Film Fest: A Cry for Justice | Urban Milwaukee

 

The release of the film comes at an interesting time. The Milwaukee Archdiocese filed for bankruptcy in 2011, citing the large number of claims – 570 – brought by victims of abuse. A federal judge ordered all parties to mediate the dispute. The October 2 deadline for resolving the issue has been extended 10 days but it appears that the court battle will continue.

Budzinski and Smith are among those who filed claims. Their friend, Bob Bolger, died before getting his day in court.

The film, done for HBO, will premiere on 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, at the Oriental Theatre. Gibney, who has won an Oscar, an Emmy, a Peabody and a Grammy for his earlier work, will be present at the showing.

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St. James School to host rummage sale in 2013

 

Previously an annual event the rummage sale is returning after a several year absence.

The following is taken from the October 7, 2012 St. James Bulletin.

 

It's not about religious freedom - Catholic Sentinel - Portland, OR

The Catholic Sentinel is published twice monthly by Oregon Catholic Press, and is the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Portland.

To the Catholic Sentinel:
I am saddened that the U.S. bishops have chosen to deal with their disagreement with the Obama Administration over the insurance/contraception issue in the public and emotional way they have.

rious disagreement over public policy, but not a question of religious freedom. I would be interested in how the bishops would respond if the Jehovah’s Witness religion had the same political power as the Catholic Church and chose to deny coverage for blood transfusions to all who worked in their institutions?
I am curious as to why the American bishops have not released full information on who funded the expensive Fortnight for Freedom program.
Gerald Stanley, Yachats

The above is taken from :  It's not about religious freedom - Catholic Sentinel - Portland, OR

Documentary details abuse of deaf boys in Catholic boarding school

"You think, it's a movie now. Maybe people will finally understand."

Budzinski of West Allis and Smith of Milwaukee are among five alumni of the now defunct St. John's School for the Deaf in St. Francis who are featured in the film (one posthumously), which recounts one of the most sordid chapters in the American Catholic Church.

Murphy, who worked at St. John's from 1950 to 1974, is believed to have molested as many as 200 deaf boys before his death in 1998. Bishops had known about the abuse for decades but did not move to defrock him until he was near death.

Murphy's victims are believed to be the first to publicly protest the church's inaction when they distributed fliers outside Milwaukee's Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in 1974. And Smith was among the first to sue his abuser and the church, dropping that lawsuit for a $5,000 settlement he says he did not understand

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Weekly collections for the weekend of September 30, 2012

 

 

No change in pledges from prior week in pledges.

This fiscal year’s Sunday Collections

7/3/2011 $14,605 7/1/2012 $15,592

7/10/2011 $12,914 7/8/2012 $14306

7/17/2011 $11,891 7/15/2012 $12,730

7/24/2011 $11,319 7/22/2012 $13,032

7/31/2011 $15,422 7/29/2012 $12,223

8/6/2011 $12,902 8/6/2012 $14,049

8/14/2011 $14,168 8/13/2012 $12,376

8/21/2011 $11,553 8/19/201 $11,880 $14,279     

8/28/2011 $11,806 8-26-2012 $12,226

9/4/2011  $14,279   9-2-2012 $14,133

9/11/2011  $12,694  9/9/2012   $14,125

9/18/2011    $11,578   9/16/2012   $12,266

9/25/2011      $12,867  9/23/2012  $12,318

10/2/2011  $14,804    9/30/2012   $11,820

Thousands Sign Online Petition Urging Resignation of Bishop Finn

 

some members of the church not only want Bishop Robert Finn to resign his position as leader of the Kansas City-St. Joseph Diocese, they are putting their names on the dotted line.
Nearly 90,000 people have signed an online petition urging Bishop Finn to resign.
The petition is posted on the website change.org and organizers hope to appeal to the top leaders of the church, all the way to Italy.

Thousands Sign Online Petition Urging Resignation of Bishop Finn

Here is the petition website:  https://www.change.org/petitions/bishop-robert-finn-resign-as-bishop-of-the-catholic-diocese-of-kansas-city-st-joseph-mo

Church is 200 years out of date, top cleric claims - National News - Independent.ie

 

Co Mayo priest Fr Brendan Hoban, one of the leaders of the organisation, has spoken of how the church needs to face its current crises such as the series of child sex abuse scandals and the fall in vocations.

And speaking ahead of two conferences aimed at increasing the participation of lay Catholics, he said bishops and priests can't solve the church's problems on their own, that it needs the help of ordinary Catholics.

Church is 200 years out of date, top cleric claims - National News - Independent.ie