Defrocked priest and convicted pedophile John Salazar raised this memorial in honor of Bishop Matthiesen, who, after Salazar was convicted of abusing youth in our diocese, stated, “I was never sorry that I went against the Diocese of Los Angeles’ warnings not to hire Salazar!”
Bishop Zurek, for his part, called what Matthiesen did a ‘serious mistake,’ yet the memorial still remains.”
…”against” a letter on the diocesan website, which Bishop Zurek still hasn’t retracted, denouncing ‘a few’ who followed their “Safe Environment Training” by reporting abuse at St. Mary’s Cathedral;
Yusuf / Cat Stevens – Peace Train (live, Majikat – Earth Tour 1976)
October is not just “Safe Environment Month”; it is also the month of the Synod. But can we truly have a “Safe Environment” without synodality towards “a shared mission”❓
Finally, doesn’t an “adequate understanding of spirituality involve defining what we mean by ‘peace‘”, which for me “is much more than simply the absence of” conflict with Bishop Zurek❓ Therefore, isn’t my inner “peace” closely tied to care for the common good, which, when lived authentically, is reflected in a ‘Shared Mission’❓ Consequently, can I not find “peace” by posting about Bishop Zurek and praying that our new bishop ‘Just Says NO❣️’ to being pressured into participating in Bishop Zurek’s “sins against synodality“❓ In doing so, will I not discover the answer to Jesus’s question:
On the other hand, no one can cultivate a sober and satisfying life without being at peace with him or herself. An adequate understanding of spirituality consists in filling out what we mean by peace, which is much more than the absence of war. Inner peace is closely related to care for ecology and for the common good because, lived out authentically, it is reflected in a balanced lifestyle together with a capacity for wonder which takes us to a deeper understanding of life.
