By Tim Rohr
Recently (in the last few days), a person known to me was invited (urged) to attend a “Neo catechesis” at the “Raina House” - the Neocat headquarters in Asan.
Since the person known to me is not a member of the Neocatechumenal Way, the invitation appears to be the formation of a new community, or at least the expansion of an existing one.
On March 27, 2023, then Vicar General Fr. Romy Convocar issued a MEMORANDUM re-affirming the 2017 INSTRUCTION of then Archbishop Michael Byrnes which placed a “‘pause’ on the formation of new (NCW) communities.”
Given that we are quite familiar with how the Neocat hierarchy historically squeezes around every word in every instruction which does not fully comport with what they want to do, it’s quite possible that they have interpreted the 2017 instruction to mean that there is no “pause” on expanding old communities - and thus are inviting “new” people to join establish communities.
(NOTE: I was advised after this post that there is no such thing as the expansion of an existing community, so obviously the invite was to the formation of a new community.)
In any event, this is another matter that Archbishop Jimenez must immediately address, especially since it was the actions of the Neocat hierarchy which precipitated the mess that this archdiocese is now in, and that we are all being forced to pay for.
It’s time for a clarification: Exactly what is the Neocatechumenal Way in Guam permitted to do?
We need a new MEMORANDUM from the current Archbishop of Agana. No one else.
Here is Archbishop Byrnes' INSTRUCTION:
I left the NCW for exactly this reason. They do not respect the authority of the ordinary & consider themselves to have higher authority.
ReplyDeleteTheir favourite comment is “do not judge”. Perhaps the NCW is making a judgement that rightly should rightly belong to God.
Take care not to fall prey to their deception!
Can confirm formation continues, it is upcoming in Asan. Ask the archbishop if he 'walks'
ReplyDeleteNo doubt they've always done what they wanted to do. I really wouldn't care save for the fact that it was the NCW which first backed Apuron and caused this archdiocese to go into bankruptcy. And of course now they are hiding him.
DeleteForgive my ignorance, but what do you mean by "walks" in the comment above? It appears that clarification, if any, from the archdiocese will not be given in a timely manner.
ReplyDelete"walks" means a member of an ncw community
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