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Blogging and the Church
Topic Started: Thursday, 14. February 2008, 16:05 (1,745 Views)
Rose of York
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Should Katy and I start a blog called

Two Green Cardigans ?

We could have fun, pretending to be two holier than thou, do gooding old ladies, and we could talk about whether or not to use biological washing powder for Father's socks, because they pong even more since he took up jogging.

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Good idea- but I refuse to be an old lady
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Rose of York
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If you want to be a green cardigan you have to pretend to be an old woman. Ladylike qualities are not essential. Indeed they are, amongst the rank and file members of the Guild, quite rare.

Come on Katy, do we do it?
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As a Theme Tune you could sing:

"Ten Green Cardigans hanging on a wall...."
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Fr Finigan has a long post concerning another storm in the blogosphere
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In response to this controversy, the Archbishop has attacked Catholic bloggers, saying

"These bloggers who claim to be more Catholic than anyone - I think first of all they're not part of the church, they're not Catholic in the sense that they have no mandate, they have no authority, they have no accountability. And they speak very, very definitively about what it means to be Catholic, and they're followed by so many people."

Robert Kumpel quotes Apostolicam Actuositatem n.10. One might also add the Code of Canon Law:

Can. 211 All the Christian faithful have the duty and right to work so that the divine message of salvation more and more reaches all people in every age and in every land.

Can. 212 §3. According to the knowledge, competence, and prestige which they possess, they have the right and even at times the duty to manifest to the sacred pastors their opinion on matters which pertain to the good of the Church and to make their opinion known to the rest of the Christian faithful, without prejudice to the integrity of faith and morals, with reverence toward their pastors, and attentive to common advantage and the dignity of persons.

As to accountability, bloggers know that they are very quickly brought to account if they say something untrue or misleading, and their opinions can be speedily quoted, analysed, supported or refuted by others.

I found the post,archbishop-bloggers-not-part-of-church and the links included, a very interesting read.
I read quite a lot of Catholic blogs and find them generally informative and useful, most bloggers take the trouble to check the facts before posting. Some,perhaps inevitably, seem to get carried away by their own view of their importance, but most of them are knowledgeable and fair.

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KatyA
Tuesday, 30. June 2009, 11:11
Fr Finigan has a long post concerning another storm in the blogosphere
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In response to this controversy, the Archbishop has attacked Catholic bloggers, saying

"These bloggers who claim to be more Catholic than anyone - I think first of all they're not part of the church, they're not Catholic in the sense that they have no mandate, they have no authority, they have no accountability. And they speak very, very definitively about what it means to be Catholic, and they're followed by so many people."


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I read quite a lot of Catholic blogs and find them generally informative and useful, most bloggers take the trouble to check the facts before posting. Some,perhaps inevitably, seem to get carried away by their own view of their importance, but most of them are knowledgeable and fair.





One in particular, a journalist, attacks, attacks, attacks, named bishops, presenting unsubstantiated claims as information received from sources. I wish some of the bishops would sue for defamation to teach that person a lesson.

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The Archdioc3se of New York has the Archbishop's blog!

http://www.archny.org/news-events/columns-and-blogs/blog---the-gospel-in-the-digital-age/

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Joseph

The Bishop of Lancaster has had a Blog for quite some time now:-

http://www.lancasterdiocese.org.uk/BishopsBlog.asp

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Both of these blogs have been added to our list of Catholic websites.

Has anybody used the list yet?

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karenjane

http://www.jenico.blogspot.com/

Father Val has asked to spread the word of his blog. He is pp of Holy Family in Blackpool. I nip in and out of it. It can very interesting at times.
Feel free to look and join in. He is looking for new bloggers.

thanks

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Brilliant blog karenjane and thanks for the link. If I had read this beforehand, I may have revised my postings on the priesthood thread! Will try to pluck up the courage to contribute

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This is the best priest blog I have seen yet. It is gripping! There is nothing pretentious about Father Val, he does not ridicule people because they don't share his tastes and opinions in this, that or the other. Reading it, I felt as though he was talking to me.

