Some Days . . .

Dale Fushek Has an Out-of-Body Experience

The “It’s All About Me!” way this man has been carrying on after his dismissal from priestly ministry is strange, deplorable, and embarrassing. What follows is the latest ignominious milestone in his bizarre jaunt out of the Church.  

STATEMENT OF THE DIOCESE OF PHOENIX

Re: The excommunication of Dale Fushek and Mark Dippre

December 15, 2008

 

The Most Rev. Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of Phoenix, has issued a Decree of Excommunication to Reverend Monsignor Dale Fushek and Reverend Mark Dippre.

Fushek and Dippre have incurred the censure of excommunication because they have chosen to be in schism with the Catholic Church by establishing and leading an opposing ecclesial community known to the public as the Praise and Worship Center.  Both priests have consistently refused to comply with explicit directions by Bishop Olmsted to discontinue engaging in public ministry. The excommunications were incurred after repeated offers of reconciliation were ignored.  The decree of excommunication by Bishop Olmsted declares the censure that Fushek and Dippre, as ordained priests, have brought upon themselves.  The purpose of these sanctions is to reconcile both men with the Catholic Church and to preserve the integrity and unity of the Diocese.

Why Studying St. Thomas Is Still as Important as Ever

While I’m at it, here’s a recent lecture given by another Dominican luminary, Fr. Romanus Cessario, O.P., on “the perennial relevance of St. Thomas Aquinas to aspiring theologians in the service of the Church.”

Dominican Wisdom on How to Teach Young People the Faith

A Representative of the Idiotocracy

A Representative of the Idiotocracy

33 MINUTES: Something to Think & Pray About

The Real Estate Downfall

When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get on Their Knees and Pray

Which is exactly what my friend, Father Bud, is doing in the wake of a recent discussion he had with a parishioner who gently challenged him about finding ways to provide for special-needs children in the soon-to-be-built parish school. You can read about it in his blog post today, “God’s Throwdown.”

Undercover at an Abortuary

Tune in to my radio shows today, if you can

A heavy radio day for me today. I’m not complaining, though. I enjoy it.

Love Plus One — Bass Lesson

Even if you don’t play the bass, this is still nice. This song is, as my dad would say, is fabulous! Enjoy this lesson from a guy who really nails it, note for note (although I’m not sure I agree with all his harmonic embeleshments).

As with most of the songs on Haircut 100‘s debut album, “Pelican West,” this classic tune evokes in me some extremely vivid, happy memories from the early 80s. Les Nemes, whose style I sought to emulate somewhat with my own bass playing back then, absolutely kills on this track from the band’s first of only two albums — major bummer that.

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