Friday, December 02, 2005

Does This Complete the Schism for St. Stanislaus?

This is from a Post Dispatch article by Tim Townsend, who, coincidently, was on his way to Springfield this morning, when he called Jamie Allman at 97.1 radio. Now we know why he went there...

St. Stanislaus hires new priest
In a defiant challenge to Archbishop Raymond Burke's authority as the leader of the St. Louis archdiocese, the board of directors of St. Stanislaus Kostka church have hired a Roman Catholic priest from the neighboring diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau to be its parish pastor.

The Rev. Marek B. Bozek, associate pastor of St. Agnes Cathedral in Springfield and Polish native, will take over at St. Stanislaus without Burke's consent. Bozek, 30, will celebrate his first Mass at the church on Christmas Eve.
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In an interview Friday, Bozek said Bishop John J. Leibrecht, leader of the Springfield-Cape Girardeau diocese, asked Burke if the priest could take a two-year leave of absence to shepherd St. Stanislaus while the dispute between the parish and the archbishop is resolved. Burke refused and Bozek resigned from St. Agnes this morning.

In a statement, Leibrecht said he had "suspended Father Bozek from priestly ministry...his priestly faculties have been withdrawn and he no longer has the status of a priest in good standing."
The St Stanislaus group has decided to complete its schismatic act and they are employing a defiant priest who has reneged on his promise of obedience. How apropos! I suppose they probably deserve each other - a priest who embraces disobedience and flees from his responsibilities and the truth and a group too rebellious and arrogant to repent of its disobedience.
Bozek said he made his decision because he felt he had to take a stand for what he believes is right.
Notice the subjectivism in this man's statement? What he believes is right??? This behavior is misguided and destructive - it will be a source of grave scandal and sin...Pride rears its deadly head again, and people are too blinded by their arrogance to see it. I suppose when face-to-face with God, each one of them can freely and PROUDLY proclaim, "I did it MY way, rather than YOUR way, God"! (My apologies to Fr Corapi and Frank Sinatra)

Pity their poor souls! They choose to follow Satan rather than God...they choose death rather than life. Pray for their conversion and pray for Archbishop Burke as he must now deal with this disease in his flock.

Article here

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