"The Shepherds Govern the Flock."... Or Do They?

Logo of the 2024 Lutheran Assembly. The synodal way is making us Protestants.

The never-ending synodal process has become a serious trial to those who love the Church. One wonders why the bishops have continued to participate and even wax enthusiastic while these events fulfill the rallying cry of Francis to "make a mess." In view of the confusion and, even questionable doctrinal novelties accompanying the process, one would expect a little hesitancy and even push back from the bishops. But there's been precious little of that from the majority who undermine their own authority as they carry out the Vatican demands to "listen" to the vox populi, especially those who want to turn the Church into another Protestant sect. 

Picking the pockets of pew-sitters - Saul Alinsky and the Campaign for Human Development

Saul Alinsky was smart enough to know that money equals power and the Catholic Church has access to huge amounts every Sunday. He wanted to get some of the action for his Industrial Areas Foundation. With the help of Jack Egan, a Chicago priest and protege, the beginnings of a Catholic charity to support the poor was born: The Campaign for Human Development (later The Catholic Campaign for Human Development, CCHD).

The bishops' website describes the organization: "Founded in 1969, CCHD's pastoral strategy is empowerment of the poor through a methodology of participation and education for justice, leading toward solidarity between poor and non-poor as impelled by the Church's biblical tradition, modern Catholic social teaching, and the pervasive presence of poverty in the United States. This ministry for justice is rooted in our baptism and faith commitment." Note the language which is typical of liberation theology movements. CCHD has a history of funding exactly that type of "charity."

How could the Church possibly be involved in a movement founded by a Jewish agnostic known as Machiavelli in a suit? One whose ethics diametrically oppose Catholic principles? To a large degree it was because of his connections to modern-minded clerics who were ready to see big changes in the Church after Vatican II and apparently had few moral compunctions. Fr. Jack Egan, later a monsignor, was a protege of Alinsky's and a founder of the campaign. He also was a facilitator of the original Call to Action conference in Detroit in 1976 organized by the bishops to listen to the concerns of the people. The conference was taken over by change agents in the church, horrifying some of the naive bishops but leaving liberal Catholics chortling and optimistic that doctrinal change was coming on a wide range of issues. There was nothing accidental about all this. It was the culmination of strategies right out of the Alinsky handbook.

Read the Wanderer Forum report A Commentary on Catholic Campaign for Human Development Funding of the Industrial Areas Foundation

What the H*** is a Community Organizer?

We've all been hearing more about community organizing than we really want to know, but it's a subject Catholics need to learn about. Community organizers have been infiltrating the Church for decades undermining her teachings and funneling Catholic money into very un-Catholic causes like abortion. Community organizers with money from the Catholic Church defeated pro-life congressman Bob Dornan and replaced him with pro-abortion Loretta Sanchez. Community organizing tactics have been used to wreckovate churches and manipulate parishioners into accepting safe touch programs and sex ed. They've been used to elect pro-abortion and pro-homosexual candidates. Does money you drop in the collection basket go to advance social evils you abhor? Very likely.

Over the next few days, I'll be giving some background on the influence of Saul Alinsky, the Chicago atheist who, with the help of Chicago priest Msgr. Jack Egan, figured out how to co-opt the collection plate to advance liberalism. Msgr. Egan is described as the "godfather of Call to Action," a liberal dissent group that has done so much damage to the Catholic faith by endorsing sexual immorality, sodomy, divorce and remarriage, ordination of women, etc. These two men, Alinsky and Egan, the atheist and the heretical priest, formed a termites' nest that continues to eat away at the foundations of the Church.

In fact, orthodox Catholics can thank Alinsky and Egan for Barrack Obama's candidacy. Catholic money helped launch Obama's career. Thanks, Father, for giving us the most pro-abortion, infanticide-supporting, candidate in history. (Please pray for Msgr. Egan who died in 2001.)

Stephanie Block of Albuquerque, NM has done a great service by connecting the dots that show groups all over the country working to organize and network to advance socialism and liberalism through community organizing. The organizers want your money. Who collects it for them? the government through taxation and the church by passing the basket. They filter the money into their leftist programs using manipulation and dishonest tactics to advance abortion, homosexuality, and socialism. You need to know who these groups are and the methods they use. Knowledge is power. Next: Saul Alinsky and his Rules for Radicals.