[Magdalen] Conservatives Chafe Under Francis

[Jay Weigel]

Fr. James Groppi was far more of an outlier. He finally became an
Episcopalian. Those of us who grew up in Wisconsin and were active in peace
and justice movements may have had the pleasure of meeting Fr. Groppi. I
did. One of the most sacramental moments I can remember was the night he
celebrated communion with a huge bunch of us the night before a huge
demonstration where there was sure to be head banging from the cops and
quite a few arrests. There was the distinct feeling of doing this in God's
name.

On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 8:25 AM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:

> From: Lynn Ronkainen
>
>  RC has become so conservative and rule bound again... where are the
>> Berrigans+???   Their conservatism has made them bold (in re the two
>> bishops you cite, Jay), IMO, of course.
>>
>
> In their heyday, the Berrigans weren't nearly the outliers the nuns on the
> bus are. They were more "seamless garment" activists who included war in
> that seamless garment, much to the irritation of a large number of bishops,
> and much to the delight of people who projected all manner of other
> progressive causes they did not share.
>
> Let me hasten to add that their lives subsequently took some twists and
> turns far away from RC orthodoxy, but as one who knew them well back in the
> day, I have to say that was a completely different phase.
>
> Daniel Berrigan remained orthodox enough that he has long passed muster as
> a faculty member at Fordham University -- even as RC clergy were otherwise
> purged for non-orthodox views. Last I ran into him, he was living in
> Brooklyn.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim Guthrie
>
>