Posted on 09/27/2006 4:21:00 PM PDT by wagglebee
ANCHORAGE, September 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – John Paul II did not like women and spent the entirety of his 26 years as pope working to put them in their “place” according to the new editor of the newspaper for the Catholic diocese of Anchorage, Alaska. On her personal weblog, Maia Nolan published a feminist diatribe replete with accusations that the late Pope was “an unbelievable misogynist.”
Maia Nolan began work on the paper September 8th replacing John Roscoe, the founding editor of the Anchorage Catholic Anchor. The comments have since been removed from the 'blog, but have been cached by the Google search engine and are making the rounds of the internet, to the embarrassment of the Archdiocese.
At the time of John Paul’s death in April 2005, Nolan wrote, “This pope, this benevolent, everyone’s-best-friend, Karol-from-Poland pope, was an unbelievable misogynist. News flash, kids: JP2 did not like women.”
Writing under the pseudonym, “Myster,” and apparently referring to the late Pope’s reiteration of the Catholic teaching that women cannot be ordained as priests, Nolan wrote that the late Pope “spent the last 26 years working overtime to keep us in our place.”
“When it comes right down to it, all the globetrotting and rift-mending in the world doesn’t quite make up for the fact that Pope John Paul II obviously believed that, on a fundamental level, women are not as good as men: that we can’t hold the same offices or fulfill the same responsibilities, that we are unfit for service at the same level, and that we should generally be subservient in pretty much every way”
Other selections from Nolan’s 'blog demonstrate a young woman with little grasp of the fundamentals of her religion. Describing herself as a “cafeteria Catholic,” on November 13, 2005, she wrote on the Sacrament of confession that she had done “a number of things that the Catholic church (sic) would technically consider confessable sins, although I don't necessarily think they're bad.”
Giving a new twist on the discredited “primacy of conscience” theory popular with liberals in the Church, Nolan writes, “The idea behind Reconciliation is that one should only confess those sins for which one is actually sorry and desires absolution.”
Nolan wrote of her hopes for the next Pope: “It would be nice to think that the next pope might be a little more progressive, a little more pragmatic. Of course, the College of Cardinals is packed with a bunch of old conservative guys who generally share the most recent pope’s reactionary approach to gender politics, so it would also be a foolish thing to think.”
Nolan did not return calls by LifeSiteNews.com deadline, but Mary Gore, assistant to the Anchorage Archbishop Roger L. Schwietz, said the comments were made when Nolan was in college and was the editor of the campus newspaper, long before she was hired by the archdiocese. “I’m not sure what the Archbishop is going to do,” Gore said.
Gore told LifeSiteNews.com that the Archdiocese had received complaints about Nolan’s comments from parishioners. “Bottom line is that it's an internal policy decision. Right now Archbishop Schwietz is sticking by his editor.”
Catholics commenting at the website of Catholic World News, who broke the story, said that Nolan “must be removed” as editor of the Catholic paper where her opinions and feminist biases will inevitably cloud her editorial judgements.
Contact Archbishop Roger L. Schwietz
225 Cordova St.
Anchorage Alaska 99501
(907) 297-7700
See the website of the Catholic Achor
http://www.catholicanchor.org/index.html
Ping -- you won't believe this!
Catholic ping!
Can we make some suggestions?
That is BS. Most women agree with Pope JP II about maintaining the ban on womyn priestesses.
The "cafeteria" has been closed for quite a while now, maybe it's time for her to either repent or get out.
JP II was more clear on the devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary than any pope in history.
They make that sound like a long time ago, when she was young and foolish . . .
It's less than a year! I doubt she's much wiser.
Yes, that is true; he loved Our Blessed Mother. That is a very good point.
The vast majority of Dioscean papers are trash. Nobody reads them
If she wants to write about religious misogynists maybe she should research the Muhammadans.
Sure I do!
Now for those Catholics in the forum who are disgusted by this, allow me to introduce you to the Byzantine Catholic Churches in Alaska.
Same faith; different flavor!
This is so ridiculous! John Paul II hated no one, especially women.
Pastoral Center
225 Cordova Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
907-297-7700
ARCHBISHOP'S OFFICE 279-3885 (fax)
Office of the Archbishop
Most Rev. Roger L. Schwietz, OMI
297-7755
Executive Assistant
Ms. Mary Gore
297-7755
Vicar General
Rev. Leo Walsh, STL
297-7770
Chancellor
Sr. Charlotte Davenport, CSJP
297-7712
Editor: John Roscoe catholicanchor@gci.net • Phone: (907) 297-7708 • Fax: (907) 279-3885 This may be Maia Nolan's e mail address too. She replaced John
Assistant Editor: Kelly DuFort • 297-7730 • catholicanchorkd@gci.net
Advertising Manager: Sandy Busch • 297-7715 (no e-mail) • Fax: (907) 279-3885
Circulation Department: Vickie Fortney • 297-7747 • vickie.fortney@css-ak.org
http://www.blogger.com/profile/5190032
http://mysternyc.blogspot.com/2005_04_01_mysternyc_archive.html
She didn't return the calls because she didn't have a single shred of supporting evidence. Women practically took over the Church under JPII, so I honestly can't see what she is basing this on. Particularly in Alaska, where I believe they now have a number of women "pastors" for remote churches.
