Last night CBS Chicago aired a segment of Walter’s Perspective, with Walter Jacobson. The segment addressed the recent consideration of Cardinal George and the Archdiocese of Chicago to remove Father Michael Pfleger from the Faith Community of Saint Sabina.
The move would go against the wishes of Father Pfleger, the wishes congregation itself, and, as Jacobson points out, the wishes of the the community Saint Sabina is a part of. The wishes and vision of the community seem like an important perspective – one that is frequently ignored in a world of corporate driven paradigms for church leadership and hierarchy from outside and above.
Fr. Pfleger meets attendees at the 2011 Hallett Lecture
As SCUPE has always had context driven theology at its core, this perspective of those in the context, is one we believe needs to be heard and taken into account. Two night ago, before the Hallett Lecture at Loyola University, I walked across the street the the offices of the Archdiocesan offices and hand delivered two letters expressing this point from my personal perspective. I hope that the Cardinal and church leadership will be open to the voice of the congregation, community, and the Spirit in their deliberation on the future of Father Pfleger and Saint Sabina.
Please consider lending your voice in support of Father Pfleger and Saint Sabina by writing to these two individuals:
Francis Cardinal George
Archdiocese of Chicago
835 North Rush Street
Chicago, IL 60611
312-534-8219 Office
312-534-6379 Fax
archbishop(at)archchicago.org
Priest’s Placement Board
Archdiocese of Chicago
835 North Rush Street
Chicago, IL 60611
312-534-5270 Office
312-534-5281 Fax
jdonovan(at)archchicago.org
