A 17-year-old Is Denied Confirmation Because Of A Post On Facebook

[Apotheoun]

[quote name='Basilisa Marie' timestamp='1353279077' post='2512513']
[img]http://www.inforum.com/media/story/jpg/2012/11/14/1115marriagesign.jpg[/img]

I still don't see how "liking" this picture is open to interpretation. But whatevs.
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Maybe the kids liked his shirt. I'll leave it for the priest to determine what to do in that case.

[Noel's angel]

The priest has said he didn't refuse him the sacrament because of the Facebook post.

[Nihil Obstat]

"The following day Fr. LaMoine’s secretary, who is Facebook friends with Lennon, chanced upon the controversial post and alerted the priest to it.
The priest says that he then telephoned Lennon, and in the course of that conversation the boy said he had chosen not to go forward with Confirmation.

[b]The priest admits, however, that once he knew that Lennon supported same-sex marriage, and was unwilling to retract his views, that he would not have been able to confirm him."[/b]

[CatherineM]

I sometimes hit like just to let people know I've read something.

[Noel's angel]

But Fr. LaMoine, the pastor of Assumption Parish in Barnesville, told LifeSiteNews.com that there were other concerns that contributed to the decision to delay Lennon’s Confirmation, and that the final decision was made by Lennon himself, not the priest.
According to Catholic teaching, [url="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04215b.htm"]Confirmation[/url] is a sacrament of initiation that confirms Catholics as “mature” Christians. It is usually administered to young teens.
Fr. LaMoine said that his conversations with the Cihak family began in early October, when he sent a letter to Lennon’s parents, Doug and Shana, encouraging them to start coming to church to support their son.
The priest told LifeSiteNews.com that he only discovered Lennon’s gay marriage post by accident on October 25, the day after having a two-hour meeting with the family. During that meeting the priest had brought up the fact that the Cihaks were not coming to church, as well as “other matters” that the priest said, “I can’t get into here.” No mention was made of Lennon’s views on marriage during that meeting.

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' timestamp='1353282336' post='2512546']
"The following day Fr. LaMoine’s secretary, who is Facebook friends with Lennon, chanced upon the controversial post and alerted the priest to it.
The priest says that he then telephoned Lennon, and in the course of that conversation the boy said he had chosen not to go forward with Confirmation.

[b]The priest admits, however, that once he knew that Lennon supported same-sex marriage, and was unwilling to retract his views, that he would not have been able to confirm him."[/b]
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[Nihil Obstat]

Put simply, Fr. LaMoine being aware of the kid's views was sufficient condition to deny confirmation, at least in his opinion. The bishop may review the situation and decide otherwise, but as it stands his knowledge of those views constituted sufficient condition to deny the sacrament.

[Noel's angel]

There were obvious concerns before the surfacing of the Facebook post.

[MIKolbe]

There are obvious conerns in catechesis in America on the whole

[Nihil Obstat]

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There are obvious conerns in catechesis in America on the whole
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No wonder we all drink.

[Apotheoun]

"The priest says that he then telephoned Lennon, and in the course of that conversation the boy said he had chosen not to go forward with Confirmation."

Based upon the above quotation from the article, I can at least respect the fact that the young man himself realized he should not proceed with the reception of the sacrament. I mean the kid is wrong on the "gay marriage" issue, but at least he realized - no doubt through his dialogue with the priest - that he was not properly disposed, and thus he should not be confirmed.

[Byzantine]

[quote name='MIkolbe' timestamp='1353284466' post='2512557']
There are obvious conerns in catechesis in America on the whole
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Preach it.

[the171]

Maybe some Taylor Swift will solve the problem?

http://youtu.be/VuNIsY6JdUw