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OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Catholic Coalition for Church Reform |
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 It has come to the attention of the Archdiocese that a group calling itself the Catholic Coalition for Church Reform (CCCR) is planning a 2010 ‘synod’ in the Archdiocese entitled, ‘Claiming Our Place at the Table’.
While the agenda for the proposed synod purports to be an exploration
of the role of baptized Catholics within the institutional Church of
the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, it is not being
conducted under the auspices of the Archdiocese, the universal Roman
Catholic Church, or any entity or organization affiliated with the
Archdiocese or the universal Roman Catholic Church.
The Archdiocese wishes it to be known that the Catholic Coalition for
Church Reform, the 2010 synod, and individuals endorsing the same, are
not agents or entities of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
or the Roman Catholic Church. Moreover, the Archdiocese wishes to
lovingly caution those members of the faithful participating in the
‘work/study groups’ and intending to attend the synod of the potential
that the issues on which CCCR will seek reform are magisterial
teachings of the Church, and are therefore to be believed by divine and
catholic faith. The Archdiocese also wishes to remind the faithful of
its need to shun any contrary doctrines, and instead to embrace and
retain, to safeguard reverently and expound faithfully, the doctrine of
faith and morals proposed definitively by the magisterium of the Church.
REGARDING MR. MARTIN KELLY SHANAHAN
On June 26, 2009, the Supreme Pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI, decreed that Mr. Martin Kelly Shanahan, a permanent deacon of the Archdiocese of
Saint Paul and Minneapolis, is dismissed from the clerical state ex
officio et in poenam and released from all obligations of the clerical
state. This supreme penalty was imposed on Mr. Shanahan after he
abandoned the Catholic Church, sought 'priestly ordination' from a
female bishop of the Apostolic Catholic Orthodox Church, and then
attempted to administer the sacraments (simulation). The same decree
indicated that the canonical censures incurred by Mr. Shanahan as a
result of his schism remain in force.
The Archdiocese wishes the faithful to be aware that any ‘Mass’ or
sacrament administered by Mr. Shanahan, with the exception of baptism,
is invalid. The August 2000 declaration by the Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith, Dominus Iesus, does not apply to Mr. Shanahan’s
attempted presbyteral ordination nor does it make any statement
regarding the validity of the Orders of the Apostolic Catholic Orthodox
Church.
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