Well, Dolan is going to NY. That is the good news AND the bad news, depending on who the new archbishop will be. Steve Avella in today's Journal Sentinel hit Dolan's theology right on the head. Weakland is a Vatican II bishop and Dolan is a John Paul II bishop. In my understanding, the former sees himself as having more autonomy and the latter is more as papal representative.Dolan's accomplishments: He closed the seminary and did harm to the future of lay ecclesial ministry (bad). He worked significantly to balance the archdiocesan budget by major slashing of Archdiocesan jobs (good and bad). He "handled" the sexual-abuse scandal, but in the end seemed more concerned about being a "father" to his priests than a stalwart for children (mostly bad). For the most part, he has not actively tried to change the liberal aspects of the Archdiocese as long as they were willing to fly underneath the radar (good and bad). And it truth, most Catholics like him because he's jolly. I do not believe that most of those Catholics are very aware of his accomplishments.
The constant refrain of many with my train of thought is that it could have been worse, and maybe it will be...
A Faithful Catholic
2 comments:
He was a great Archbishop for Milwaukee.
Vocations increased under him after they were nearly completely destroyed by Weakland.
He was the voice of the dynamic Orthodoxy championed both by John Paul the Great, but also by Vatican II.
Archbishop Dolan was a great archbishop and God willing will do the same in New York. Milwaukee will be blessed to have another Archbishop Dolan.
"For the most part, he has not actively tried to change the liberal aspects of the Archdiocese as long as they were willing to fly underneath the radar..."
Avoiding radar? Maybe that's why my liberal parish keeps digging itself into a hole. And while its leadership disagrees with the suggestion to stop digging, they are also unhappy with requests for an updated depth measurement.
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