Bending Toward Justice

Christine Schenk

doi:10.5771/9798881800482

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Bending Toward Justice tells the story of the rampant closings of Catholic parishes across the United States and documents the courageous advocacy of Sr. Kate Kuenstler and hundreds—indeed thousands—of ordinary Catholics whose persistence charted a new course in canon law. Sr. Kuenstler's expertise eventually gave increased leverage to the laity—and their parishes—in the struggle to preserve their parish homes, especially in ethnically diverse and poor neighborhoods. In 2012, after what Catholic pundit Rocco Palmo described as “the most ferocious and bitter parish planning face-off the Stateside church has seen in the last quarter century,” Rome ordered Cleveland’s Bishop Richard Lennon to re-establish 12 parishes he had wrongly closed and reopen their churches. It was an unprecedented victory. For the first time, Rome ordered a bishop to restore a large number of suppressed parishes as well as reopen their churches. The Vatican powerfully upheld the rights of Catholics in those parishes to have an appropriate voice in determining the future. This book offers an inside view into the wholesale closing of too many vibrant Catholic parishes in too many neighborhoods.

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Copyrightjahr: 2024
ISBN-Print: 979-8-8818-0047-5
ISBN-Online: 979-8-8818-0048-2
Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Sprache: Englisch
Seiten: 258
Produkttyp: Monographie

