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Inspired by Saint Pius X, the parish takes to heart his motto: “To restore All Things in Christ”.This is grounded in personal renewal, parish renewal and in community renewal. The parish celebrates this by actively participating in Eucharist worship, prayer, the Sacraments, promoting social justice and providing a variety of forms of Catholic education available for all members. We are proud of our economic, cultural and age diversity. We share our gifts and resources to live the Gospel of Jesus in a spirit of joy.
St. Pius was born on June 2, 1835, at Riese in the Diocese of Treviso, Italy. Named Joseph Sarto, he was the oldest of eight surviving children of a poor family. He was educated in his home town before he began studies for the priesthood at the seminary in Padua, in 1850. He was ordained on September 18, 1858, at the cathedral in Castelfranco. He was named Bishop of Mantua on November 19, 1884. On June 12, 1893, he was created a cardinal. Ten years later, August 4, 1903, he was elected Pope and crowned on August 9, 1903... [ Click Next ]
Pastor's Pen
Solemnity of the Ascencion of the Lord (May 20, 2012)
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Homosexual Marriage #1 (5-20-12)
If you have been following the news and political discussion, I am sure you are aware of the recent statements made by our president, Barak Obama, concerning his support for homosexual marriage. Much of the main stream media also supports and defends this position claiming it to be a more evolved standard for humanity. The president’s new position has been described as historical and inevitable in the progress of modern culture revealing his enlightened perspective.
However, the philosophy of human culture evolving in this progressive direction should be analyzed using the principles of evolution as developed in biology which is the source of the model. In nature, different situations and stresses on a species, whether random or geographical, cause changes due to natural selection. As a result a species changes from its original structure and ability; it evolves to survive the challenges which the creature faces. In a similar way, the philosophy of supporting homosexual marriage understands that it is simply the evolution of culture into a new and diverse way of living driven by biology. However, this is a misuse of the theory of evolution since it neglects the important principle of natural selection. If homosexuality is fundamentally a result of biology and due to those desires for same-sex activity, which is non-reproductive, then the biological trait would have been selected out of the human gene pool long ago due to a lack of reproduction. In reality, homosexual desires, although they have some biological reasons, is primarily a function of complex human psychology.
Two reasons rise to the top which should be addressed for why this is being pushed in the public discourse: Political strategy and legal adoption. President Obama has had difficulty in dealing with the economic issues of our day and so he is attempting to redirect the political discourse from the economy to a social debate. He is fighting to keep his job, which is understandable, but not valid reason in itself for supporting homosexual marriage. Secondly, the homosexual community is unable to reproduce and so needs adoption as a means of forming the next generation. It is only through the next generation that their enlightened and evolved perspective can be propagated, which is the foundation of evolution.
Perhaps, then, human psychology is evolving from the long standing and ancient tradition that the marriage between men and women is transforming into are better reality for human culture. This is possible! But, next week I will discuss that idea.
Father Luke
