Witch Willows WanderingsCatholics Gone Wild
November 6th 2006 16:15
Catholics A-"Salt" Pagans
The Abbey
OOPS! Wrong example of Throwing Salt.
So why did this happen in the first place? Glastonbury is a predominately pagan town and has lots of pagan visitors as well. So what got the Catholic’s panties in a bunch to the point that they had to march through town and do this? Well Father Knox-Lecky of St. Mary’s church said that after speaking with the pagan community, the Youth 2000 group would not be invited back anymore. To cover his butt he said, “A family appeared who we don't know, who were very destructive not only in the town and to the pagan community, but were also swearing at our parishioners as well.” I am going to entrust that his statement is true and basically just sad that one of the supporters would swear at parishioners there as well.
Burn 'em at the stake...again
Here is what Youth 2000 supposedly is: “an independent, international initiative that helps young adults aged 16-35 plug back into God at the heart of the Roman Catholic Church.” The managing director, Charlie Connor, stated “Youth 2000 does not condone or encourage this kind of behavior from anyone. We fully agree that differences on matters of faith cannot and should not be resolved by any kind of harassment”. As much as I would like to believe him, I personally do not. They apparently were very aware of the fact that Glastonbury was thriving with paganism, yet still allowed the march to take place. This would be like getting a group of Pagans and marching through Vatican City. I know they supposedly were marching to mark the 467th anniversary of the beheading of Richard Whiting, the last abbot of Glastonbury Abbey, but why? Yes, celebrate what you want….but when you do something like this knowing full well who lives, works, and vacations in this town then shame on you. What were they expecting? Let me guess…Pagans and Catholics would join hands and dance in the street with joy and love and then in the end the Pagans would find the “light” and come to Jesus. No matter what the reason was, this was stupid planning on their part.
I wasn’t too aggravated with this story, just tired of hearing it, until I read this statement from the arch druid of Glastonbury, Dreow Bennett, “To call the behavior of some of their members medieval would be an understatement. I personally witnessed the owner of the Magick Box being confronted by one of their associates and being referred to as a bloody bitch and being told 'you will burn in hell'.” What would possess someone to be this hateful to another person that they don’t even know? It makes the thought of Catholicism being peaceful and loving a crazy notion. Maybe next time, if there is a next time, they should have priests on hand to perform exorcisms, because apparently some of the marchers acted so vile they needed to have their “demons” driven out. I can’t wait to see how the Pope ends up “spinning” this one! He probably will try to ramble off something about the Nazi’s being born of neo-paganism again. Or how about how he apparently does not support interfaith, unlike his predecessor Pope John Paul II? But that’s an entirely different can of worms, so we won’t go down that road.
WWPBD? What Would Pope Benedict Do?
However, as a clincher, supposedly Father Kevin Knox-Lecky offered his resignation in light of what took place during the gathering. If this is true…why? Maybe some feelings of guilt by association, who knows.
Blessed Be
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