ChurchMilitant: One-Two Punch in La Crosse and The Vortex at the Shrine

LA CROSSE, Wis., August 3, 2015 (ChurchMilitant.com) - Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone and Cdl. Raymond Leo Burke met in La Crosse, Wisconsin, this weekend and spoke on marriage, the family and the crisis in the Church, among other topics. The event, organized by the Queen of the Americas Guild, was part of the "Remaining in the Truth of Christ" conference at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

In the keynote address, Cdl. Burke, former Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura and current patron of the Sovereign Order of Malta, warned the packed basilica of major problems inside and outside the Church. And it's the weakness crippling the Church, says Cdl. Burke, that ends up harming the rest of society.

He took last year's Extraordinary Synod on the Family as the defining moment when the crisis within the Church became undeniable. He believes the Synod took issues that the Church has always spoken on with clarity and handled them — sometimes erroneously — with no consistent reference to Church Tradition or the Magisterium. Especially telling, says Cdl. Burke, is the way the Synod's discussions overlooked the evil in relationships featuring such grave sins as adultery, premarital cohabitation and sodomy.

continue at ChurchMilitant.com

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The latest episode of The Vortex is also on site at the Shrine(video).

Queen of the Americas Guild Conference featuring Abp. Cordileone in La Crosse this August

Remaining in the Truth of Christ - 10th Annual Conference
Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe - La Crosse, Wisconsin
August 1 and 2, 2015

The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, La Crosse, Wisconsin and the Queen of the Americas Guild are pleased to sponsor their annual conference, August 1 and 2, 2015. Join us as we examine Our Lady’s relationship to an issue that is on the forefront of debate in today’s society - Remaining in the Truth of Christ.

The conference for the Queen of the Americas Guild is open to all those who wish to enhance their faith and learn more about the Shrine, the miracle of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and the Guild.

2015 conference speakers will include: His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, Charles Li Mandri, President and Chief Counsel for the Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund, and entertainment by Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Marty Rotella.

The complete conference schedule and registration can be found at: www.queenoftheamericasguild.org. Space will be limited! To reserve your space or to request further information, please contact Rebecca Nichols, National Coordinator, Queen of the Americas Guild at 630-584-1822 or register online at: www.queenoftheamericasguild.org.

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Abp. Cordileone: "We must not allow the angry rhetoric to co-opt us into a culture of hate."

via FatherZ

From Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone’s address at the March for Marriage in Washington DC:

And let us not forget: we must also proclaim this truth especially with love for those who disagree with us on this issue, and most of all, for those who are hostile toward us. We must be careful, though, not to paint our opponents on this issue with broad strokes. There is a tendency in our culture to do this to groups of people the powerful don’t know and think they don’t like. We must not do that. We must recognize that there are people on the other side of this debate who are of good will and are sincerely trying to promote what they think is right and fair. It is misdirected good will. But even those from whom we suffer retribution – and I know some of you have suffered in very serious ways because of your stand for marriage – still, we must love them. That is what our ancestors in faith did, and we must, too. Yes, it is easy to become resentful when you are relentlessly and unfairly painted as a bigot and are punished for publicly standing by the basic truth of marriage as a foundational societal good; it is tempting to respond in kind. Don’t. For those of us who are Catholic, we just heard our Master command us in the gospel proclaimed at Mass the day before yesterday: “love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” (Mt 5:44). We must not allow the angry rhetoric to co-opt us into a culture of hate.

Wow, powerful stuff.  Very easy to forget in the 24 hour news cycle culture.  

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