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| St. Gregory VII Chapter Our Mission: Support, defend and advance the efforts of the teaching Church |
September 14, 2018
CUF Resolution to Archbishop Listecki Regarding
"Retreat for Gay Priests"
WHEREAS, on October 2-4, 2018, the organization “New Ways Ministry” will sponsor "a retreat for gay
priests, brothers and deacons" at the Siena Retreat Center in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee; and
WHEREAS, in 2016, the Vatican approved the document The Gift of the Priestly Vocation which declared
that the Church “cannot admit to the seminary or to holy orders those who practice homosexuality, present
deep-seated homosexual tendencies or support the so-called ‘gay culture’"; and
WHEREAS, in 1999, the Vatican published a Notification Regarding Sister Jeannine Gramick, SSND and
Father Robert Nugent, SDS which censured these two founders of New Ways Ministry for their lack of
adherence to Church teaching on the morality of homosexual acts by permanently prohibiting them "from
any pastoral work involving homosexual persons"; and
WHEREAS, in 2010, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops declared that New Ways Ministry
cannot legitimately speak for Catholics, due to its continued lack of adherence to Church teaching; and
WHEREAS, recent events have demonstrated that the American bishops, as a group, have failed adequately
to discipline themselves (and their priests) regarding the Church’s teachings on sexuality; and
WHEREAS, the aforementioned failure has led to announcements of secular legal investigations of the
Church in at least seven states to date; and
WHEREAS, New Ways Ministry has announced that Father Bryan Massingale, a priest of the Archdiocese of
Milwaukee, will facilitate the aforementioned October 2-4, 2018 retreat; and
WHEREAS, in 2006, Father Massingale publicly opposed passage of the Wisconsin Marriage Amendment
despite its support by all five Wisconsin bishops; and
WHEREAS, in 2017, Father Massingale publicly opposed a draft of a presidential executive action
guaranteeing religious freedom, basing his opposition on the demonstrably false claim that “Christians are
not under attack in this country”; and
WHEREAS, Father Massingale, at his Ordination, made a vow of obedience to the local ordinary and his
successors;
BE IT RESOLVED, in order to prevent further damage to the Faith, and scandal to the faithful, the St.
Gregory VII Chapter of Catholics United for the Faith (CUF) hereby urges you, as Archbishop of Milwaukee,
to officially prohibit the exercise of Father Massingale’s participation in the New Ways Ministry retreat.
Alfred P. Szews, Ph.D., President
St. Gregory VII Chapter--CUF
cufmil@wi.rr.com 414-321-9377
Copy to: Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the U.S., 3339 Massachusetts Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20008
CUF Resolution to Archbishop Listecki Regarding
"Retreat for Gay Priests"
WHEREAS, on October 2-4, 2018, the organization “New Ways Ministry” will sponsor "a retreat for gay
priests, brothers and deacons" at the Siena Retreat Center in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee; and
WHEREAS, in 2016, the Vatican approved the document The Gift of the Priestly Vocation which declared
that the Church “cannot admit to the seminary or to holy orders those who practice homosexuality, present
deep-seated homosexual tendencies or support the so-called ‘gay culture’"; and
WHEREAS, in 1999, the Vatican published a Notification Regarding Sister Jeannine Gramick, SSND and
Father Robert Nugent, SDS which censured these two founders of New Ways Ministry for their lack of
adherence to Church teaching on the morality of homosexual acts by permanently prohibiting them "from
any pastoral work involving homosexual persons"; and
WHEREAS, in 2010, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops declared that New Ways Ministry
cannot legitimately speak for Catholics, due to its continued lack of adherence to Church teaching; and
WHEREAS, recent events have demonstrated that the American bishops, as a group, have failed adequately
to discipline themselves (and their priests) regarding the Church’s teachings on sexuality; and
WHEREAS, the aforementioned failure has led to announcements of secular legal investigations of the
Church in at least seven states to date; and
WHEREAS, New Ways Ministry has announced that Father Bryan Massingale, a priest of the Archdiocese of
Milwaukee, will facilitate the aforementioned October 2-4, 2018 retreat; and
WHEREAS, in 2006, Father Massingale publicly opposed passage of the Wisconsin Marriage Amendment
despite its support by all five Wisconsin bishops; and
WHEREAS, in 2017, Father Massingale publicly opposed a draft of a presidential executive action
guaranteeing religious freedom, basing his opposition on the demonstrably false claim that “Christians are
not under attack in this country”; and
WHEREAS, Father Massingale, at his Ordination, made a vow of obedience to the local ordinary and his
successors;
BE IT RESOLVED, in order to prevent further damage to the Faith, and scandal to the faithful, the St.
Gregory VII Chapter of Catholics United for the Faith (CUF) hereby urges you, as Archbishop of Milwaukee,
to officially prohibit the exercise of Father Massingale’s participation in the New Ways Ministry retreat.
Alfred P. Szews, Ph.D., President
St. Gregory VII Chapter--CUF
cufmil@wi.rr.com 414-321-9377
Copy to: Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the U.S., 3339 Massachusetts Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20008
Join us on Sunday afternoon, April 14, 2019 to hear Michael
Phillips, M.D. discuss "The Abortion-Contraception Connection."
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Phillips, M.D. discuss "The Abortion-Contraception Connection."
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