What is in Ascension Catholic Church's Parish Bulletins
Below is a quote from an article, The Roots of Pastoral Response by Paul Fericano, published in the Santa Barbara Independent from February 5, 2014. This quote tells about one of the important things we accomplished at Ascension Catholic Church in Portland, Oregon -- for seven years we have published in the parish weekly bulletin sources of support for survivors that included the names and contact information for two independent organizations with clergy abuse survivors as founders -- SafeNet and Compassionate Gathering. (Please note that the co-founder of Compassionate Gathering is Elizabeth Goeke, who is a clinical counselor and former nun. She left her order after being assaulted by a priest. Elizabeth suffered a detached retina and had some grandchildren who needed full time care so she is now retired.) Only one (Ascension Parish in Portland) has printed a weekly notice continuously (for both the OPO and SafeNet) since ...