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| | Voice of the Faithful - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Voice of the Faithful is an organization formed in response to the sexual abuse scandals within the Roman Catholic Church, by Boston-based Roman Catholics who felt that those guilty of abusing children, or failing to protect children, should be brought to account. | | | Voice of the Faithful claims to have three main goals - to support survivors of clergy sexual abuse; to support priests of integrity; and to promote structural change in the governance and administration of the Catholic Church. | | | Voice of the Faithful's members come from all 50 states and several countries. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_the_Faithful
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| | VOTF Australia |
| | Voice of the Faithful originated in Boston, the epicentre of clerical sex crimes in the Church, in 2002. | | | Voice of the Faithful welcomes and treasures your stories and experiences because your stories are Jesus story and your experiences are Jesus experience also. | | | Voice of the Faithful is committed to shining light on the dark places of our Church. |
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http://www.votfaustralia.org
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| | Voice Of the Faithful |
| | Voice of the Faithful is recognized as one of the most promising lay organizations to evolve in the Catholic Church. | | | Voice of the Faithful, VOTF, "Keep the Faith, Change the Church," | | | Voice of Compassion, VOTF logo(s), Parish Voice, and |
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http://www.votf.org/Voice_of_Renewal/vorexcerpts.html
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| | Boston.com / Latest News / Nation |
| | Voice of the Faithful is composed of faithful Catholics who love their Church and are working to restore its moral integrity. | | | VOTF is now a reality in the life of the Catholic Church. | | | VOTF will continue to exercise our rights and responsibilities as baptized Catholics: we will continue working for justice, and we will offer healing solutions for survivors and the faithful, including bringing the expertise and voice of the laity into the governance and guidance of the Catholic Church. |
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http://www.boston.com/news/daily/13/statement_votf.htm
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| | Boston.com Latest News Region |
| | Voice of the Faithful fully backs the church's doctrinal teachings, he said. | | | "Voice of the Faithful wants the doctrine to come from the people and go up to God," she said. | | | Faithful Voice maintains Voice of the Faithful intends to overhaul traditional church teachings on subjects such as abortion, celibacy for priests and homosexuality by pointing to people who support or are associated with the group: |
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http://www.boston.com/news/daily/27/faithful_voice.htm
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| | Zenit News Agency - The World Seen From Rome |
| | The burden of proof is, of course, on VOTF to demonstrate its complete fidelity to Church teaching, by dissociating itself completely from groups and individuals that are obviously in dissent from Church teaching and gladly and willingly affirming their Catholic faith in all the defined teachings of the magisterium. | | | Voice of the Faithful (VOTF) was founded in the basement of a Wellesley church in January 2002 by those who wanted to express their concerns about the clergy sex-abuse scandals. | | | The scandals resulted from the failure of priests to be faithful to Christ and to their promise of celibacy and of bishops to protect the flock from wolves in shepherd's clothing. |
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http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=44841
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| | Voice Of The Faithful of Long Island |
| | Voice of the Faithful was formed to serve the Church by helping lay persons understand and address, individually and collectively, the most serious crisis in the 500-year history of the Catholic Church in North America: the perpetration and cover up by the hierarchy of sexual abuse of children by clergy. | | | welcome Voice of the Faithful to parishes in the Merrimack region of the Archdiocese of Boston, and apologize to thousands of faithful Catholics who are members of Voice of the Faithful. | | | This book tells their inspiring story, the story of Voice of the Faithful, a grassroots organization formed to give the laity a voice in making their church a more effective spiritual and social force. |
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http://www.votf-li.org/MullerBook.html
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| | Viewpoint: Voice of the Faithful misleads the laity |
| | Voice of the Faithful rejected Lennon’s plea for unity through prayer during Lent because its leadership decided that prayer is “necessary but not sufficient” to deal with the problems the church faces. | | | Third, Voice of the Faithful should abandon its negative, anti-bishop agenda, and instead work with the bishops to encourage and foster lay evangelization and faith formation, increased participation in the sacramental life of the church, parish development, and the pursuit of social justice and responsible stewardship. | | | Viewpoint: Voice of the Faithful misleads the laity |
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http://www.natcath.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2003c/082903/082903v.php
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| | No Voice at Voice of the Faithful |
| | Given his status in Voice of the Faithful circles and his leadership position at a Catholic university, some argue that Lakeland’s radical theories might be the blueprint for "structural change" Voice of the Faithful advocates for the Church but has not yet officially articulated. | | | Carol McKinley, a member of the Massachusetts chapter of Faithful Vice, an organization that declares its loyalty to the Magisterium, was concerned about what she heard about Voice of the Faithful and asked permission to attend a meeting of 45 Boson Voice of the Faithful chapters in Newton, Mass., in June. | | | Some people suspect Voice of the Faithful, a self-proclaimed reform movement founded in the wake of the clerical sex-abuse scandals, has a hidden agenda and is an organ of dissent from Church teaching. |
