COMMON GROUND with Fr. Jeff Haines at CABRINI in West Bend THIS SUNDAY

 There will be a Common Ground meeting at St. Francis Cabrini on Sunday June 6th 2010 at 10 a.m. (between the morning masses) in the church hall (lower level) hosted by Fr. Jeff Haines. The topic will be "The Faces of Foreclosure." 

If you aren't aware of what Common Ground is, perhaps these links will be helpful:

http://wissup.blogspot.com/2008/09/west-bend-common-ground-session.html

http://www.commongroundwi.org/events/2009/03/03/march-19-delegates-assemblypublic-action/

http://thetruthusa.blogspot.com/2010/05/wisdom-seeks-to-redistribute-wealth-and.html

This priest seems to be working hard to bring Obama's Chicago-style organization to West Bend through the people at his church, St. Francis Cabrini, and has used many THOUSANDS  of DOLLARS of parishioners MONEY to support Common Ground every year.

This is not just a Cabrini issue; it's a WEST BEND issue.  The idea is to spread this "steal from the rich and give to the poor" mentality in our community.  

Show up at this meeting on Sunday and listen in; hold Jeff Haines accountable.  Don't let this meeting go unnoticed, unattended, and under the radar for one second.  

West Bend should be VERY CONCERNED.

GREEN BAY Catholic Diocese CUTS TIES with ESTHER/JOSHUA/GAMALIEL

The Roman Catholic Diocese, in particular Bishop Ricken and Rev. Doerfler, need to be applauded for the strong statement they are sending by disassociating with ESTHER AND JOSHUA a/k/a WISDOM a/k/a GAMALIEL Foundation, all Chicago-style community organizations that have aligned themselves with pro-choice establishments and promote sugar-daddy government.  These are the organizations that are lobbying our legislators for in-state tuition for illegals, government-run healthcare, drivers licenses for illegals, are in favor of Regional Transit Authority (RTA) and repeal of the QEO, opposed to voter photo ID, opposed to the statewide voter registration list, opposed to property tax freezes and support restrictions on 2nd amendment rights of Milwaukee County residents.  Need I say more?

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay said Wednesday partisan politics played no role in its decision to call for two Fox Valley interfaith groups to sever their ties from their state organization.

Bishop David Ricken sent a letter Saturday to ESTHER of the Fox Valley and JOSHUA of Green Bay asking them to make the move and calling a meeting with Catholic members of the two groups in March.

In the letter, Ricken says ESTHER and JOSHUA’s affiliation with WISDOM, the state umbrella organization of interfaith groups, is problematic because WISDOM is affiliated with the Gamaliel Foundation, a national group whose strategies run counter to Catholic teachings.

“The end does not justify the means,” the Very Rev. John Doerfler, the diocese’s vicar general and chancellor, told The Post-Crescent on Wednesday.

And here's some wisdom from WISDOM.  DISTURBING.

A metropolitan organization is a mass based, multi‑institution, peoples organization that exits for the purpose of amassing and exercising collective power on a local and regional level to address inequality, injustice, poverty and oppression. Its job is to shift the balance of power by aligning the poor and working class urban population with a (predominantly) white, suburban, working class constituency. Metropolitan Organizations will seek to dominate and even dictate public policy decisions without direct engagement in electoral or partisan politics or through purely legal means. Instead, it will rely on the real power of massive and overwhelming numbers and strategic action to win major issue campaigns and further expand its power. Ultimately, these Metropolitan Organizations will be linked together by their staff and key leadership and will have the power to exercise greater influence on a national scale. As the social and physical condition of the urban areas continues to erode and the economic status of the suburban working class deteriorates, the power and importance of Metropolitan Organizations will grow. They may be the only organizations prepared and willing to take regional power to transform the metropolitan area and redistribute wealth and power. And if enough regions are transformed, America is transformed.

B&S (Barak and Saul) Puppet Show

A little fun with the Puppet and his Puppetmaster...

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Catholic Campaign for Human Development a Scandal - BOYCOTT THE COLLECTION PLATE

Here is some info about the CATHOLIC CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT.  West Bend's local pastor, Jeff Haines, of St. Francis Cabrini Church (262-338-2366), is an ADVOCATE of "Common Ground", a brainchild of socialist community organizer, Saul Alinsky. Catholics beware, be informed, be wise.

1)      From this collection the Bishops gave

$7.3 MILLION

to the corrupt organization known as ACORN

2)      Just this year alone, the Bishops gave $247,000 to Chicago-style community organizing groups in Wisconsin  (see below)

3)      Pro-Life groups are NOT eligible for these funds

4)      Pregnancy Care Centers are NOT eligible for these funds

5)      Religious Orders are NOT eligible for these funds

6)      Soup kitchens and homeless programs are NOT eligible for these funds.

One can only imagine how many staff could have been hired to fight Planned Parenthood’s agenda for our state, billboards that could have been displayed, tv commercials that could have been aired, newspaper ads that could have been printed, ultrasound machines that could have been purchased, buses that could have been sponsored for folks to attend the March for Life in DC in January, boxes of literature that could have been purchased for door-to-door distribution, etc., out of the

$247,000

Wisconsin’s Bishops gave to Chicago-style community organizing groups this year.

