Vatican official seeks mediator in St. Stanislaus dispute

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A Polish archbishop at the Vatican is intervening to try and resolve a dispute between a Polish parish and the St. Louis archdiocese, parish members said Monday.

Archbishop Szczepan Wesoly (pronounced SCHEP'-ahn Vee-uh-SO'-wee) expressed his support in a letter in Polish dated March 4 to the board of directors at St. Stanislaus Kostka parish.

It is my understanding that Archbishop Wesoly, who is retired, is not at the Vatican but is Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland. (source).

One wonders if this is not more propaganda coming from the Board and spokesman Richard Bach, especially seeing how little news coverage was generated by the protest march at the Cathedral this past Sunday.

"Precisely this year a bishop prohibits the participation in the sacraments, over a dispute in material matters rather than in spiritual ones," according to a translation of Wesoly's letter provided by St. Stanislaus member Richard Bach. "The Easter season is approaching and everything should be done to promote participation in the sacraments."

Bach apparently cannot grasp the fact that the board members have deliberately incurred the penalty of interdict of their own volition. Nor does he seem able to grasp the fact that humble obedience would resolve the situation. Just as our Lord was obedient to his human parents, Mary and Joseph, so should the board and all the rebelling parishioners be obedient to the Archbishop.

Archdiocese spokesman Jamie Allman said Archbishop Raymond Burke "has always been open to resolving this," but that formal mediation is not an option when canon law is in dispute.

Of course, the board wants exceptions to all the rules, because, it seems, they are special or better than all other parishes...

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