SVP appeal to the Vatican

".....Galante expects to respond to the disability concerns "before Labor Day," Walton said. He added critics have not challenged the need for a merger between the parishes, but have focused on the loss of St. Vincent Pallotti Church as a worship site......" Courier Post 8/20/08 "....Andrew Walton, spokesman for the Camden Diocese....insisted that Galante had amply explained his reasons for St. Vincent's anticipated merger with St. Aloysius...." "....St. Aloysius .....would be the locus… Continue

Posted by Kathy Creary on August 21st, 2008 at 11:30pm — 4 Comments

facilitators for political tutoring

let's all play the bishop's shell game , shall we? Let's distract the most important problem of Camden diocese church closings/mergers by addressing the upcoming political elections with teams of facilitators at various diocesan churches to " enlighten " us. Don't want to play? Either do I !!! Use the diocesan resources available to straighten this closing/merger mess out now , Bishop Galante. WE want answers to all the questions and arguments we have posed that you keep hiding under your shell… Continue

Posted by Jim Wilson on August 19th, 2008 at 9:16am — 8 Comments

ST. ANTHONY'S WATERFORD

FOR THE RECORD....AND FOR ANYONE READING THIS BLOG....ST. ANTHONY'S IN WATERFORD IS NOT FOR SALE!

Posted by Kathy Creary on July 24th, 2008 at 11:30pm — 2 Comments

Hammonton police violate protesters' Constitutional rights

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Posted by Councilofparishes on July 28th, 2008 at 9:30pm — 6 Comments

A look at Bishop Galante's relationship with Follieri

Reposted from the Save St Mary's site

July 15's NY Post breaks with A Deal with the Devil, detailing Camden Bishop Joseph Galante's working relationship with Italian con artist and playboy Raffaello Follieri, jailed two weeks ago on federal… Continue

Posted by Councilofparishes on July 16th, 2008 at 11:30am — 2 Comments

COP Press Release in Response to NY Post Article

COUNCIL OF PARISHES DEMANDS HALT TO CHURCH CLOSURE PROGRAM For Immediate Release - July 15, 2008 From The Council of Parishes of Southern New Jersey In response to today’s New York Post article, “A Deal with the Devil” (http://www.nypost.com/seven/07152008/news/regionalnews/a_deal_with_the_devil_119940.htm), which exposes Bishop Galante’s personally beneficial financial dealings with the recently indicted Raffaello Follieri, the Council of Parishes demands an immediate halt to the Bishop's ch… Continue

Posted by Leah Vassallo on July 15th, 2008 at 5:48pm — 3 Comments

NY Post Article: Galante in Cahoots with Con Man

It is an outrage to consider that our bishop has financial motives in the church consolidation scam. Things are certainly becoming clear now, and this explains why none of the rationales posed by Bishop Galante, spokesman Andrew Walton, or any of the other cronies in Camden make a bit of sense. When you make "a deal with the devil" there's usually a financial motive. Quote: A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL: NJ BISHOP SOLD HOUSE TO VATI-'CON' By Jeane MacIntosh and Kati Cornell Posted: 3:32 am July… Continue

Posted by Julie DeMarchi Heiland on July 15th, 2008 at 5:30am

Camden Diocese removes another good priest...

When Father Wilson Kindangan of India came back from his annual visit to his missionary in India, he disappeared for a couple of weeks. Many people were looking forward to his return to St. Joseph's in Woodstown. Father Wilson didn't even go Joe's Pizzeria in Woodstown for lunch where many residents of Salem county. It seemed as if Father Wilson just disappeared. He didn't even return his cell phone calls. Then one Sunday at 8am, Father Wilson finally appears and announces that he will be leavin… Continue

Posted by Byrnes on July 14th, 2008 at 3:32pm — 2 Comments

In the news: Protest Crosses Make Next Move the Bishop’s

From the Retrospect, serving Collinswood/Haddonfield area: Parishoners at St. Vincent Pallotti moved their big pieces in the chess game of “what will happen to the church” this week, planting protest crosses along Hopkins Road. At noon on June 29, following the Sunday mass, parishioners planted hundreds of homemade crosses on the lawn of the parish. Family members left the church after mass and proceeded to plant their crosses on the lawn – a lawn which just a year ago was the site of constru… Continue

Posted by Councilofparishes on July 5th, 2008 at 4:03pm — 1 Comment

Pre-Recorded: Council of Parish's live response to Bishop's appearance on NBC3's Newsmakers

Posted by Councilofparishes on June 22nd, 2008 at 7:53pm — 1 Comment