Freemasonry is condemned by the Catholic Church.

Bishop George Lucas
Bishop of Springfield, Illinois

Bishop Lucas's first act after his installation as bishop was to
hold a reception at a Masonic temple in Springfield, Illinois.

        On December 14, 1999 Bishop George Lucas was installed as Bishop of the Springfield Diocese in Illinois. Lucas replaced Bishop Daniel Ryan who resigned one week prior to the filing of a lawsuit that named him as an active homosexual who had engaged in sexual activities with clergy and male prostitutes.

        Under the leadership of Bishop Lucas, Ryan remains active–saying public Mass around the diocese as well as confirming children at various parishes within the Joliet diocese.

        Within the Springfield Diocese, a lay person can endorse Planned Parenthood, birth control, freedom of "choice", pour the Blood of Christ out the back door of the sacristy, and still be appointed to the diocesan marriage tribunal, a parish council, or act as an Extraordinary Minister. A Catholic senator can promote partial-birth abortion and still be welcome at his parish and receive praise from his bishop because of his "service " to the State. A nun can promote masturbation, birth control, and call for the ordination of women and still be a director of religious education. A priest, while being forbidden to celebrate the traditional Mass, may promote homosexual activity, birth control, engage in heterosexual or homosexual activity, pay for his girlfriend's abortion, and still remain a priest in good standing. A bishop in this Diocese can have sex with 15-year-old boys, priests, laymen, and still celebrate Mass and confirm our children. What we cannot do in this diocese is expect Bishop Lucas to end liturgical abuse, heretical teachings or safeguard the souls of our children.

        Here locally, in my home parish of St. Peter's in Petersburg, Illinois, I am unable to send my children to the parish religion program or allow my sons to serve at Mass. Fr. Holinga, our pastor, in his October 21, 2001 parish bulletin published an article which stated that genuflecting before receiving Holy Communion or kneeling before the tabernacle fit the definition of a sinful act. Those who serve at Mass are forbidden to kneel at any time during Mass and some of our Catholic religion teachers, extraordinary ministers, and parish council members have promoted Planned Parenthood and birth control. With all of these abuses taking place, neither our former bishop, homosexual Daniel Ryan, nor our current bishop, George Lucas, will take any corrective action. This scenario is played out in one diocese after another around the world. Faithful Catholic parents and their children are becoming more and more persecuted and isolated by their clergy and fellow Catholics simply because they will not remain silent - nor will they accept the watered-down Catholicism that places their children's souls at risk. Fr. Thomas Holinga and Bishop George Lucas, like so many other priests and bishops, are some of the most dangerous individuals to walk the face of the earth. Why? you ask. Although they claim to speak for - and at times represent - Christ himself, they promote false teachings or refuse to correct those who do, thereby placing innocent souls at risk. I will give you some examples of this behavior in this newsletter.

        It is with the realization that while I, too, am a sinner, I am still bound by true charity to remind you, our bishops, that:

Priests who see insults offered to God and remain silent are called by Isaias "mute dogs. " But to these mute dogs shall be imputed all the sins that they could have- but have not - prevented.... Hence, St. Leo adds: The priest who does not withdraw another from error proves that he is himself involved in it. " (St. Alphonsus De Liguori)