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http://www.staycatholic.com/no_voice_at_voice_of_the_faithful.htm
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| | Welcome |
| | Voice of the Faithful, VOTF, VOTF logo(s), Parish Voice, and Prayerful Voice are trademarks of Voice of the Faithful, Inc. | | | Voice of the Faithful (VOTF) is a worldwide movement of concerned mainstream Catholics formed in response to the clergy sexual abuse crisis. | | | To provide a prayerful voice, attentive to the Spirit, through which the Faithful can actively participate in the governance and guidance of the Catholic Church. |
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http://www.votfmaine.org
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| | Voice of the Faithful: Seeking changes in the Church |
| | Voice of the Faithful: Seeking changes in the Church | | | He is a founder and former president of Voice of the Faithful, one of several grassroots, lay organizations formed in the wake of the clergy sex abuse in the Church. | | | I told Archbishop Pilarczyk that VOTF could help with that common ground conversation in the Church and that a dose of democracy for the laity would be good for the Catholic Church. |
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http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/08/17/editorial_wwwed1b17.html
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| | Voice of the Faithful is a grass-roots movement of mostly Catholic laity that began in the basement of St. John the Evangelist Church in Wellesley five months ago in response to the sex abuse scandal. | | | Voice of the Faithful Gathers in Boston, Honors Fr. | | | Voice of the Faithful has an estimated worldwide membership of 19,000. |
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http://www.catholicherald.com/cns/boston-faithful.htm
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| | Joan Chittister column: Voice of Faithful goes after biggest issue of all: authority |
| | Before this is over, thanks to Voice of the Faithful, issues like a married priesthood, the ordination of women, the use of inclusive pronouns in scripture and the choice of postures during the canon of the Mass will seem to be exactly what they are -- very, very minor. | | | When people were shocked at Vatican statements about the whole hoary mess being nothing but a media attack on the Catholic church, Voice of the Faithful held firm, demanded accountability from church officials, claimed a place for the faithful in the process and determined not to mix particular issues with their overall political purposes. | | | Clearly, whether they know it or not, Voice of the Faithful is definitely not issue-free. |
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http://www.natcath.com/NCR_Online/archives/013103/013103m.htm
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| | News: October 17, 2003 -Voice of the Faithful protests bishop's ban - The Barnstable Patriot |
| | The Voice of the Faithful is heard in the churches of the Boston Archdiocese, but the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River has clamped down on the group on Cape Cod and the rest of Southeastern Massachusetts. | | | Voice of the Faithful Fall River Diocese can be contacted at PO Box 1036, Centerville MA 02632 or by e-mail at FallRiver@votf.org. | | | Although VOTF originated in response to the crisis in the church, its goals are now threefold: to support survivors of sexual abuse, to support priests of integrity, and to support cultural change within the church." |
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http://www.barnstablepatriot.com/10-17-03-news/voicefaithful.html
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| | Voice of the Faithful Affiliates |
| | Voice of the Faithful East Side and West Side have been combined to form Voice of the Faithful NY. | | | To provide a prayerful voice, attentive to the Spirit, through which the Faithful can actively participate in the governance and guidance of the Catholic Church. | | | The Mission and Goals of Voice of the Faithful |
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http://www.votf-nyc.org
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| | Voice of the Faithful - Northern California |
| | Copyright © 2003 Voice of the Faithful Northern California. | | | Catholics gather at Saint Matthew Catholic Church in San Mateo to discuss the future of the Church in the Archdiocese. | | | This video exlains why organizations like VOTF are vital to the health of the Catholic Church. |
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http://www.votf-sf.org
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| | Voice of the Faithful - Santa Barbara Area |
| | The mission of VOTF is "to provide a prayerful voice, attentive to the Spirit, through which the faithful can actively participate in the governance and guidance of the Catholic Church." | | | We, the faithful of the Santa Barbara area, hope to further in our time and place the three goals of the VotF: to support those who have been abused, to support priests of integrity, and to shape structural change within the Church. | | | Voice of the Faithful - Santa Barbara Area |
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http://www.votfsba.org
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| | Voice of the Faithful - Peoria, IL. |
| | Copyright © 2003 Voice of the Faithful Peoria. | | | Lawrence Breslin, a priest of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, received the Voice of the Faithful Priest of Integrity Award July 10 at VOTF's national convocation. | | | Breslin has provided a model of leadership for all Catholics -- ordained and unordained alike -- to follow," said Jim Post, VOTF president. |
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http://www.votfpeoria.org
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| | Voice of the Faithful making itself heard |
| | Voice of the Faithful now has over 300 regular attendees to weekly meetings at the parish and plans a convention on July 20 at the Hynes Center in Boston, hoping to gather 5,000 concerned Catholics from all over the country. | | | Thorp, who is a member of the VOTF steering committee, says that what is needed is a Conference of the Laity, parallel to the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops and possessing an equal voice. | | | But after a weekend of protest, he decided that he should first try in good faith to make a change from within the church before he could give up on it completely. |
