Here is an address given by Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz to the Catholic Citizens of Illinois earlier this month. It is too good to excerpt. [Via L.A. Catholic]
Facing the Crisis: Some reflections on the Current Crisis in the Church
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Bravo Bishop Bruskevitz! Well done!
A quick math estimate shows 27% of 60 million to be a little over 16 million who attend Mass each week. That does sound like a more reasonable figure of actual attendees don’t you think?
Money quote:
“And so, the question arises, “Where is this church?” It is certainly not situated in Andrew Greeley or Richard McBrien, or Sister Chittester, …”
How can you not like this guy?
Bruskewitz had the FSSP seminary built in his diocese, he brought Scott Hahn into the church, and he let Catholic employees of Planned Parenthood know that they had excommunicated themselves.
I still remember his comments about the overuse of the word ministry: �The term �minister� means everything now. The janitor is the minister of the mop. It gets silly.�
Bruskewitz is tops.
THANKS for the Bishops stirring words! I’d like to send it to every bishop and priest in the USA.And thank the Lord there still ARE bishops like this.