For the record, let me state that I am not in favor of this and I think it's a big mistake. But I fail to see how this nutty lady could accuse JPII of being a misogynist, of all things!
She shouldn't worry too much about getting fired.
But if she does get canned, she can easily get a job at just about any chancery office she likes. Most of them are thoroughly infested with radical feminists.
http://www.thenorthernlight.org/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/04/25/444ed7a28fd87
They cancelled the creative writing program in Science Fiction so she decided to do a blog. Not a bad choice...not science but still fiction! See paragraph 10!
~~Francis ;-o)
CAS freezes writing program for next year
By Kyle von Bose
April 25, 2006
Students applying for the master of fine arts in creative writing and literary arts program at UAA this year may be disappointed to learn that all applicants are being turned down.
Due to financial reasons, the department is undergoing a restructuring process aimed at making its operations more cost effective.
“We’ve been trying to find solutions to some real financial issues for them — short term and long term,” said Martha Hatch, the administrative chair of creative writing and literary arts.
Hatch said the program will not accept students this year so administrators have time to work on reorganizing how they deliver the program.
Students currently enrolled in the creative writing program should not be affected by the restructuring, as the department plans to continue its commitment to the existing student body.
Unfortunately, news of the closure was not given to prospective students prior to the application period. This means the handful of students who went through the application process this year will find their efforts unrewarded.
Hatch said the program is being restructured as a result of the College of Arts and Sciences’ $2.2 million budget deficit.
“Part of the problem is, we’re in a real crunch for the next few years,” Hatch said. “It’s an excellent program and we get excellent reviews in every way and so we want to maintain the program, but we need some time to go through things.”
Hatch is confident the application freeze is temporary and that, within the next academic year, the creative writing department will be back on its feet and accepting new students.
Maia Nolan, a first-year MFA student studying fiction writing, said she understands how a change like this could spark rumors and speculation.
“It’s natural for people to want to get upset and react emotionally when they feel change threatening something that’s as important to them as the MFA program is to all of us,” Nolan said. “I went through something like this as an undergrad. My senior year at the University of Portland, the communication studies department eliminated the journalism major, which was a really upsetting and emotional experience for those of us who cared about the program. But from what we’ve been told, this is not about the end of the MFA.”
The creative writing program at UAA has been enormously successful at developing talented writers, as the department’s awards demonstrate.
Last year, for example, the Western Association of Graduate Schools announced that Christine Byl, a UAA master’s degree student, won its annual Distinguished Thesis Award for her MFA in creative writing and literary arts thesis titled, “Breathing Under Water: Artist’s Heart, Artist’s Mind.”
Students enrolled in the creative writing program insist they come away with a better understanding of how to succeed in the competitive field of writing and what it actually takes to get published.
“The CWLA MFA program provides an environment for student writers to work with experienced writers and engage in conversation with one another,” said Jeffrey Oliver, a first year MFA student studying poetry. Oliver said there are too many books to read and poems to write to get upset about the temporary admission freeze.
“I’m here and plan to write it out during the restructuring,” Oliver said.
Peter Giannini, a graduate of the MFA creative writing program, said during the time he spent in the creative writing department, he had to deal with multiple administrative and departmental changes.
“Because of all the changes during the seven years I was there, I have had to adapt, deal with multiple mentors and often figure things out myself,” he said. “The educational experience was exactly what I was willing to make of it. Looking at the finished product, and the process that got me here, I am satisfied — thrilled, actually.”
Having read Michael O'Brien's "Elijah" recently, this calls to my mind the story in that book about the gradual taking over of a Catholic periodical from within by Modernists.
Apparently her.... Sorta looks like James Carville after a boxing match...
The same charge has been hurled at CS Lewis. Nice to see how she waited for John Paul the Greatly blessed to be in his grave before she posted this.
Sadly that sentiment can be seen in my diocese by some clergy and laity. Sadly, it's more and more believable. Thanks for posting and pinging.
So how does this chick explain the fact that he appointed as HEAD of the Pontifical Commission, Dr. Mary Ann Glendon, the Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard?
bumping for later
That it would be called a "Catholic" newspaper is laughable.