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http://salt.claretianpubs.org/shake/2002/05/ss0205.html
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| | Voice of the Faithful meet in sorrow and hope |
| | The theme of the conference was "Response of the Faithful" and thousands of attendees signed a declaration to be sent to Rome asking the Pope to hold accountable any bishop who reassigned an abusive priest or concealed his crimes. | | | VOTF awarded its first annual "Priest of Integrity" award to Father Thomas Doyle, author of a prophetic 1985 report to the U.S. bishops on clergy sex abuse predicting disastrous fallout if policies didn't change. | | | Voice of the Faithful meet in sorrow and hope |
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http://salt.claretianpubs.org/sjnews/2002/08/sjn0208c.html
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| | Voice of the Faithful - New Jersey Affiliates |
| | Remember, if we are to be faithful to our heritage as the People of God moving through history, we must understand and build on that history. | | | The September 10, 2005 NJ Voice of the Faithful Meeting at the Birchwood Manor featured seven leaders of Catholic Reform Movements. | | | A special salute was made to Father James Sullivan, friend to VOTF, to his fellow priests and to all God's people. |
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http://www.votfnj.org
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| | Catholic Culture : Document Library : An Inside Look at Voice of the Faithful |
| | Referring to VOTF as a "progressive group," McBrien followed Ginnety in describing younger Catholics "to the right" of him as being nostalgic. | | | While it could be understood to refer to small but positive changes in the way bishops run their dioceses (instituting more transparency in their finances, for example), it could also be used to advocate everything from women priests to democratically elected bishops. | | | Ed Micca, a local Catholic and vocal critic of VOTF, said Keeler called Bishop Murphy an "arrogant rube" at the meeting and that the journalist praised priests who ignore the bishop. |
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http://www.catholicculture.org/docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=6003
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| | 'Time to take back church' |
| | That was the message Saturday from the Rev. Donald Cozzins, keynote speaker at the first Voice of the Faithful conference in Greater Cincinnati, held at Good Shepherd Church Community Center. | | | The group's goals are to support victims of priest abuse; support priests of integrity; and shape structural change within the church. | | | The most significant gift this scandal brought us is a laity who will no longer be treated as less than full adult members of the church they love. |
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http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/10/05/loc_faithful.html
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| | "Voice Of The Faithful" Prays For Healing |
| | Members of the group "Voice of the Faithful" gathered outside Saint Peter in Chains Cathedral downtown Tuesday. | | | "Voice of the Faithful" gathered outside Saint Peter in Chains Cathedral | | | The group said they are praying to show support for priests of integrity and praying for victims of sexual abuse. |
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http://www.wcpo.com/news/2004/local/04/06/voice.html
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| | "Voice Of The Faithful" Send Message To Church Leaders |
| | They gathered at Good Sheperd Church in Sycamore Township to attend the first regional conference entitled, "Voice of the Faithful," and to send a powerful message to church leaders -- to discover a key to healing. | | | "Voice Of The Faithful" Send Message To Church Leaders | | | Using it help others by sharing her story, and getting involved with organizations such as "Voice of the Faithful." |
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http://www.wcpo.com/news/2003/local/10/04/catholic.html
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| | Greater Baltimore Voice of the Faithful |
| | The Greater Baltimore Voice of the Faithful is striving to help the community to rethink its approach to lay involvement. | | | These local improvements have an especially empowering effect on the community because the changes are also part of the larger Voice movement. | | | And it's in our communities that we can most immediately help the survivors of sexual abuse by priests, support priests of integrity, and work for structural change within our beloved Catholic Church. |
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http://www.votfbaltimore.org
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| | Proposal |
| | In order to enable the faithful to “actively participate in the governance and guidance of the Catholic Church,” we believe that the Church must recover its ancient tradition of seeking the counsel and consent of the faithful. | | | The Role of the Faithful in the Selection of their Pastors. | | | The scandal of priestly sexual abuse and the cover-up by the bishops points to the need for structural change in the Catholic Church. |
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http://www.votfbpt.org/html/proposal.html
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| | VOICE OF THE FAITHFUL MAKES ME SQUIRM |
| | The "Voice of the Faithful" (VOTF) Mission Statement reads rather nicely: "To provide a prayerful voice, attentive to the Spirit, through which the Faithful can actively participate in the governance and guidance of the Catholic Church." | | | Because for many disenchanted Catholics, "Voice of the Faithful" must seem like a lifeline. | | | I say "resurrecting" because, apparently, in the eyes of VOTF, the Church is now dead. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/ma4/cathedral/archives/clarkwk15.htm
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| | Links |
| | A Lay Apostolate devoted to exposing the underpinnings of the dissident group, "Voice of the Faithful." |
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http://www.oswc.org/Links.asp
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