Quote Originally Posted by SWMAP View Post
And again- the church has not abandoned the City. Is St John hospital still on the east side? How about the Dominican literacy center? St. Vincent de Paul? Various Mercy clinics? What about the cornerstone schools in the City - founded by the AoD? Christi Rey school? U of D Mercy? Marygrove? St. Patrick's community Center? The Capuchin & St. Leo and all the other soup kitchens? How ate these not the work and priority of the Catholic church?
Agree that these are examples of the work of the Catholic Church but many [[most) are the work of religious orders not the AoD. The Catholic Church isn't giving Fr. Jovita the boot. It's the AoD.

We sometimes seem to lose sight of what should be most important to any church - the people.