Many Catholics across Wisconsin work hard flipping pancakes, frying fish and helping with other fundraising efforts, and are highly offended the Bishops just handing these radical left groups excessive checks.

This scandal has reached epic proportions such that several national Pro-Life/Pro-Family groups are calling for a nationwide

“Boycott the Collection Plate”

effort for the CCHD collection.  Many of these organizations’ excellent articles and websites are listed below for easy access.  The time has come for some serious accountability.

HERE ARE SOME CONVENIENT COUPONS for you to print off and share instead of dropping money in the collection plate - CLICK HERE!

Become well informed by reading the materials below or conduct your own research.  

$247,000 Reasons

Why Wisconsin ’s Conservative Catholics

Should Consider Boycotting the Collection Plate

2009 Wisconsin Grantees for

Campaign for Human Development $, include:

Green Bay	ESTHER (Gamaliel Foundation Affiliate	$25,000
Green Bay	JOSHUA Justice Organization Sharing Hope & United for Action	$25,000
LaCrosse	AMOS (Gamaliel Foundation affiliate)	$25,000
LaCrosse	Joining Our Neighbors Advancing Hope	$25,000
Milwaukee	Common Ground – Industrial Areas Foundation – See Website	$40,000
Racine	RIC - Racine Interfaith Coalition (Gamaliel Foundation affiliate)	$25,000
Milwaukee	Voces dela Frontera – Illegal Aliens – See Website Newsletters	$50,000
Superior	Comunidad Hispana	$25,000
	TOTAL:	$247,000

Full List: www.usccb.org/cchd/grants/2009CCHDGrantees.pdf

CCHD Brochure

http://www.catholicmediacoalition.org/CCHD_2008_Informational_Flier.pdf

CCHD PowerPoint

http://www.catholicmediacoalition.org/CCHD-silent_PP.pps

Catholic Bishops Give $7.3 Million to ACORN 

Eagle Forum – Phyllis Schlafly Column “The Catholic Connection to Obama,”www.eagleforum.org/column/2008/nov08/08-11-14.html

Join the Boycott of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development – YouTube Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrTEoXs7Ts4&feature=player_embedded

American Life League Exposes CCHD Scandals

http://www.all.org/article.php?id=12307

“Picking Pockets in the Pew – the Campaign for Human Development Scandal”– Catholic Media Coalition, www.catholicmediacoalition.org/picking_pockets.htm

“A Sordid Tale About the Catholic Campaign for Human Development,”  American Life League, http://www.all.org/newsroom_judieblog.php?id=2774

More Questions Surrounding CCHD Grantees – Bellarmine Veritas Ministry

 http://bellarmineveritasministry.org/2009/11/02/more-questions-surrounding-cchd-grantees-part-1/

Alinskyian Organizing - (Saul Alinsky is the Father of Community Organizing.  He was a 1960s radical who founded the Industrial Areas Foundation in Chicago.  Alinsky targeted Churches - Primarily Catholic Churches - as well as semininaries.)http://www.catholicmediacoalition.org/alinskyian_organizing.htm

Dissing the Organizer: Obama, ACORN, and Catholic Action

http://www.catholicmediacoalition.org/dissing_the_organizer.htm

“ Cleveland Catholic Diocese Donated $30,000 to Group with Ties to NARAL (National Abortion Rights Action League),” www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/printerfriendly.html?articleid=01070501

“Social Justice:  Code Word for Anti-Americanism,” Eagle Forum, Phyllis Schlafly Report, January 2009. http://www.eagleforum.org/psr/2009/jan09/psrjan09.html

The Chickens Have Come Home to Roost:  Obama, ACORN, and the Catholic Campaign for Human Development” by Stephanie Block, Catholic Media Coalition,      http://www.catholicmediacoalition.org/chickens_come_home.htm

Case Studies from the CCHD - http://www.catholicmediacoalition.org/cchd_credible_signs.htm

See Human Life International’s website for an excellent collection of info.http://www.hli.org/

“Catholic Citizens of Illinois Calls for Boycott of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development,” www.ilgopnet.com/node/1167

Contact info for Wisconsin's Bishops:

      Archdiocese of Milwaukee

      P.O. Box 070912 

      Milwaukee , WI  53207

      1-800-769-9373  &  (414) 769-3300

v     Bishop Robert Morlino

Diocese of Madison

Vice-Pres. - Wis. Catholic Conference

St. Patrick's Church

      404 E. Main Street  Madison 53703

       1-800-833-8452 (608) 256-5614,  821-3000

      Email:  Kevin.Phelan@straphael.org

                  Gemmel@straphael.org

v     Bishop Jerome Listecki

Diocese of LaCrosse

      3710 East Ave. South  LaCrosse 54602

      (608) 788-7700

v     Bishop David Ricken

Diocese of Green Bay

      P.O. Box 23825  Green Bay 54305

      (920) 437-7531    

v     Bishop Peter Christensen

Diocese of Superior

1201 Hughitt Ave. Superior  54880

(715) 392-2937

A Seasonal Reminder - It's Everywhere

With Halloween approaching, this video lent exegetic thoughts of Obama, liberalism, socialism, authoritarianism, certain national organizations and some local officials.  I could go on, but you get the idea.  Enjoy!