-Caveat Lector- http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=10716 20-Dec-2000 -- EWTN News Brief OTTAWA ARCHBISHOP SAYS NON-CLERGY TO BAPTIZE, MARRY CATHOLICS OTTAWA, Dec. 19, 00 (CWNews.com) - Archbishop Marcel Gervais of Ottawa has said he will appoint laypeople, including nuns, and deacons to begin providing the sacraments of baptism and marriage and oversee burials in the absence French-speaking priests. Archbishop Gervais told the Ottawa Citizen that the idea is "not just solving problem, but a new model of church." He said, "We want to move away from the consumer model, where the priest supplies all the needs of the consumers, to a model of participation." While part of the plan is to appoint pastoral administrators to parishes that do not have a priest in residence, a common occurrence in many dioceses around the world that have a shortage of priests, the granting of permission to baptize, marry, and bury parishioners to laypeople is new. Sister Jeannine Gauthier, who has been working at the parish of Notre Dame de Lourdes in Vanier for four years is responsible for the maintenance and administration of the parish, and has now been given permission to baptize, marry and bury parishioners, when no priest or deacon is available. "This is a totally new mode of functioning. The bishop is excited and I'm excited," she told the newspaper. Many of the openings will be filled by permanent deacons who are granted permission to marry, baptize, and officiate at funerals by virtue of receiving the sacrament of holy orders. There are now 50 deacons working in parishes in the Archdiocese of Ottawa and another 17 in formation. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
