
A kinder, gentler Michael Voris shifts into “high gear”
by Doug Lawrence
At his latest “Majesty of the Faith” all-day conference, held Saturday April 30, in west suburban St. Charles, Illinois, Michael Voris of St. Michael’s Media and Real Catholic TV, spent relatively little time criticizing the modernist church, or taking to task errant bishops and priests. Instead, he offered the approximately 100 serious, dedicated Catholics in attendance, a finely crafted, highly nuanced and very powerful view of the glory and majesty of the ancient faith that we have come to call “Catholic”… as it was originally founded by He who IS the Majesty of the Faith … Jesus Christ … and handed down to us, by the apostles.
Mr. Voris did a masterful job of weaving together some 2000 years of Catholic scripture, tradition, and authentic church teachings, in a way that not only captured everyone’s attention (for about six hours, in total) but fully engaged their hearts and minds, as well.
Returning from our lunch break, a short Q&A session revealed an extraordinary and inspiring level of enthusiasm and curiosity from virtually all those assembled, who ranged in age from around 12 to almost 90 … some of whom traveled nearly a hundred miles, to get there.
To put it mildly, Michael’s timeless message of faith was received with enthusiasm and grace, by all. It was truly a beautiful thing to behold!
Just a few comments, from those who attended:
“The man speaks the truth!”
“We need to get Michael to come to our parish.”
“I never really understood the Bible, before today.”
“This is the kind of stuff that will really make Catholics come home!”
The late Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, one of Michael’s favorite Catholic theologians and speakers (and mine) would have been proud to have been there, to hear him. And perhaps he was!
As one of the sponsors of the event, I would like to thank Michael Voris for all his great work and dedication, all those who attended, all the other program sponsors, and especially, the Weber family, who really did all the “grunt work” of putting the whole thing together.
Real Catholic TV also offers a themed video series on “The Majesty of the Faith”, which can be viewed on your computer or smart phone. Visit the Real Catholic TV site.
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May 2, 2011
Categories: Books & Publications, Events, history, Human Rights, Inspirational, Politics . Tags: Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, catholic, chicago, conference, illinois, Jesus Christ, Michael Voris, Real Catholic TV, St. Charles, St. Michael's Media, The Majesty of the Faith . Author: Hosted by Doug Lawrence . Comments: Leave a comment
My response to a reader comment shocked me.
Remembering simpler times. Were they really better?
by Doug Lawrence
Responding to a recent comment about the teachings of the pre-Vatican II Catholic Church, I wrote:
I lived during the era of the pre-Vatican II Church, so I’m an eye-witness.
Way back then, 75% of Catholics attended Mass every Sunday. Urban renewal projects had yet to break up and disperse faithful Catholic communities. Contraception and abortion were not yet central issues of the day. The clarity of Catholic teaching was superb.
The quality of Catholic schools was excellent and the tuition was easily affordable, even for families with many children. Catholic churches were beautiful. Men and women religious were numerous, orthodox, and wholly dedicated to their work.
The liturgy was traditional, Latin, and quite adequate. The seminaries had yet to be liberalized and feminized, so there was an abundance of good priests available to serve the needs of most parishes.
In those days, the Catholic Church was respected, all around the world. We had a strong Pope in the Vatican, no nonsense bishops running most of the dioceses, and Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen proclaiming Catholic truth to the masses every week, on network TV.
Of course, there were a few “bad apples” and scandals, even then. But the pre-Vatican II church knew how to properly handle them.
Then there was Vatican II … somebody put the radicals in charge … the church tore itself apart, lost its focus, along with much of its good sense, and with a few exceptions, things have been going downhill ever since.
Were things really that good, back then? Comments, anyone?
Thanks to Cathy for the original comment!
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January 6, 2013
Categories: Books & Publications, Events, history, Human Rights, Inspirational, Politics, Religious Ed, Scandals, Videos, Photos, Audio . Tags: Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, Catholic-Church, latin, mass, priests, reader comment, Religious, schools, Vatican II . Author: Hosted by Doug Lawrence . Comments: 3 Comments