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Small Christian Communities THE VISION - The Parish as a Community of Many Small Communities "One way of renewing parishes, especially urgent for parishes in large cities, might be to consider the parish as a community of communities and movements. "It seems timely therefore to form ecclesial communities and groups of a size that allows for true human relationships. This will make it possible to live communion more intensely, ensuring that it is fostered not only ad intra, but also with the parish communities to which such groups belong and with the entire diocesan and universal church. "In such a...

The aim of the Grassroots Renewal Project is to provide Catholic laity with relevant, orthodox teachings on the Catholic Faith presented in a personal, engaging, and comprehensible fashion.These audio presentations are especially crafted for those who no longer practice their Catholic Faith and those who have been adversely affected by the secular media and influenced by the worldy values of the popular culture. It is envisioned that these teachings would be disseminated to family members and friends.

CARDINALS AND BISHOPS, PLEASE LEAVE THE CHANCERIES AND COME AMONG US TO HEAL Dear Cardinals: We wrote the American bishops a month ago. At that time we suggested (hopefully with adequate humility) that the current crisis in the Church could be resolved in large part by a return to tradition -- by a return to basic Christian holiness.  If you would so allow, we'd like to extend that argument. We write you again with what we hope is obedience. But we write with urgency. There is revolution in the air. Lay groups are forming. Radical nuns are expressing rage. The...

SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER? By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. Psalm 137:1 We Catholic Americans are at a crossroads. Our Lord Jesus Christ who is the Light of the World is exposing acts of evil within the Church. He is revealing those who wound his sacred Body by abusing children and youth. Our Lord is also exposing rot and disease within the structures and leadership of the Church from within provinces of religious orders, Catholic universities, and diocesan chanceries. It is time to clean house. Not only do the pederasts, sex...