This blog makes me think.

Try the January 2010 archives, to get a taste.
http://jenico.blogspot.com/2010_01_01_archive.html
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Monday, 11. January 2010, 13:32
http://www.jenico.blogspot.com/

Father Val has asked to spread the word of his blog. He is pp of Holy Family in Blackpool. I nip in and out of it. It can very interesting at times.
Feel free to look and join in. He is looking for new bloggers.

thanks

karenjane

Karen it is a pleasure to help spread the word. I emailed Father Val. He kindly gave permission for his blog articles to be quoted, in full, on the forum. The general custom is to acknowledge the source and give the link.
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I like this priest's style, I feel he is talking to me, in my language.

Here is one of his Lenten items.

http://www.jenico.blogspot.com/

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"Oyez, Oyez!" the Town Crier calls, "hear ye, hear ye, the season of Lent is here. Put ye on Sackcloth and Ashes. No more sport yourselves in Bed or at Table. Lock ye the wine cellar and get thee to Church to be shriven of thy sins. Lent is here, Oyez, Oyez."
Know what I mean 'arry?

Voices off stage:

* "Come Lent, I intend to loose some weight, we're going on holiday in May" [Whispers from within: "fasting without prayer is but dieting."]

* I think, I'll try to get to Mass in the mornings, it would do me good to get up a bit earlier" [Whispers from within: "Prayer without fasting is but a delusion of the soul"]

* I suppose I could do a bit more for the Charities. You can get your bank to see to it these days".[Whispers from within: "Give? Why give, if all thou givest is but what is left over?]


Our Lenten observances may be lacking in Weeping and Wailing, but should not for that reason go undervalued. Given their proper place in the plot, they may grow from being a mere signal of intent to the achieving of a good we could not have foreseen or planned.

Imagine LENT as a stage play where you can choose the leading characters and even put the really important lines into their mouths. But remember, drama is not the same as play-acting. Play-acting has no serious intent whereas, drama has. There must be no play-acting about Lent for the season thrives on drama, needs it even, as valleys need hills and the sky needs daylight. So what better way to begin our play than by availing ourselves of those parts that come ready-written.

Lent, every Lent, opens in a blaze of colour and drama tumbling into our laps from the Gospels of those first two Sundays. The first gives us the temptations of Christ, while the second brings us face to face with his transfiguration. Between them they awaken us to the doubts and affirmation that are the stuff of all our stories. But here, in Lent, not we ourselves but Jesus is the principal player, in the glare of the spotlight, centre stage.

Do not be envious that he takes the leading role for whatever transformation you had planned for yourself, it would have proved too too much for you. Christ is stronger than you; trust him to play your part for you and he will make your own role and outcome, clear.

With such a stage setting and allocation of roles the drift of the play may seem obscure at first. But give the Play time to unravel and it's bearing on your life will be to you as transparently truthful as a stained glass window, "oyez", and as colourful too.

So Christ has taken upon himself the central role. Better that way. But what of our own seemingly trivial efforts at Prayer, Fasting Almsgiving? Are they to have no place?
Indeed they are, for they will have us searching into those places in our souls where glory dwells. Then, when we come to acclaim Him risen, we will know ourselves raised with Him to new life. "Alleluia", thrice alleluia, but first the Ashes.
More Anon.
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KatyA

It seems that trouble is brewing in the blogosphere, with threats of lawsuits in civil and church courts.
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Bad News I regret to inform you that I am faced with an impossible situation. Mgr Loftus has refused to accept my apologies and threatens me with action in civil and church courts. As a result I am very worried and will speak to our Archbishop. However I will not be posting any further blogs and may well shut down completely pending resolution of this matter. Please pray for me.

http://michaelclifton.blogspot.com/ (You may have to be quick to see that as it looks as if the blog is to be removed)

More details are given By Fr Blake at his blog
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