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1. Contents Kein Zugriff
2. Acknowledgments Kein Zugriff
1. Shrinking Parishes to Fit the Number of Priests Kein Zugriff
2. Clergy Sex Abuse Payouts Kein Zugriff
3. Catholics Stop Attending Mass—Even Before the Pandemic Kein Zugriff
1. Did You Live Life to the Full? You Betcha I Did! Kein Zugriff
2. Innovative Catholic Educator Kein Zugriff
1. “Professoressa Kati” Kein Zugriff
2. Coursework and the Rights of the Lay Faithful Kein Zugriff
3. Life in Rome Kein Zugriff
4. Doctoral Studies: Cardinal Hume Kein Zugriff
1. Do Catholics Have Rights in the Church? Kein Zugriff
2. Vatican II and Canon Law: Some Background Kein Zugriff
3. Parish Rights and Obligations Kein Zugriff
4. Canon Law 101: Rights, Responsibilities, and Recourse Kein Zugriff
5. More About Administrative Recourse Kein Zugriff
6. “Do Not Stifle the Spirit”—Save Our Parish Community Initiative Kein Zugriff
7. The Independent Practice of Canon Law Kein Zugriff
1. Parishioners Appeal Despite Pundit Predictions of Failure Kein Zugriff
2. St. Mary Parish, Jamesville—Diocese of Syracuse Kein Zugriff
3. St. Mary Appeal to the Apostolic Signatura Kein Zugriff
4. “The Smoke of Good Jurisprudence” Kein Zugriff
5. Unprecedented Full Court Hearing at the Apostolic Signatura Kein Zugriff
6. Signatura Decrees That St. Mary’s Church, Jamesville, Must Remain Open Kein Zugriff
7. Syracuse Diocese Balks But Loses Appeal Kein Zugriff
1. St. Vincent Pallotti Parish—Diocese of Camden, New Jersey Kein Zugriff
2. About Monsignor Marucci Kein Zugriff
3. A Diocesan Planning Process Gone Awry Kein Zugriff
4. Some Planners Walk Out; Others Go Back to Drawing Board Kein Zugriff
5. A Shocking Announcement Kein Zugriff
6. Diocesan Bid to Acquire Assets and Violation of Donor Intent Kein Zugriff
7. The Bishop and the Broker Kein Zugriff
8. The Bishop Says No, No, and No Kein Zugriff
9. Attempts to Discredit the Pastor Kein Zugriff
10. Seeking Recourse in Rome Kein Zugriff
11. Monsignor Lou Marucci Interviews Sr. Kate Kuenstler Kein Zugriff
12. FOSVP File Administrative Appeal to Rome Kein Zugriff
13. Hammering Out a New Canonical Approach Kein Zugriff
14. Second Petition to Vatican Yields Unprecedented Response Kein Zugriff
15. Exhaustive Five-Volume Recourse Sent to Congregation for the Clergy Kein Zugriff
16. The Bishop Tries a Transfer Kein Zugriff
17. A Waiting Game, and Camden Catholics Keep Organizing Kein Zugriff
18. The Bishop Makes His Case Kein Zugriff
19. Congregation for the Clergy Upholds Galante—Without Reading SVP Recourse Kein Zugriff
20. Appeal to the Apostolic Signatura Kein Zugriff
21. Nearly Three Hundred SVP Parishioners Sue the Camden Diocese Kein Zugriff
22. Signatura Responds—Slowly Kein Zugriff
23. The Apostolic Signatura Demurs Kein Zugriff
24. A Watershed Moment: Sister Kate Writes to the Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura Kein Zugriff
1. A Tale of Two Bishops Kein Zugriff
2. “As the Parish Goes, So Goes the Faith of the People.”—Bishop Pilla25 Kein Zugriff
3. Richard G. Lennon Kein Zugriff
4. Acclimating to Cleveland—Or Not Kein Zugriff
5. Of Mission and Money Kein Zugriff
6. A Planning Process Derailed: Vibrant Parish Life Phase II Kein Zugriff
7. Organizing to Defend Parish Rights Kein Zugriff
8. Northeast Ohio Parishes Resist Kein Zugriff
9. Saint Colman and Saint Ignatius Appeal to Bishop, and He Listens Kein Zugriff
10. An Uphill Battle—Recourse to the Congregation for the Clergy Kein Zugriff
11. Endangered Catholics Kein Zugriff
1. The Black Community: St. Cecilia, Epiphany, and Saint Adalbert Kein Zugriff
2. Saint Emeric—Personal/Ethnic Parishes Targeted Kein Zugriff
3. Historic St. Peter Kein Zugriff
4. A Closing Mass and the Opening of the Community of St. Peter Kein Zugriff
5. The Vatican Sends an Apostolic Visitor Kein Zugriff
6. Vatican Again Extends Deadline for Appeals Kein Zugriff
1. Sister Kate Writes a Commentary and Cleveland Priests Find Their Voice Kein Zugriff
2. More About a Pioneering Canonical Commentary Kein Zugriff
3. Learnings Kein Zugriff
4. A New Precedent—and New Alternatives to Closing Parishes Kein Zugriff
5. Lennon Reopens Parishes—and Closes the Pastoral Planning Office Kein Zugriff
6. For the First Time in US History Multiple Parishes Reopen (But It’s Messy) Kein Zugriff
1. Black Parish Reopens in the Archdiocese of Miami, Florida Kein Zugriff
2. A Change at the Congregation for the Clergy Kein Zugriff
3. Indianapolis: A Paradigm for Bishops on How to Do a Merger Kein Zugriff
4. Hispanic Immigrants Oppose Cardinal DiNardo and Save St. Stephens Kein Zugriff
5. Kate Defends Laity—and Holds Pastors and Bishops Accountable Kein Zugriff
6. Majority of Successful US Recourses Were Guided by Kuenstler Kein Zugriff
1. Vatican Orders Cardinal Dolan to Release Decrees Kein Zugriff
2. Identical Decrees for Over 125 Archdiocese of New York Parishes Kein Zugriff
3. Appealing to Rome Is Important, Even If It Fails Kein Zugriff
4. Financially Sound Parishes at Risk Kein Zugriff
5. The Deaf Community and St. Elizabeth of Hungary Kein Zugriff
6. The Reid Group Kein Zugriff
7. “I Have Influenced the Development of Jurisprudence” Kein Zugriff
1. Most Parishes Are Viable Kein Zugriff
2. Implications for Canon Law Kein Zugriff
3. A Dark Night of the Soul Kein Zugriff
4. Support from the PHJC Sisterhood Kein Zugriff
5. Kate’s Ill Health and Mother Kasper’s Canonization Kein Zugriff
6. “Dangerous Nun” Makes “Huge Symbolic Impact” Kein Zugriff
7. The Journey Home Kein Zugriff
8. Canon Lawyer for the People of God Kein Zugriff
1. Catholics Are Still Organizing to Appeal Mergers and Closures Kein Zugriff
2. Status of Other Recourses Kein Zugriff
3. Conclusion Kein Zugriff
1. Chapter 1 Kein Zugriff
2. Chapter 2 Kein Zugriff
3. Chapter 3 Kein Zugriff
4. Chapter 4 Kein Zugriff
5. Chapter 5 Kein Zugriff
6. Chapter 6 Kein Zugriff
7. Chapter 7 Kein Zugriff
8. Chapter 8 Kein Zugriff
9. Chapter 9 Kein Zugriff
10. Chapter 10 Kein Zugriff
11. Chapter 11 Kein Zugriff
12. Chapter 12 Kein Zugriff
13. Epilogue Kein Zugriff
Bibliography Kein Zugriff Seiten 245 - 246
Index Kein Zugriff Seiten 247 - 256
About the Author Kein Zugriff Seiten 257 - 258