Why not offer both confession and listening centers (although I find myself a little skeptical about this idea)? The resistance to offering confession seems odd to me.
Or have lay religious at the listening centers like at St. Peter's? It seems like a missed opportunity for evangelization. Both to ensure properly trained communications and as a way to help introduce new people to our Church and the variety & beauty of its Orders.
"...confessionals were not necessary for events with young people..."
Oh, my heart. What a dismissal.
Why not offer both confession and listening centers (although I find myself a little skeptical about this idea)? The resistance to offering confession seems odd to me.
Or have lay religious at the listening centers like at St. Peter's? It seems like a missed opportunity for evangelization. Both to ensure properly trained communications and as a way to help introduce new people to our Church and the variety & beauty of its Orders.
You’re assuming that the organizers believe in hell.
Confessionals are Christian.
“Listening Centers” are the fruit of moralistic therapeutic deism.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaggffhhhhhhh
If there's anything that shines very brightly through the past decade or so it's a deep institutional resentment of the priesthood.
I try to be charitable, but this is truly asinine.