Town Crier:

I really do not know why you are telling me that I am promoting a lie. I know the numbers at the old church and again I will tell you that the enrollment is up, but only slightly. What do you think the attendance was last Sunday? Yes I agree with you that we probably have lost 100 members since the new church building. I also know that we have gotten new people that have started going to this parish also.  Yes people have left due to their not being happy with what is going on; that is for sure. Yet other people leave because they move away, for various reasons such as a new job. This is part of parish life. Is this not a true statement Town Crier or am I promoting a lie?

As for the school, I will promise you that I did not know about the families leaving the school ( not the parish), until a few weeks after I had posted this. Now you either believe what I say, or you do not. Promoting a lie Town Crier?

For the bingo: I again state that we have lists filled with volunteers, so many that we had a reserve list of volunteers. However we also have a new head priest and it is his decision now as to whether or not he wished for the parish to have bingo. So maybe you should ask him directly. I am sure he would give you an answer Town Crier.

I  think you know the answers already  as to why the money was used on finishing the building  and not the windows like it should have been. I am not happy that this happened. I can only suggest that you go to Father McDonald and ask him yourself if you feel that you do not have the answers. Again he did not make this decision, as he was not here.

Town Crier: I am only asking this; not to offend you, but you seem so unhappy at this parish. Why do you still attend Mass here? Maybe there is some other parish that you might be happier at.  Maybe there is a Resistance chapel that you could start going to, or some independent priest like Our Lady of Quito.

Please Town Crier in the future do not accuse me of promoting lies about the parish, as I have nothing to gain by doing so.

To answer your question 
I stay for the Mass and I stay because it is our family parish one I might ad we have been attending since 1984 .
That is the difference between you and I where as you say nothing is wrong . I say we have grave problems that are contrary to Catholic doctrine.
Those problems need to be addressed for the good of the church . 
Now that I have politely answered you question would you be so kind as to answer mine - Walton KY. has a church with about the same number of members as us 400-500 people.
Why is it they have over 200 children in their school ? BTW starting next year we should have around 45- and please do not answer by saying "Ask Fr. McDonald" that is a non-starter .You make a bold statement and then when questioned about said statment as in the bingo or the misappropriated funds you say "ask Fr. McDonald"

I would like to also ad that the church in Walton KY. is also new as is OLOS yet their church is not devoid of windows ,statuary or holy reminders .They are not saddled with a debt that parishioners do not want to pay. They are not being asked to repay funds that were misappropriated .They are not as a congregation split into opposing camps  This is a comparison of just one of the SSPX  but the fact is there is no other SSPX church with our momentous set of problems.    

In the normal course of life, the poor do not give to the rich.

How do you explain tithing?

How do you explain tithing?

What?
Is this some kind of anti-Clerical jab?
Priests aren't rich. On the contrary. They have given up all things (family, possibility of family/children of their own, wealth, and even living in their native town) to preach the Gospel full-time. They are worthy of our support.

What?
Is this some kind of anti-Clerical jab?
Priests aren't rich. On the contrary. They have given up all things (family, possibility of family/children of their own, wealth, and even living in their native town) to preach the Gospel full-time. They are worthy of our support.

I'm speaking of tithing not as supporting individual priests but of supporting the Church.

Our Lady of Sorrows in Phoenix has had one heck of a stormy history.  Some of the "old timers" there may recall that when Fr. Finnegan was pastor there, the son of the parish secretary who was a bit mentally imbalanced led the local law enforcement on a long police chase which ended in the parish parking lot.  (It was a real "circus" -- even involving a helicopter I think -- the whole 9 yards. The fella proceeded into the priory and got hold of a 22 rifle owned by the assistant priest.  He then made the tragic mistake of coming out into the open and was shot dead.  The father of the poor lad appealed to the police to let him approach his mentally disturbed son, but was not given permission to do same and minutes later the lethal shot upon his son was taken.

Some time after that Fr. Finnegan made some very scandalous public claims which he refused to take back.  He is also reported to have refused a reassignment.   As a result he exited the SSPX, whereupon he started up his own independent chapel in Phoenix which as far as I know is still operating to this day under Fr. Finnegan.  I and my wife attended the chapel a few times many years ago until we heard Fr. Finnegan make the incredible claim from the pulpit one Sunday that Bp. Williamson was a communist.  Perhaps needless to say, that was the last time we attended the chapel.

After Fr. Finnegan Our Lady of Sorrows continued to go through some rather interesting times to say the least -- even until this day.

The school is at risk of closing

How so?

Is he the one with his own chapel down the street from Our Lady of Sorrows?

I left the area years ago when his chapel was up and running.  It was not on the same street (Baseline), but it was relatively close to Our Lady of Sorrows.

The school is at risk of closing
How so?

Half the families have left the school to attend the one founded by the DeMarks that is btw now full
and next year the DeMark school is going to double in size