I've been meaning to put up some images of the christening and Grace's birthday. Hamish and I felt so honored to be asked to be the god parents, we had never been asked before; however, when we were up there I suddenly felt a little bit like a hypocrite - I'm not religious and I don't believe in God. I don't want to take the values of someone else and belittle them with my actions and I felt worried that although this day had meaning for others, all it meant to me was something special for Grace, which is of course enough; isn't it?
The Catholic Church is such a crock of rubbish, Hamish isn't even a catholic, he from the Uniting Church, in fact there was a time there in the mid 90s when I worked hard to be excommunicated, (and it looks like I would have been) a fabulous term and concept for officially being kicked out of the church - I wonder if other religions have this tool for dumping undesirables - I wonder if priests who interfere with children are excommunicated? (They aren't - they just lose their position in communion with their fellow priests etc)
(Taken from Wikipedia)
There are a few offenses that, in and of themselves, lead to automatic excommunication from the Catholic Church:
Apostasy (canon 1364),
Heresy (canon 1364),
Schism (canon 1364),
Desecration of the Eucharist (canon 1367),
Physical violence against the Pope (canon 1370),
Attempted sacramental absolution of a partner in a sin against the sixth commandment of the Decalogue ("Thou shalt not commit adultery.") (canon 1378 §1),
Ordination of a bishop without papal mandate (canon 1382),
Direct violation of the sacramental seal of confession by a confessor (canon 1388),
Procurement of a completed abortion (canon 1398), or
Being a conspiring or necessary accomplice in any of the above (canon 1329).
Wow, how many people should have been dumped as a member of the church? Wikipedia also has a list link - check it out in case you're on it!
Sinead O'Connor has been excommunicated and so has Fidel Castro, also an excommunicationee that was later rescinded was Mary MacKillop. In 1871, Mary was wrongly excommunicated by Bishop Sheil, who was against most of the changes for which she had fought. (Mary and her Josephites were also involved with an orphanage, neglected children, girls in danger, the aged poor and, in Kapunda, South Australia, a reformatory, and a home for the aged and incurably ill. Generally, the Sisters were prepared to follow farmers, railway workers and miners into the isolated outback and live as they lived. They shared the same hardships whilst educating their children.) She was censured on the grounds that she had incited the sisters to disobedience and defiance in her school. Bishop Sheil had also complained that the participants of the school sang excessively. Following her excommunication, she travelled to Rome, explained her predicament to the Pope, and was reinstated in St Ignatius Church in 1872. Despite her ordeal she never publicly blamed the church leaders for their actions. What a gal! It's a good thing she kept quiet, she may have been excommunicated again.
(Taken from Wikipedia)
There are a few offenses that, in and of themselves, lead to automatic excommunication from the Catholic Church:
Apostasy (canon 1364),
Heresy (canon 1364),
Schism (canon 1364),
Desecration of the Eucharist (canon 1367),
Physical violence against the Pope (canon 1370),
Attempted sacramental absolution of a partner in a sin against the sixth commandment of the Decalogue ("Thou shalt not commit adultery.") (canon 1378 §1),
Ordination of a bishop without papal mandate (canon 1382),
Direct violation of the sacramental seal of confession by a confessor (canon 1388),
Procurement of a completed abortion (canon 1398), or
Being a conspiring or necessary accomplice in any of the above (canon 1329).
Wow, how many people should have been dumped as a member of the church? Wikipedia also has a list link - check it out in case you're on it!
Sinead O'Connor has been excommunicated and so has Fidel Castro, also an excommunicationee that was later rescinded was Mary MacKillop. In 1871, Mary was wrongly excommunicated by Bishop Sheil, who was against most of the changes for which she had fought. (Mary and her Josephites were also involved with an orphanage, neglected children, girls in danger, the aged poor and, in Kapunda, South Australia, a reformatory, and a home for the aged and incurably ill. Generally, the Sisters were prepared to follow farmers, railway workers and miners into the isolated outback and live as they lived. They shared the same hardships whilst educating their children.) She was censured on the grounds that she had incited the sisters to disobedience and defiance in her school. Bishop Sheil had also complained that the participants of the school sang excessively. Following her excommunication, she travelled to Rome, explained her predicament to the Pope, and was reinstated in St Ignatius Church in 1872. Despite her ordeal she never publicly blamed the church leaders for their actions. What a gal! It's a good thing she kept quiet, she may have been excommunicated again.
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