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To: ImaGraftedBranch
This new catechism absoluetly matches the CCD program in my town parish: Blest Are We (www.blestarewe.com) as far as emphasizing Dorothy Day, Bernadin and Cesar Chavez that's the first thing I noticed...funny..very funny in a weird sense..

I'd love to read the US Bishops version as well as the Vatican approved edition.

My suspicion is that it will be highly Lutheran..emphasizing social issues (except abortion..i.e. baby murder), the mass as a thanksgiving community meal..etc etc etc ...

7 posted on 01/15/2005 5:08:52 AM PST by Pio (Thanks to Ecumenism we now stand for Holy Communion.)
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To: Pio
There is some Catholic group -official name and all- that disseminates newsletters, one of which I picked up in the very liberal Church close to where I live. This was probably 2 years ago ago.

Anyway, the group advocated for restriction of the sale of produce from one state to another. The group also stated in the newsletter that Americans consume more food resources than they actually need to survive, and I believe they advocated for some legislation that would forcibly reduce the percentage we consume. It was an absolute Communist document.

That being said I have a soft spot for campesinos, they work like dogs, and have none of the labor protections that we all have. If the new Cathechism were to reflect the time honored tradition of respecting the workers of the field, I see that as good. I don't know enough about Chavez to know whether he is a blight or not.

When I was in 4th grade our Parish Priest used to go into the farmland in my area (which was immense), gather the children of the migrants, and bring them into our school. It was marvelous. Fr. Wrigley was his name, and he was a real Shepeherd.

If we have a problem with illegals, it's our own fault. We don't really secure our borders as they should be, IMO, and because the economy benefits from their cheap, plentiful labor, the powers that be allow the situation to remain as is.

The thing that bothers me the most about illegals, is not necessarily that they're here, but that they don't seem to develop an appreciation and love for the United States, as legal immigrant groups did in the past. To my way of thinking it's a recipe for balkanization, given the probable growing percentage of that population.

8 posted on 01/15/2005 6:38:16 AM PST by AlbionGirl
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