More on Ferder and Heagle

Ferder and Heagle's web site is called "Tender Fires", The Spiritual Promise of SexualityThese two are scheduled to be here in St Louis on February 24-26 at the Mercy Center, for a Workshop for Voice of the Faithful, St Louis, on: Sexuality & Spirituality.

Archbishop Burke has been notified of this pair's coming to the Archdiocese at the request of another dissenting organization (VOTFSL) in our midst. Let us pray that those who would choose to pervert the teachings of the Church and of the natural moral law are admonished to cease or, at least, to take their poison elsewhere.

From Our Lady's Warriors, we read about TARA (Therapy and Renewal Associates):

Described as an outpatient psychotherapy resource for clergy, members of religious communities, lay ministers, other professional adults, couples and families, and co-directed by dissenters Sr. Fran Ferder and Fr. John Heagle, they counsel that sodomy and a homosexual lifestyle is perfectly acceptable.

Emphasis below is mine:

Dr. Ludwig, director of university ministry and professor of Catholic studies at De Paul University in Chicago, author of Reconstructing Catholicism for a New Generation, is an expert at "deconstructing Catholicism" — as his signature in support on the Voice of the Faithful petition indicates.. . .Ludwig's appearance in Des Moines, along with the recent appearances of high-profile dissidents in other dioceses — such as Australian ex-priest Michael Morwood in Los Angeles, New Age proselytizer St. Jose Hobday in Altoona-Johnstown, Pa., Sr. Fran Ferder and Fr. John Heagle in Boise, Idaho — not only demonstrates the commitment of a significant number of bishops to the ongoing destruction of the Church in America, but most importantly signals the determination of the hijackers of Vatican II to take advantage of the sex abuse scandals to maintain control and continue Amchurch's triumphal march...(Link: Catholic Culture)

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... The mobilizing metaphor of this council document (Lumen Gentium, specifically its description of the Church as The People of God) remains the image of the church as a community of faith in history. The result has been a revolution in Catholic consciousness that is stronger than our words and deeper than our symbols. It is a shift from understanding the church primarily as the hierarchical institution to experiencing it as a community of disciples. It is a way of recognizing the primordial dignity of baptism as the basis for all mission and ministry. (7. Partnership: Men & Women in Ministry, by Fran Ferder and John Heagle, Ave Maria Press, 1989, pp. 116-117.)
(Link: The Wanderer)

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The author sees a close connection between the human being, adam, and ‘earth’ which is adamah in Hebrew. Human beings are a mixture of matter and spirit, of rootedness in the earth while having their origin in God’s creative breath. Since the earthy being had as yet no gender, in English it should be referred to as ‘it’. We translate it as ‘earth-creature’.1

In Hebrew, ‘he’ and ‘it’ are the same word; about `earth creature', see F.FERDER and J.HEAGLE, Partnership, Notre Dame 1989, pp. 31-46.

(Link: WomenPriests.org)

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The following link contains a list of books recommended by the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, IL.

Ferder, Fran and Heagle, John. Partnership: Women and Men in Ministry. Notre Dame, Ind.: Ave Maria Press, 1989.
(Link: Dominican Sisters, Springfield IL)

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From a "DANGEROUS to the FAITH" website:

WHY HAVE YOU (Fran Ferder) AND JOHN HEAGLE, two celibate people, chosen to work in the area of sexuality? . . .

You talk about diversity and inclusivity as an essential teaching of Jesus—that we need to let everyone come to the table.
That is definitely a central message that we want to communicate. Often it's around issues that deal with sexuality that people don't feel included in our church. I don't see a lot of people who are pro-capital punishment feeling like they're not part of our church or that they can't participate in the sacraments. But someone divorced and remarried without an annulment is explicitly excluded, unless they are refraining from sex with their spouse.

This is where genital behavior—what you do or don't do with your genitals—becomes the defining issue in Catholic morality. And we need to move away from that.
(Link: The Claretians)

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Those Who Feel Called to Priesthood
An Experience of Priesthood
by Fran Ferder, F.S.P.A., Ph.D.
New Woman, New Church, New Priestly Ministry
Proceedings of the Second Conference on the Ordination of Roman Catholic Women
November 1978, Baltimore, U.S.A. pp 101-109.

Fran Ferder, FSPA, authored Called to Break Bread?, a psychological investigation of 100 women who feel called to priesthood in the Catholic Church. She holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Loyola University, Chicago, and is a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, LaCrosse, Wisconsin. She currently serves on the staff of the Quixote Center, Mt. Rainier, Maryland.
(Link: WomenPriests.org)

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Ferder and Heagle have co-authored several books, including: Partnership: Women and Men in Ministry and Your Sexual Self: Pathway to Authenticity. Their most recent book Tender Fires: The Spiritual Promise of Sexuality (Crossroad Publishing) was released this fall.

I reached Ferder and Heagle by telephone in Seattle to talk about their new book.
by Gerry McCarthy, Editor of The Social Edge
(Link: The Social Edge)

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There is so much more, but I will have to post a followup. I must gratefully thank D. Meyers for for her tremendous help and courage in putting so much time and effort into exposing this poison in the Diocese of LaCrosse and elsewhere.