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BOSTON’S SAINT PATRICK’S DAY BREAKFAST FEATURED GAY MEN’S CHORUS–AND ARCHBISHOP HENNING
In Boston, the Saint Patrick’s Day Parade is held on the Sunday before March 17th. It is preceded by South Boston’s traditional Saint Patrick’s Day Breakfast, which is hosted by the state senator from that community.
The breakfast—an occasion for sharp political humor—showcases elected officials, labor leaders, Irish musical groups and representatives of the Republic of Ireland.
This morning’s breakfast featured two new participants—the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus and the Most Reverend Richard G. Henning, the Archbishop of Boston.
Following an invocation by Father Joe White, Pastor of Saint Joseph Parish in the city’s West End, State Senator Nick Collins, the master of ceremonies, introduced the Gay Men’s Chorus to sing the National Anthem.
A short time later, Collins introduced Archbishop Henning, who delivered an unconventional interpretation of the Feast of Saint Patrick, claiming that the real significance of Saint Patrick’s Day was the conversion of the saint’s own heart, from rancor towards his Irish kidnappers to a willingness to forgive them in the name of Christian love.
Henning then added “This is what reaching across the aisle means.”
The traditional understanding of the commemoration of the Apostle of Ireland focuses on the deliverance of an entire nation—in the lifetime of a single saint—from the darkness of paganism to the light of the Catholic Faith.
Other participants included Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, a partnered lesbian who has vowed to shut down pro-life pregnancy centers in the state; Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll; and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley.
Pressley, who called President Donald Trump a “pedophile” during her remarks, just introduced a bicameral resolution to designate March 10th as “Abortion Provider Appreciation Day”
Also prominently featured was the flip-flopping Congressman Stephen Lynch, who now claims his Catholic Faith compels him to support abortion and contraception, and State Senate President Karen Spilka, who has applauded the passage of the so-called Shield Act.
This law immunizes Bay State abortionists from the legal consequences of shipping deadly Mifepristone to states that have banned abortion.
The benediction was given by Boston City Councilor Miniard Culpepper, a Baptist minister.
Catholic Action League Executive Director C. J. Doyle made the following comments:
“Archbishop Henning will now enjoy the distinction of being the first ordinary in the 218 year history of the Diocese of Boston to share a public platform with a homosexual group.
It is unfathomable why any Catholic prelate would want to be present at a tawdry, self-serving event by a corrupt, apostate, anti-Christian political class—men and women who have betrayed the Faith of their Baptism—but are willing to expropriate the name of a Catholic saint to promote and prolong their pernicious careers in elective office.
As a shepherd, he should warn Catholics to avoid this toxic gathering of wolves.
Nothing has changed since Archbishop Henning replaced Cardinal O’Malley. The embrace of the state’s pro-abortion political establishment by the Archdiocese of Boston continues.
No one is evangelized. No one repents. Their purpose is not to convert, but to appease, not to save souls, but to make friends.
Why? Does it help with archdiocesan fundraising? media relations? tax dollars for Catholic Charities? government approval for property development?
The next time Governor Healey comes to a Catholic Schools Foundation gala, someone should ask Archbishop Henning that question.”
