Renew

Vintage advertisement featuring St. Patrick driving snakes out of Ireland, promoting St. Jacobs Oil with bold red text urging to "BUY! GUARANTEED TO SAVE THE PARISH!" and "BUY NOW!" in red. Black-and-white illustration with a man in suit and hat, emphasizing Catholic themes."

Is your parish dollar buying the subversion of Parish Life?

I am looking around at parish life in the big city these days, and all I see in the bulletin are listings for new programs.  There is one thing that can renew a parish immediately.  It doesn’t cost money.  It doesn’t require volunteers.  And it is a sure fire way to bring miraculous turnarounds and…

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A vintage-style poster with a Catholic school theme featuring two students and a teacher, holding flags with red stars. Text reads: "Catholic School + Alinsky + 'feel good' groups + RENEW and similar restructurists = THE MARXIST PARISH ??? СЛАВА СОВЕТСКОМУ УЧИТЕЛЮ! (Glory to the Soviet Teacher)". The colors are primarily red, beige, and brown."

A Little Catholic “Education” History: Getting Alinsky into the Catholic Parish

Recently, while preparing an article on Common Core national standards, someone suggested that I might be interested in the “open letters” written by a group called Catholics for Truth in Education operating in Illinois from 1974 into the 90s. Interestingly enough, a set of these “open letters” just happened to have been sitting on my…

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Cover of "Creating Small Faith Communities" by Arthur R. Baranowski, revised edition. Red and black text on a white background with a circular design. Describes a plan for restructuring the parish and renewing Catholic life."

Restructuring The Church Into Their Own Image: RENEW Bible Studies

REPRINTThis article originally appeared in the Wanderer Forum Foundation’s Quarterly in 1992. We find that the analysis herein is worth revisting today: When Mr. Morriss spoke of “restructuring” the Church then, do you see it around you today? What about his treatment of bible studies — was he right? Have you encountered this today? This…

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