From the Looney Bin
Dutch Dominicans call for laity to celebrate Mass
By William Jurgensen | The Tablet [of
THE DOMINICAN Order in the
In a booklet posted to all 1,300 parishes in the country, it says that the Church should drop its priest-centered model of the Mass in favour of one built around a community sharing bread and wine in prayer.
"Whether they are women or men, homo- or heterosexual, married or single, makes no difference. What is important is an infectious attitude of faith," said the brochure, which has been approved by the Dutch order's leaders. However, the Dutch bishops' conference promptly said that the booklet appeared to be "in conflict with the faith of the Roman Catholic Church". It said it had no prior knowledge of the project and needed to study the text further before issuing a full reaction.
The 38-page booklet, Kerk en Ambt ("Church and Ministry"), reflects the thinking of the Belgian-born Dominican theologian Fr Edward Schillebeeckx. In 1986 the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith under the then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger warned Fr Schillebeeckx that his views on the Eucharist and lay ministry were "erroneous" but took no action against him. The booklet was written by four Dominicans including Fr André Lascaris, a theologian at the Dominican Study Centre for Theology and Society in
The booklet says that many Dutch Catholics are frustrated that combining parishes and closing churches is the main response to the challenge of a dwindling clergy. "The Church is organised around priests and actually finds the priesthood more important than local faith communities," said Fr Salemans in an interview posted on the order's Dutch website. "This is deadly for local congregations."
Using the early Church as its model, the booklet said a congregation could choose its own lay minister to lead services. The minister and the congregation would speak the words of consecration together. "Speaking these words is not the exclusive right or power of the priest," the booklet said. "It is the conscious expression of faith by the whole congregation."
The ranks of Dutch Dominicans have thinned along with those of other clergy, and now number only 90 men. Since 2000 around 200 parishes in the
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6 Comments:
firstly please don't insult the mentally ill..re 'loony bin'..but some good news we had the good fortune of meeting Anton a Dutch seminarian who stayed a couple of weeks at The Oratory over the summer..he was amazingly traditional & devout...
My apologies to all who suffer from any mental illness or to any devout Dominicans, but please...this is too crazy for words.
Would the real priesthood please stand up..... St. Dominic would be on these heretics faster than he was on the albigensians.
The most disheartening thing about it all, is that there will likely be no correction effected on these men who have manifested their lack of communion with the Church. A bit like the Augustinians in Dundalk, Ireland, who had a protestant minister concelebrate with them - no penalities were ever imposed.
Fr Ó Buaidhe
Father,
I agree this article goes way too far but...How do you feel about Commuion Services when no priest is present?
I can't help but think that some official action should take place against these particular Dominicans.
"Whether they are women or men, homo- or heterosexual, married or single, makes no difference."?????
Please!! Either at least struggle to stay in line with Church teaching, or go be Episcopalian.
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