Sounds like a page right out of Father Elijah by Michael O'Brian.
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Scratch one of these radical feminists and you'll often find a disturbed woman who has no use for men.
Projection. From Wikipedia: "In psychology, psychological projection (or projection bias) is a defence mechanism in which one attributes ("projects") to others, one’s own unacceptable or unwanted thoughts or/and emotions. Projection reduces anxiety by allowing the expression of the unwanted subconscious impulses/desires without letting the ego recognize them. The theory was developed by Sigmund Freud and further refined by his daughter Anna Freud."
"JP II was more clear on the devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary than any pope in history."
Questions...
Did we or did we not get the Rosary from the Blessed Mother?
If we did, how come JPII felt free to make his own changes to it?
You mean by adding mysteries? He didn't change anything else.
St. Dominic did preach the use of the Rosary as a counter to the Albigensian heresy, and he was so instructed in a vision from the Blessed Virgin, but he didn't invent it. It grew up gradually in earlier times, as a substitute for reading the Psalter (150 Psalms) for people who didn't have a Psalter or couldn't read.
JP II simply expanded on the existing tradition. I personally think that it is a little inconvenient (because the 3 sets of 50 decades fit nicely into 6 days of the week, leaving Sunday for the mysteries appropriate to the season) and it separates the Rosary from the old connection to the Psalter. But that's not a theological objection!
Not to mention that they numerically equal the 150 Psalms.
I like that. "Felt free"..... "His own changes".
Presumably he "felt free" in the same way you "feel free" to criticize him.
It's a living faith and he is the successor of Peter with the power to bind and loose. Especially on matters such as this.
The Fatima prayer, inserted between each decade, (Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins...") was not in the original Rosary for hundreds of years. Most people now say it because Our Lady requested it at Fatima. Is there a problem with that? Or is it only when the Pope makes changes that you have an issue? Need to get it straight from the Blessed Mother and not the heretic in Rome?
The Pope added 5 decades. Maybe in the future we'll get 5 more. Who knows?
You're spending way too much time with the "Pope is no longer Catholic" crowd.
**John Paul II did not like women and spent the entirety of his 26 years as pope working to put them in their “place” **
I just don't believe this. Look at how many saints (yes, women) he canonized!!
This lady really has an axe to grind.
This is true. The Houston-Galveston dioscean paper goes directly from my mailbox to my trashcan.
His Holiness was buried in a coffin with a large "M" on it as a symbol of his devotion to the Blessed Mother. He was very close to such women as Sister Lucia and Mother Teresa. I guess this woman feels that the Vatican's refusal to consider ordination of women is somehow misogynistic.
The woman is obviously very bitter and disturbed.
And as Pope and the Shepherd for the earthly flock, I think improving prayers is in his job description. I have to confess that the luminous mysteries are my favorite. Whenever I get a chance to say a second Rosary (5 decades) in a day , I do those.
Oh, I see. The fact that women are acheiving ever more influence in the Church is not a GOOD thing to this little twit, it's just another reason to push for female ordination.
It's this never ending incrementalism that sort of MAKES one want to go back to the days of keeping them barefoot and pregnant.
She's a rebellious child. She needs to be spanked and sent to confession.
What do you think of Archbishop Dinardo? I've met him, and heard him preach. I like him, but I don't know anything about him or his politics.
My guess is that she had never even seen a confessional, let alone been inside of one and she was do doubt raised in a family that doesn't believe in spanking.
I also notice the anti-clerical, "Closer to fine" by The Indigo Girls ("The less I seek my source in some divinity, the closer I am to fine."). Actually, the whole songlist is pretty screwed up. Mind you, I'd probably list certain songs that are pretty screwed up (Pink Floyd, etc.), but there's a real theme in her list of someone who is seriously spiritually troubled...
...And I know my taste in music is affected by actual brain injury.
BTW, I thought the same way this gal thinks about 30 years ago. She shouldn't be editing a Diocesan newspaper, but keep praying for her. She's young. There's hope.
I hope somebody tries to educate her, like the kind and patient and friendly people who gradually got through to me.
Wow, no wonder it took me so long to say the Rosary this morning! < g >
Knotted strings or prayer beads were used in various forms, and in many faiths (Hinduism, Buddhism, the Desert Fathers ine arly Christianity, Islam, Sikhism and the Bahá'í Faith) for centuries before St. Dominic adapted them for catechizing the Albigensians. Various Catholic religious orders also developed somewhat different ways of using it (for instance the 7-decade Franciscan Rosary, also called trhe Franciuscan Crown.)
I'm pretty sure Mary actually held a Rosary at Fatima, but there is not just one legitimate way to say it.
I'm still getting used to the whole idea. < g >
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