dialoguing further with you about this, I would be grateful.
Sincerely,
Father Martin Fox
* Somehow the word "interested" dropped out.
Would they rent it out to perform a "Black Mass?"
ReplyDeleteWhat does this say about them?
What should the Catholic Church do in response?
Fr. Fox, Shouldn't your archbishop be investigating this matter.
ReplyDeletePhil:
ReplyDeleteI don't know. For all I know, he is; he doesn't need to advise me of such things.
Why do you ask?
"Why do I ask"? Just curious I guess. Maybe he is unaware of the situation. I would think an archbishop would want to look into such matters happening in his diocese.
ReplyDeleteUnknown:
ReplyDeleteWell, I haven't discussed it with the Archbishop, but he knows about the situation, because the media asked him about it, and a response was given. So that most likely means he's checked it out to some degree.