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Calendar of Events | VOICE OF THE FAITHFUL

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Skip to main content. Keep the Faith, Change the Church. Locate Meetings and Presentations. Calendar of Events helps you to locate meetings and events on the Web at. Http:/ calendar.yahoo.com/parishvoiceexchange/. Use this calendar to find a PV meeting or a VOTF-related presentation near you. Announce Your Meetings, Speakers and Other Events. Email your announcement at least two weeks in advance to. The details of your meeting or event (time, date, location with full address);. Find or Recommend a Speaker.

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Financial Accountability | VOICE OF THE FAITHFUL

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Skip to main content. Keep the Faith, Change the Church. Already know all about the Finance Database web portal? Need tips on reading a diocesan financial statement? Lack of open accounting does not necessarily indicate malfeasance, but it certainly makes it easier. Further, it represents an abdication of responsibility on the part of lay people. We should exercise responsible stewardship and ensure that the resources we provide to advance the mission of the Church are applied properly. Instructions on H...

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October | 2014 | synodwatch

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Resources for the Synod of Bishops on the Family. Monthly Archives: October 2014. Pope Francis stresses unity at the end of the synod and some passages were never meant to survive. October 22, 2014. After weeks of pressing for reform, Pope Francis focuses on unity. The Pope who brought two camps in the Church together by canonizing Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II on the same day. Closed two weeks of tough talks at the synod by making unity a top priority. Failed in their attempt to nix discussion a...

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Privacy Policy | VOICE OF THE FAITHFUL

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Skip to main content. Keep the Faith, Change the Church. Voice of the Faithful , Inc. (VOTF ) PRIVACY POLICY. If you feel that Voice of the Faithful, Inc. (VOTF) is not abiding by its posted Privacy Policy, you should contact Nick Ingala by email at votfpr@votf.org. Information Collection and Use. Or by sending an email to office@votf.org. A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifi...

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Mission Statement & Goals | VOICE OF THE FAITHFUL

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Skip to main content. Keep the Faith, Change the Church. Mission Statement and Goals. Mission Statement and Goals. To provide a prayerful voice, attentive to the Spirit, through which the Faithful can actively participate in the governance and guidance of the Catholic Church. T o support survivors of clergy sexual abuse. To support priests of integrity. To shape structural change within the Catholic Church. Video of Pontifical Commission for Protection of Minors: Structure Overview. Voice of the Faithful.

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Lay Input in the Bishop Selection Process | VOICE OF THE FAITHFUL

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Skip to main content. Keep the Faith, Change the Church. Lay Input in the Bishop Selection Process. Lay Input in the Bishop Selection Process. Our Bishop Selection Working Group has asked Pope Francis to inject broader-based lay input into the selection of bishops for local dioceses. ( Letter to Pope Francis. To faciliate lay involvement, we host a web portal. The current outreach builds on an earlier letter to Pope Benedict XVI and the launch of a first-of-its-kind web portal. In 2012, nearly 200 Chicag...

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Crisis in the Priesthood: Conversations About Celibacy | VOICE OF THE FAITHFUL

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Skip to main content. Keep the Faith, Change the Church. Crisis in the Priesthood: Conversations About Celibacy. Crisis in the Priesthood: Conversations About Celibacy. What led to the Church’s adoption of celibacy and do those reasons remain valid in days when the number of priests in the U.S. continues to decline and access to the sacraments may be restricted as a result? Now we ask YOU to help us roll out the next phase: bringing the request to ordain married men directly to your bishop. As well as th...

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A Prayerful Voice | VOICE OF THE FAITHFUL

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Skip to main content. Keep the Faith, Change the Church. A prayerful voice, attentive to the Spirit" serves as a foundation for the Voice of the Faithful Mission. Many of our projects include prayers, liturgy suggestions, and other spiritually focused actions. With Prayerful Voice, we offer a central collection of resources for spiritual growth, to help facilitate spiritual development and foster community within Voice of the Faithful. Brief comments on Scripture readings, prayers, and other meditations.

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Women's Roles | VOICE OF THE FAITHFUL

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Skip to main content. Keep the Faith, Change the Church. The Women’s Initiative is dedicated to the proposition that all baptized Catholics women and men have equal access to all positions within the Church and have a voice in all decision-making processes. VOTF encourages conversation on all ministries and opportunities for women, but we focus our project work primarily on the restoration of the female diaconate. Women Deacons: How Long? Paper on restoring the female diaconate to the Church (15 pages).

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Lay Education | VOICE OF THE FAITHFUL

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Skip to main content. Keep the Faith, Change the Church. As responsible Catholics, we strive to educate ourselves about our sacramental (Baptismal) role as members of the Body of Christ and to revitalize our collegial roles within the Church in the spirit of Vatican II. The links and resources here offer opportunities to s. Tudy Vatican II documents, especially on the laity and the Church (. The Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity. Packages designed for self-paced study or adult education groups. Steps...