St. Theobald, Pray For Us!
The treachery of Cardinal McCarrick, Archbishop of Washington DC for so many years, is heart sickening. We, the faithful, are still working through the depravity and horror of the pedophilia scandal. But now we find we have not uncovered enough. The Church that Jesus Christ founded seems vile and filthy to the core with sin. With grave, mortal sin, and many of her priests are guilty.
What can we, the laity do? We feel powerless. How can the Church we trusted and believed in betray us so?
Does the Church not believe in what she teaches?
Does she have no fear of God?
How can the same people who preach chastity, holiness, virtue behave in this despicable, unconscionable way?
And who can we trust? Who is complicit? How deep does it go?
Supporting Those Who Are Faithful
This site is dedicated to those priests who are trying to be faithful servants of Christ. Those priests who dare to speak out and even those who are afraid and ashamed of their fear. Those priests who are cast into despair because they know the stink of decay in the institution they have pledged their lives to. That institution, in turn, has been perfidious and abusive to them. They feel trapped.
We love these priests, even if flawed. Even if at times weak. We support them in following the instincts that tell them not to go along. We pray for their courage to stand up against evil, to be faithful to Christ and not enable those who would turn His love and teachings into a hypocritical mockery. The Church can not be strong if she is diseased.
St Theobald is the Catholic patron saint of church janitors. Janitors are lowly people. They have no power seemingly. They are almost invisible in the hierarchy of any organization. And yet without them, filth festers. Cobwebs obscure what is good, true and beautiful; carpets mold and mildew. Rats, mice and cockroaches infest. But the janitor who keeps to his task, who cleans steadily, reliably, thoroughly, keeps the church functioning and in order. 'Janitor' comes from the Latin word for 'door.' A good janitor is like a doorkeeper of sorts. He makes the Church building accessible to those who want to come in. He makes it inviting. We want to do that for those priests who abhor the ongoing corruption. Let us help them clean house!
We will help through prayer for them and acts of penance in reparation for the harm done.
We will help them by being a community they can confide in.
We will help them by providing practical support in terms of counseling and legal representation.
We will help them by being a forum where we, the faithful, who love Mother Church and want to heal her from the disease that has taken hold, can discuss ways the institutional church can change for the better. We will discuss this respectfully, creatively, and out of love for her.
This is just the beginning of this project. It is really only a hopeful idea. It is a mustard seed right now.
Please join us.
What can we, the laity do? We feel powerless. How can the Church we trusted and believed in betray us so?
Does the Church not believe in what she teaches?
Does she have no fear of God?
How can the same people who preach chastity, holiness, virtue behave in this despicable, unconscionable way?
And who can we trust? Who is complicit? How deep does it go?
Supporting Those Who Are Faithful
This site is dedicated to those priests who are trying to be faithful servants of Christ. Those priests who dare to speak out and even those who are afraid and ashamed of their fear. Those priests who are cast into despair because they know the stink of decay in the institution they have pledged their lives to. That institution, in turn, has been perfidious and abusive to them. They feel trapped.
We love these priests, even if flawed. Even if at times weak. We support them in following the instincts that tell them not to go along. We pray for their courage to stand up against evil, to be faithful to Christ and not enable those who would turn His love and teachings into a hypocritical mockery. The Church can not be strong if she is diseased.
St Theobald is the Catholic patron saint of church janitors. Janitors are lowly people. They have no power seemingly. They are almost invisible in the hierarchy of any organization. And yet without them, filth festers. Cobwebs obscure what is good, true and beautiful; carpets mold and mildew. Rats, mice and cockroaches infest. But the janitor who keeps to his task, who cleans steadily, reliably, thoroughly, keeps the church functioning and in order. 'Janitor' comes from the Latin word for 'door.' A good janitor is like a doorkeeper of sorts. He makes the Church building accessible to those who want to come in. He makes it inviting. We want to do that for those priests who abhor the ongoing corruption. Let us help them clean house!
We will help through prayer for them and acts of penance in reparation for the harm done.
We will help them by being a community they can confide in.
We will help them by providing practical support in terms of counseling and legal representation.
We will help them by being a forum where we, the faithful, who love Mother Church and want to heal her from the disease that has taken hold, can discuss ways the institutional church can change for the better. We will discuss this respectfully, creatively, and out of love for her.
This is just the beginning of this project. It is really only a hopeful idea. It is a mustard seed right now.
Please join us.
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