Statement from the Office of the Bishop/ Prior General

 

September 15, 2020

Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrow

 
The policies toward and treatment of immigrants and asylum seekers by this administration has been an immoral stigma on our nation's collective conscience. From the separation of children, to the criminalization of asylum seekers, and the denial of covid testing, this president, his administration and policy supporters have been committing grave sin.
Reporting today by a whistleblower, alleging forced sterilization by hysterectomies has turned these detention centers into all outright Concentration Camps reminiscent of Nazi regimes.
Our Church condemns all who have partaken, by action or policy authorization, in any of this evil policy. We, in the authority of our Gospel imperative, warn all such that this sin is of the most serious for individuals and our country. No one complicit in this evil should consider themselves a part of the Body of Christ.
 
+Joseph Augustine Menna, AIHM
Bishop and Prior General
Augustinians of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Diocese of St. Thomas of Villanova
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

An Independent Catholic Religious Order and Diocese

"One in Mind and Heart Into God" 

Augustinian: We follow the Rule of Our Holy Father, St. Augustine, living the Gospel in imitation of our Immaculate Mother of God

Catholic:  We believe in and dedicate ourselves to the faith expressed in the Nicene Creed and the Sacramental Life of Grace.  We follow in the Augustinian tradition of social justice by  reintegrating through community those marginalized by poverty or trauma. 


Canonical: A self-governing independent catholic diocese with full sacramental ministry and Apostolic Succession following Augustine's example of his church in Hippo, and ordaining men and women to full active ministry.

Ecumenical: Open to all Christians who share our values and spirit. All are welcome to share their lives with us regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender, economic or marital status.

 

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