John Farrell (April 7, 2022)
What disturbs or breaks your heart about the Catholic church today?
Don't like being treated like a serf. Feudalism. Am I an animal like a sheep or a cow just because somebody wants another place full?
Anti-feminism and celibacy of whole tradition really bothers me.
Almost like boot camp, where we have to follow orders.
“High” feeling from [worship at] St. Pat's doesn't follow when considering the whole hierarchy or system as it is set up.
Like our own parish, and not the way they [archdiocese] did it. Not happy about it. Sometimes I get fired up, can't think.
What fills your heart about the Catholic church? How, guided by the Holy Spirit, could we nurture that experience at St. Patrick Parish, in the Archdiocese of Seattle, and the world?
Heart filled with love and joy when we sing & pray with St. Patrick community (a “high” every Sunday).
Church experience (in Ireland): everybody says words of mass, including words of consecration. It could be that way here. Want to be on a more equal footing.