AWARDS
Lamplighter Award given to those fostering the light of truth in a dark world:
To
Msgr. Thaddeus Malanowski who has tirelessly
ministered to Terri Schiavo and the Schindler family even under threat
of arrest for bringing Terri the body of Christ. St. Miguel Pro, martyr
for the faith, pray for him. Viva Christo Rey
To
Fr. Rob Johansen who left the ninety-nine
sheep of his Michigan flock to help the little one in danger from wolves
in Florida. We ask his parish patron, St. Joseph, to strengthen him in
service to the Schindler family.
To
Fr. David Mullen pastor of St. Brendan’s
in Bellingham, Massachusetts who wrote to Bishop Sean O’Malley refusing
to implement the infamous Talking About Touching sex program. (See The
Wanderer 10/16). Father reminded the bishop to “stand in the door
of the sheepfold and not let the wolves in.” May martyr of purity
Maria Goretti pray for this bold guardian of the faith.
Millstone Award given to those who through ignorance or malice scandalize God's people:
To Bishop Robert Lynch
whose moral neutrality and silence betrayed Terri to the
culture of death. May St. Teresa Benedicta, murdered at Auschwitz, pray
that he might become a zealous defender of the weak of his flock.
To
the Florida Catholic Conference whose flawed
statement did little to defend Terri. Their failure to protect the innocent
has scandalized the faithful and further tarnished the reputation of Holy
Mother Church. May St. Anthony Mary Claret who served his diocese with
zeal and without rest and imitated the poverty of the Good Shepherd intercede
for his brother bishops.
To
Fr. Kevin O’Rourke, O.P. & Fr. Kevin Wildes, S.J.
who publicly endorsed Terri’s killing in the Miami
Herald and on Nightline respectively. O’Rourke also promoted the
1990 dehydration murder of Nancy Cruzan whose father, Joe, later hanged
himself. May the Good Shepherd have mercy on these men who make themselves
gods over life and death.