“Hope is a communal virtue; it requires us to be in relationship with one another,” emphasized Sister Simone Campbell in her Friday, December 6 keynote at the annual California Catholic Ministry Conference held December 6-7 at the San José Convention Center. The theme of the conference was “Growing in Faith… Living with Hope.” Nearly 3,000 people attended from the Dioceses of San José, Monterey, Oakland, Stockton, Fresno, Salt Lake City, and the Archdiocese of San Francisco.
The above comes from a Dec. 13 story in the Valley Catholic.
From a Sept. 5, 2012 story in California Catholic Daily:
Sr. Campbell is executive director of the “social justice” group of women religious known as NETWORK, perhaps most famous for urging passage of Obamacare in 2010 in open defiance of U.S. Catholic bishops….
Even the New York Times calls NETWORK “a liberal Catholic lobbying group.” The Catholic Thing blog recently observed that Sr. Campbell’s “views of Catholic social teaching line up neatly with the Democratic Party platform” and that she serves as an “‘alternative hierarchy’ for those seeking Catholic endorsement of a progressive agenda.”
In June, Sr. Campbell led 14 like-minded sisters on the notorious “nuns on the bus” tour of nine states to protest U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan’s proposed budget.
Is the Catholic Church giving financial support and benefits to this fake “Obamacare nun” and her group?? They all should have been disbanded and excommunicated, years ago! No sacraments for them, until they all go to Confession! How many babies have been killed in their mother’s wombs, because of “Obamacare Sister Simone” and her group?? The lay group, “40 Days for Life” is far more holy!
The USCCB bishops should all ban “Sister Obamacare Simone” and her group from speaking at any Catholic gathering, in any Diocese!
I believe most of the USCCB Bishops are derelict in their duty.
i guess this means that the bishops are not in control of their dioceses.the guardians have failed to protect the flock if they allow a pro-abortion national figure who proclaims herself as part an ‘ alternative hierarchy’ to purport to teach in the name of the church. her ability as an astute framer of issues will be able to influence some of the still forming undecidedconsciences and weaken pro- life conviction. yes,some will discover her past pro-abortion arguments and harm will result for the sanctity of life in california.the possibility for this is an unacceptable risk of endangerment.
What a disgrace!!!!!!
The conference theme is “growing in faith…living in hope”
So my questions are, what are they growing in? faith and hope in what?
I’m hoping it’s their desire to grow in faith by sharing their time with their spouse Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, or on their vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, or on how transforming the sacraments and these other activities are for them. Just hoping.
A few years ago when I asked Sr. Campbell about Network’s position on abortion, she emailed that Network doesn’t take a position. TYPICAL “Peace and Justice” position. Why don’t the Bishops act against Network? Well just compare their own liberal position on the social issues.
ann,read the transcript from sr. campbell’s interview with democracynow.org and you will find that she personally approves of abortion. that’s why she shouldn’t be a catholic teacher for catholic formation meetings
I went to that conference in San Jose, and I did not like the fact she was selected to be the keynote speaker. She is a sister that openly supports the Democrat Party and the Democrat Party openly supports the killing of our unborn children. I do not care what other things you support, because if you support abortion all other things are moot. She was a poor choice. It took all I had not to get up and walk out. I do not want to be fed the liberal agenda at a Catholic conference. I am required to go to the conference, but I will think twice about going next year. I am a pro-life Catholic and it saddens me that other Catholics cannot or will not see that you cannot call yourself a Catholic and be pro-Abortion. You just can’t.
OK then call it for what it is – they are fake Catholics.
Another example of our Bishop’s abandonment of duties to protect the faithful from wolves in sheep’s clothing. This leftist agitator (she certainly does not act as a Catholic religious) is just one of many examples of professed religious who turn viciously against the Church (think “Father” James “the Rainbow Priest”) and even some Bishops (McElroy, Chupic…) God protect us from “teachers” like these.