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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
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