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A place of prayer and practical support for good, faithful priests grappling with corruption in the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church. We believe in one HOLY catholic and apostolic church.

Michael Brendan Dougherty Sums Up the Current Status

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September 17, 2018

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Step 1: Prayer

July 21, 2018

St. Lawrence of Brindisi, holy priest, pray for us! The first thing I would like the St. Theobald Society to focus on is prayer. I would eventually like to see a website of some sort where a community of believers commit to prayer. We can pray in general that the Church be cleansed of corruption and be born anew to holiness. We could also pray for specific prayer requests from priests, sisters, and others who know of a situation that needs it. I'd like us to be able to pray 24/7 by having different people in different parts of the world commit to praying an hour a week. I'd like it to be that people can request prayer anonymously but also by name if they so choose. To be able to pray 24/7 we need only 168 people to commit to dedicating one hour a week to pray for the Church. That's not much. Will you pray? Yesterday, I went to daily Mass and dedicated it to praying for all priests, seminarians and church workers who are despairing over the hypoc...

Feast of St. James

July 25, 2018

St. James was the first apostle martyred for our Lord. He was full of fervor and zeal. St. James, you mean so much to me. The church where I received my Baptism, my First Confession, my first Holy Communion, my Confirmation were all in the parish of St. James. I lived across the street all through my childhood. I attended the grade school. My first job was answering phones in the rectory on Saturday mornings. Your beautiful old church building was ever present to me. One of my own sons was baptized there as well, and my oldest daughter got married there. My sister later taught at the school for 10 years. She was so shocked and grieved when Monsignor Reinecke shot himself on the grounds of Holy Cross Abbey after being accused of abusing two minors 25 years before. See the story in the Washington Post here. This is my own prayer to St. James: St. James, you were full of zeal for Christ. Inspire your ...