Vocations Director Encourages Female Priesthood? By Martha Collins
Vocations Director for Dunedin Diocese, Southern New Zealand, Father Mark Chamberlain "presided" a strange liturgy on Sunday 7 February which was barely recognisable as Catholic (video below). In …More
Vocations Director for Dunedin Diocese, Southern New Zealand, Father Mark Chamberlain "presided" a strange liturgy on Sunday 7 February which was barely recognisable as Catholic (video below).
In Dunedin’s Holy Name Church, in the university quarter, the congregation were served up prayers from sources other than the Roman Missal, and a ceremony full of odd gestures such as Father Chamberlain receiving Communion in a most perfunctory manner after the congregation had been to Communion.
For some reason, Father Chamberlain allowed a woman to read the Gospel and "preach". There was no evident surprise and certainly no protest from the mainly elderly congregation present. One wonders whether Chamberlain had been emboldened or simply confused by Francis’ recent opening of the office of lector and acolyte to females?
The lack of young people in the congregation was made evident by the calling forward of children at the end of the liturgy for a blessing. Perhaps half a dozen children trotted …More
In Dunedin’s Holy Name Church, in the university quarter, the congregation were served up prayers from sources other than the Roman Missal, and a ceremony full of odd gestures such as Father Chamberlain receiving Communion in a most perfunctory manner after the congregation had been to Communion.
For some reason, Father Chamberlain allowed a woman to read the Gospel and "preach". There was no evident surprise and certainly no protest from the mainly elderly congregation present. One wonders whether Chamberlain had been emboldened or simply confused by Francis’ recent opening of the office of lector and acolyte to females?
The lack of young people in the congregation was made evident by the calling forward of children at the end of the liturgy for a blessing. Perhaps half a dozen children trotted …More
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