An astute reader of this site pointed out a small article in this morning's Democrat and Chronicle, which noted that Bishop Clark will be honored by St. Bonaventure University with its Gaudete Medal. The award is for business and community leaders who exemplify the spirit of St. Francis of Assisi through their joy, hope, positive outlook on life, sincerely compassionate spirit and desire to serve humankind."The ceremony will take place April 10 at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center. If you'd like to share your thoughts on Bishop Clark's recent actions (and post-announcement inaction) regarding the Catholic schools closures with St. Bonaventure, e-mail University President Sr. Margaret Carney, Vice President for University Relations Emily Sinsabaugh, or Anne Goergen (Gaudete Medal event contact).
4 comments:
Are you encouraging people to picket or embarass the bishop as he accepts the award? You are lucky that Bishop Clark is so tolerant. If he was the Kansas bishop "conservative" Catholics think is so great, everyone on this website would be excommunicated. As it is, your bishop has a fuse longer than your understanding of what it means to be Catholic.
I'm not sure this "excommunication" would be so damning if it came down with the same decision-making process as the school closings. As an aside, I'm sure the term catholic means universal - as in the church for all people.
bishop clark is a judas among us nothing but a traitor to our catholic schools he has made himself judge and jury not even with a fair trial who is he to take it upon himself to decide my choice for my childs education they say in the bible that the devil is amongst us working his evil through others isee this decision of the bishops to close these schools as work of the devil he does not deserve to be put in the same category as the other two men recieving this award
Who is he to decide? He is a CATHOLIC BISHOP, ordained by a POPE. His authority comes from THE VATICAN. Bishops get to do this; it's part of their job. You are an upset parent, perhaps rightly so, but your anger doesn't take away Bishop Clark's authority to make decisions on his own. That's how the Church works, like it or not.
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