NATIONAL Representative Council Update

The VOTF National Representative Council adopts the following resolution as stated here:

Voice of the Faithful invites fellow Catholics, laity and clergy, to join us in calling upon the Holy See to conduct an ecclesial review of mandatory celibacy for diocesan priests. We call for this study to be conducted as a serious, extensive, unbiased review, utilizing the insights of history, modern psychology, sociology, and pastoral practice, of the discipline of celibacy in the Latin Rite. And we call for the study to be conducted without prejudging the outcome.

This public call inviting others, as individuals and groups, to join us, would coincide with a nationwide effort to engage Catholic laity through an exploration of the Current State of the Priesthood and its Ability to Meet the Needs of the Faith Community. This exploration would focus upon such things as access to the Eucharist for the laity, diocesan priests’ workload, lowering of standards for seminary candidates, priests’ morale, financial security issues for priests, the impacts of mandated celibacy, and the decline in vocations to the priesthood. This effort will be planned and implemented by the Priest Support Working Group of Voice of the Faithful, an international organization of Catholic laity.

Voting Total

The total number of votes -- 22 -- exceeded the quorum required. The resolution was approved by more than a 2/3rds majority of the voting Representatives.

Yes = 20 (90.9%)
No = 2 (9.1%)
Abstain = 0

Voting Details
Voting Yes (20):

Voting Details

Region 1 (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT):
Donna B. Doucette -- Yes
Ron DuBois -- Yes
John Marshall Lee -- did not vote
Jane Merchant -- did not vote
Bob Morris -- No

Region 2 (NY):
Dan Bartley -- Yes
Sheila Peiffer -- Yes
Ed Wilson -- Yes

Region 3 (PA and NJ):
Bud Bretschneider -- Yes
Bill Culleton -- Yes

Region 4 (DC, DE, MD, VA and WV):
Chuck Miller -- Yes
Rich Moriarty -- Yes

Region 5 (AL, KY, LA, MS, and TN):
Susan Vogt -- Yes

Region 6 (OH and MI):
Ed Friedl -- Yes
Kris Ward -- Yes

Region 7 (IL, IN, WI):
Dee O'Neal -- Yes

Region 8 (MN, ND, and SD):
Bob Schwiderski -- No

Region 9 (IA, KS, MO, NE):
Bob Kaintz -- Yes

Region 10 (TX, OK and AR):
Lisa Kendzior -- Yes

Region 11 (CA, HI, NV):
Jim Jenkins -- Yes
Hugh O'Regan -- Yes

Region 12 (AK, ID, MT, OR, WA):
Linda Mains -- Yes

Region 13 (AZ, CO, NM, UT, WY):
Frank Douglas -- Yes

Region 14 (FL, GA, NC and SC):
Doug Roach -- Yes
Rosa Maria Montenegro -- did not vote



In the Vineyard
April 19, 2007
Volume 6, Issue 8 Printer Friendly Version (PDF)


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VOTF National Representative Council Update

DIOCESE/State Watch

AFFILIATE Highlight

Commentary - former VOTF president and current VOTF trustee Jim Post comments on the recent recognition paid to David O’Brien by Holy Cross College. See “Called to Action: David O’Brien”

LITURGICAL Reading: Stan and Eileen Doherty offer a liturgical reading plus.

BOOK Review: VOTF’s Anne Southwood reviews Dr. Mary Gail Frawley-O’Dea’s book Perversion Of Power: Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church. Vanderbilt University Press, Nashville TN, 2007.

 


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