This looks like an interesting site:
Busted Halo The slogan is "Everyday faith for everyday people". I just happened upon it because
Busted Halo recently published a two part interview with John Kerry's pastor at the Paulist Center.
Part 1
Paulist Father John Ardis counts the Democratic Presidential nominee as a member of his flock
Part 2
A communion controversy, disruptive protesters outside his church and convention jitters are all part of the job for Paulist Father John Ardis.
From what I have read about the church, it is similar in some ways to college campus based Catholic churches I have experienced--much more progressive inclusive than most people's idea of a Catholic church. But the current spotlight brought on by the
"communion controversy" and John Kerry's candidacy
makes for trying times:
As far as the communion issue goes, the parish certainly was energized on that level. Nobody here has challenged the fact that it's [Kerry's] choice to receive communion. All the challenge has come from outside of the community. I got a lot of nasty e-mails from people and lots of nasty phone calls. I had to take my staff's email addresses off of our website. One woman called me up at 3AM on Easter morning to complain. I asked here where she was calling from and she said somewhere on the West Coast to which I replied. "Well it's Midnight there and that's not even an appropriate time to be calling someone, so let me just wish you a Happy Easter and Blessings."
For some reason, this makes me think of the
They Might Be Giants lyrics:
He wants a shoehorn, the kind with teeth
People should get beat up for stating their beliefs
Okay, people shouldn't get beat up,
per se. In fact, my point has been that we need to be more accepting of diversity, and be willing to listen to each other's viewpoints. So, there is nothing
intrinsically wrong with "stating your beliefs". Depends on how it's done, I suppose. Yelling at a priest at 3 in the morning on Easter Sunday is definitely the
Goofus way of stating your beliefs...
