Monthly Archives: January 2011

All’s quiet in the Diocese of Wilmington for the time being.  I’m having a lovely exchange on Facebook about Catholicism.  It should be true for all faiths that it isn’t just a one day a week thing but the beliefs … Continue reading →

While thinking about this issue of clergy sexual abuse, praying about it and journaling like I was told by my spiritual director to do I realized something I really already knew about the current atmosphere for all parties involved.  The diocese … Continue reading →

” The poor man is devoured by the pride of the wicked: he is caught in the schemes that others have made…In his pride the wicked says: He will not punish.  There is no God.”  Taken from Psalm 10 So … Continue reading →

Pope Benedict XVI And The Sexual Abuse Crisis: Working For Reform And Renewal by Gregory Erlandson & Matthew Bunson It is a great book.  Get it.  Read it.  It shows that the man at the top of the hierarchy does get “it”.  … Continue reading →

I was at a meeting with several priests yesterday and became disheartened by some of the things I heard.  Of course it doesn’t take much to dishearten me as far as the clergy and their total lack of understanding of the … Continue reading →

It has been quiet in the news, except for the odd letter to the editor, and also in the diocese.  As I predicted there was venom in ink form spewed in the direction of Mr. Vai, his lawyer, and abuse victims … Continue reading →