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Contacts:
Jerry Schoof, j.schoof@att.net
Maria Grimminger, fmgrim@att.net
Macomb Area CTA News (Spring 2011)
We have had several meetings in the last 9 months and have begun to establish our identity. We meet about every two months and sometimes we include a prayer service with a meal and discussion. At the invitation of Arnie Messing, John and Norma Kinkel attended the monthly Eucharistic prayer service we had heard so much about in Ann Arbor. We have yet to move in that direction in Macomb county. At present we are trying to serve the board through work on the newsletter and various other tasks as they are assigned. In the next few months we will schedule regular meeting times and goals for this branch of CTA.
2011:
CTA-MI has a new branch! The new group is located and meets in Macomb
County. We held our first meeting in August at the home of John Kinkel
and Norma Josef. We met again in October, when Frank and Maria
Grimminger were our hosts. Both meetings had 10-12 participants engaged
in interesting discussions of current Church issues and personal
experiences with the Church. At our October meeting, we were pleased to
have as guest Susan Masiak from the North Metro branch. Susan shared
with us her interchange with Archbishop Vigneron on the CTA
demonstration at the Detroit ordination ceremony. The archbishop's
reaction was a foreshadowing of his reaction to the ACC just a few
weeks later! Thanks to Susan for sharing with us! Our next meeting will
be early December. Our hostess will be Grace Hill.
Jerry Schoof has agreed to be our liaison to the CTA-MI Board, and
Maria Grimminger will handle our communication. For more information on
our activities you can reach them by email: Jerry Schoof:
j.schoof@att.net, Maria Grimminger: fmgrim@att.net --Mary Cay Sengstock
Intros …
"My name is Jerry Schoof. I am the representative to the CTA-MI board from the newly formed Macomb Branch. I am a lifelong Michigan Catholic. (Not the newspaper) I was invited to join just as the branch was being formed. I accepted because Vatican II showed me what church could be and I was involved in the synods that Cardinal Dearden fostered. I live in Macomb County. I worship in Oakland County. I look forward to working with the newsletter editor in the future."
"My name is Maria Grimminger. I volunteered to be the communicator for our newly formed CTA-MI Macomb Branch. I am excited about our new branch as well as CTA-MI as it provides an opportunity to be with people who are in love with the teachings of Vatican II and are looking for ways to keep these teachings alive within our Church. I’ve been a life long Catholic who envisions an inclusive Church where everyone is welcome to the table and everyone’s gifts are recognized, valued and cherished.
Macomb goes to Milwaukee (CTA)
Sr. Joan Chittister hit the proverbial nail on the head. She reminded
us that we’ve been learning all weekend about what’s been going on in
our church. It is not pretty. The national meetings help us dial up to
the central theme of the last decade. The Catholic Church is in error.
The gates of hell have already prevailed against it in many ways. More
bad news here in Detroit about the sex abuse scandal (2 part series in
Detroit Free Press). $2.7 billion paid out thus far in victim legal
claims.
No one is really talking about the ordination of women in the parishes.
What is it? Is the whole church that dull? Discrimination is illegal,
right? Is it just me or do we have a serious problem with the
Condoms/AIDS teaching of the pope? (The more I look at Sr. Joan, I
think: she would make a great bishop.) After a few beers and a
sandwich, I hear moans about the new English translation of the mass.
Another distraction. And then there is the line: for every one person
who joins the Catholic Church, three leave. The recent Commonweal
articles are a hot topic. Don’t we need a national conference to get
our act together? Our children and grandchildren are depending on us.
But our Archbishop has declare American Catholic Council meeting in
Detroit, 2011, out of bounds for 1.4 million Catholics here. Hello?
The new Macomb branch is planning its 3rd meeting and there is plenty
of work to do. We have been learning what’s been going on in the church
around here. We need some change.
John Kinkel, john.kinkel@gmail.com