Hoping / Listening / Helping / Changing
Catholic Community
Network
Strengthening our bonds
and together making a difference
Yes OSC ! -
This controversy continues to tear our community apart.
An alternative to membership with the Oklahoma Sponsoring Committee (OSC / IAF) was offered to the Archbishop as a lay faithful community network solution, providing the same services that would otherwise be done by the OSC / IAF. After two “Prayerful Petitions” to the Archbishop, his answer remained the same. As he states in his letters, we already have an active Catholic Charities, parish ministries as well as the Catholic people living in central, western and the panhandle of Oklahoma who have an official, authoritative and pastoral Community Network called The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City.
So there you have it !
We already are an Organized Community
And
Don’t need OSC to Organize Us!
The Archbishop does not personally support the Oklahoma Sponsoring Committee (OSC), however some of his flock do! He states our efforts at restructuring our Catholic communities, although well intentioned, are not in harmony with the programs of our Archdiocese.
Oddly we offered the same services as OSC but in a Christ-
Are they the ones causing Consternation?
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Oklahoma Sponsoring Committee(OSC) Affiliate of the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) |
Catholic Charities and Parish Ministries Group of Catholic leaders from every parish |
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To better understand the pressures facing families |
Listens to the needs of families and parishes |
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To more consistently identify and train potential leaders within congregations |
Identifies and trains leaders to come up with solutions to issues facing their community |
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To make more explicit the connection between faith, worship, and life |
To put into practice gospel values of justice, love, compassion and hope through service, empowerment and advocacy. |
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To work with other institutions, including public schools and civic groups, to learn to use the democratic process effectively so that families can have a voice in what happens to their neighborhoods, schools and the greater community |
Cooperate with other faiths and organizations to achieve a common goal in effectively creating a stronger voice with political clout |
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Membership fee required |
No membership fee required |
We believe "Petition 1" may have been misunderstood.....
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2nd response shared with permission from the Office of the Archbishop of Okc.
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“Love in truth ~ Caritas in veritate”
“is a great challenge for the church in a world that is becoming progressively and pervasively globalized. The risk for our time is that the de facto interdependence of people and nations is not matched by ethical interaction of consciences and minds that would give rise to truly human development. Only in charity, illumined by the light of reason and faith, is it possible to pursue development goals that possess a more humane and humanizing value.” [Intro:Para 9]
ENCYCLICAL LETTER DEUS CARITAS VERITATE OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF BENEDICT XVI
Parishes Still ’Divided
Created by CCN for CCN
Our churches with Catholic Charities
Talking to parish families
Teaching and Training institute founded by Saul Alinsky (IAF)
Identity -
Membership in a coalition (With Fees)
Real experiences without ideological shouting
Strive for real conversations about real experiences
Develop skills to work within the democratic process
Identify and fulfill parish needs
Training, Financial Support, and Leadership
Identity -
Social Service outreach of the Catholic Church (No Member Fees)
Dedicated volunteers and staff work to address issues
Reach out and aid tens of thousands of individuals and families
Vigorously advocates federal policymakers
Follows Catholic social teachings Not within Catholic social teachings
Questionable / not specific
Catholic social teaching based on ENCYCLICAL LETTER DEUS CARITAS EST OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF BENEDICT XVI
Lets look at this from a“Catholic Social Teaching” perspective
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