Welcome to our website on Catholic Social Doctrine and Alinskyian Community Organizing. The purpose of this website is to fight the encroachment of the Industrial Areas Foundation (in the form of the Oklahoma Sponsoring Committee) into the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and throughout the United States and the World. We believe their goals (and those of all Alinskyian community organizers) are antithetical to the teachings of the Catholic Church, and that their actions will in the long run harm the very people that the IAF purports to help.
“It is the duty of pastors to listen carefully and with an open heart to laymen and repeatedly to engage in a living dialogue with them. For each and every layman has been given his own gifts and charisms, and more often than not has greater experience than the clergy in daily life in the world.” Leon-Joseph Cardinal Suenens, Belgen Prelate, Vatican 2 Council.
What's New!
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Check out the updated JustFaith page. Jack Jezreel is coming to speak at St. Eugenes on July 29 at 6:00 PM. See the flyer on the Activities page.
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Four recent articles by Stephanie Block about the CCHD and its ties to Alinskyian Community Organizing are on the No to CCHD page.
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RealCatholicTV.com - This link will take you to one of the most important websites on the Internet! The exposes and news reports they have been running on the CCHD scandals and other important Catholic news are indispensable to understanding what is going on in our Church and in our nation.
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Message of His Holiness Benedict XVI for Lent 2010 - “The justice of God has been manifested through faith in Jesus Christ” (cf. Rm 3, 21-22)
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The Catholic Key Blog: 'We are at war' - Bishop Finn's Gospel of Life Convention Keynote This is the text of Bishop Finn's speech at the Gospel of Life convention.
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The DVD video of Stephanie Block's presentation about Alinskyian Community Organizing is available! She spoke at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond on Saturday, October 10, 6:30 PM. Approximately 225 people attended. The DVD is available upon request.
"It may well require that we put away half-measures. We cannot hope to renew society if society cannot detect a difference in the way Catholics marry, raise their families, conduct their businesses or serve in government. In other words, we can never hope to renew society unless we ourselves are committed to renewal in our own lives. And we can never hope to renew society as long as we find ways to accommodate social values that are fundamentally opposed to the values of the Gospel."
Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight, Knights of Columbus
In a nutshell, Community Organizing is a method for people to join together to gain power for the attainment of mutual goals in their neighborhood, city, etc. This sounds like a wonderful idea. Unfortunately, most community organizers hold to a political ideology that is considerably “left of center.” Some unfortunately define “social justice” as those who own Hummers or Cadillacs and live in nice homes as NOT tithing generously enough and therefore not being good Catholics. They mistakenly judge others, and forget the true reason Jesus came to earth—to save us from our sins—not to fill our bellies. Of course we are required as Christians to give what we can, in our time, talent and treasure, to help others. How we give, or how much we give, has always been and should always be, between us and God. If we sin, it is our personal sin. If, as many would require, we are forced through “redistribution of income” to share a greater portion of our goods, then we would be robbed of our gift-giving ability.
The failure of our leaders to uphold laws of commonsense and respect, freedom and democracy have led to the decline of our nation in many ways. We feel that the American leaders of the Catholic Church (bishops, cardinals, and priests) have been assaulted (and in some cases co-opted) by politicians and secularists, and have compromised on many issues that have negatively affected our Church and our Country. When Catholic institutions, or politicians who claim to be Catholic, openly embrace positions contrary to the Church’s teachings millions are left confused as to what the truth is. The Catholic Church must hold to the Truth. The Truth must be found and told. We will strive to attain the Truth to our dying breath. We will be supportive of our Church and Her hierarchy, and we will pray for Her, for God’s guidance to those on both sides of this issue, and for our country. Please join us in prayer and in taking a stand on this issue.
We believe it is not only our right to bring up our concerns, but also our duty per the Code of Canon Law.
Can. 212 §1. Conscious of their own responsibility, the Christian faithful are bound to follow with Christian obedience those things which the sacred pastors, inasmuch as they represent Christ, declare as teachers of the faith or establish as rulers of the Church.
§2. The Christian faithful are free to make known to the pastors of the Church their needs, especially spiritual ones, and their desires.
§3. According to the knowledge, competence, and prestige which they possess, they have the right and even at times the duty to manifest to the sacred pastors their opinion on matters which pertain to the good of the Church and to make their opinion known to the rest of the Christian faithful, without prejudice to the integrity of faith and morals, with reverence toward their pastors, and attentive to common advantage and the dignity of persons. http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__PU.HTM
Ricky & Jo Joyce
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Last Updated: Monday, July 05, 2010 10:56 AM -0500
