As we begin the year 2024, I wanted to hear from our Survivors’ Voices Panel about the idea of hope. As always, their responses were varied and insightful. I define hope as an openness to a positive outcome that I cannot reasonably expect. It's a choice to be optimistic despite the facts and circumstances. I do have this obscure kind of hope, but my greatest strength has come in becoming aware and resolved to the complexity of progress. I no longer think the Church will change unless there is a radical restructuring of, or more specifically, a near-total dissolution of the hierarchy as it exists now. I do not believe this dissolution will happen. My optimism comes from the continued unfolding of my own competency in living a faithful life, independent of the Church. I still attend mass and love the sacraments, but the sacraments are all I need now to feel fulfilled. The rest is a social organization I can live well without.
Survivors' Voices: Hope
Survivors' Voices: Hope
Survivors' Voices: Hope
As we begin the year 2024, I wanted to hear from our Survivors’ Voices Panel about the idea of hope. As always, their responses were varied and insightful. I define hope as an openness to a positive outcome that I cannot reasonably expect. It's a choice to be optimistic despite the facts and circumstances. I do have this obscure kind of hope, but my greatest strength has come in becoming aware and resolved to the complexity of progress. I no longer think the Church will change unless there is a radical restructuring of, or more specifically, a near-total dissolution of the hierarchy as it exists now. I do not believe this dissolution will happen. My optimism comes from the continued unfolding of my own competency in living a faithful life, independent of the Church. I still attend mass and love the sacraments, but the sacraments are all I need now to feel fulfilled. The rest is a social organization I can live well without.