94 Year Old Jesuit Priest Commanded to Stop Saying Traditional Latin Mass!

From the St. Joseph’s News Service:

Santa Clara, California: Shocking information was revealed today, that a 94 year old Jesuit Priest who is retired to the Sacred Heart Jesuit Retirement Facility in Los Gatos, California, has been “commanded” by his immediate superior, Rev. John Martin, to stop saying the Traditional Holy Sacrifice of the Mass at a small private chapel in Santa Clara, California.

Father Phillip Bourret, S.J., a retired Jesuit Missionary to China has, in recent years, returned to the practice of saying the Immemorial Mass. This was the Mass for which he was ordained nearly 70 years ago. He remains a hard working priest in the service of Our Blessed Savior, and though retired, continues to minister to souls wherever and whenever he is needed.

A small independent chapel, which is used by retired priests to provide the Holy Mass, welcomed Father Bourret to celebrate his private Mass in their chapel once a week on Tuesdays. He had started devotions to the Sacred Heart of Jesus (A Traditional Devotion of the once orthodox Jesuit Order) with Mass and Novena as a simple way of providing for the spiritual needs of a few individuals who were fortunate enough to attend his Mass.

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Father John Martin had the unmitigated audacity not only to command the old priest to stop saying the TLM but applied the sanction that he would be SUSPENDED if he disobeyed the perverse command.

You can contact Fr. Martin here:

Sacred Heart Jesuit Center
Rev. John Martin, SJ
300 College Ave.
Los Gatos, CA 95030
Phone 408-884-1756

Or better yet, E-mail the Provincial Office.

Ban of Easter Bunny draws unwanted attention to St. Paul

From the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Easter Bunny’s gigantic ears must be burning now that he’s gotten the boot from St. Paul’s City Hall.

The story of the bunny’s eviction from the lobby of the City Council offices is the talk of the town on public airwaves, in skyways and on Web sites throughout the country. Even Fox’s Bill O’Reilly asked about it.

Those who agreed with the decision to pull “Happy Easter” messages kept a relatively low profile; several city employees who applauded the move asked to remain unidentified.

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The items included a cloth rabbit and pastel-colored eggs bearing the “Happy Easter” message. They belonged to one of the council secretaries and were not bought with city money. The secretary has also put up decorations inside the City Council lobby to celebrate fall, Christmas, Valentine’s Day and St. Patrick’s Day for at least a decade.

“My issue was not about the rabbit or the egg, it was the sign on the door that said, ‘Happy Easter,’ ” Terrill said Thursday. “We talk about diversity, respect, inclusion. When you put that on the front door of a government office, it could be offensive to someone who’s a Muslim, a Jew, an atheist, what have you. That’s my job to bring it to someone’s attention.”

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“As much as I believe in the separation of church and state, I think it’s an overreaction,” Thune said. “This makes everyone look foolish, to ban the bunny.”

He said producers for “The O’Reilly Factor” called to inquire.

Lantry said her decision was not about “being politically correct” but that government shouldn’t advance the cause of religion with Easter signs.

Note to self, find the church of the happy-slappy Easter Bunny so I can attend the early morning chocolate bunny and egg liturgy.

The City can happily go about its business of removing ridiculous decorations any time it likes, with my blessing. As a matter of fact, thank you! Let’s end the commercialization of the most sacred day of the year.

Second note to self, remember to be insulted by anyone who finds my beliefs insulting, most especially Muslims who feel so insulted they have to pronounce death sentences on Christians.

San Francisco City Government Calls Catholics ‘Hateful, Discriminatory, Insulting, Ignorant’

From LifeSiteNews:

Top Cardinal is “decidedly unqualified”, says resolution
By John-Henry Westen

SAN FRANCISCO, March 22, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In one of the most startling attacks on the Catholic Church coming from a governmental body in the United States in half a century, the governing body of the city of San Francisco – the Board of Supervisors – voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a non-binding resolution blasting the Catholic Church for its opposition to homosexual adoption…

Uh, remember that separation of Church and State thingy? And you are interfering in and commenting on Church matters because…? Oh yes, that’s it, political hypocrisy.