Breitbart has a piece which shows the fruits of decades of slack theological training and compromised religious formation. An LBGT promoting Franciscan, who teaches heaven knows what in the theological Babylon called Chicago Theological Union, has called the March For Life “repulsive and futile”.
The Franciscan, Daniel P. Horan, from now on to be known as the Horan of Babylon.
However, as per Breitbart:
Horan has praised the pro-abortion Women’s March as consistent with Catholic social teaching. The fact that pro-life women and organizations are not welcomed at the event seems not to bother his conscience in the slightest.
Think about this.
He is anti-March for Life. That means that he has little interest in the aims for which the March was born: defense of human life. He sidesteps the life issue by super-imposing his own irrelevant, left-wing political views on the March.
He is pro-sodomy. That means he promotes fruitless, sterile sex which also leads to any number of other problems.
He praises a pro-abortion rally. That means he supports something that kills the fruit of naturally ordered sexual relations.
A while back at Fishwrap, he denigrated traditional liturgical worship of God together along with John Paul II’s “theology of the body”.
Are you seeing a pattern?
The Horan of Babylon, ladies and gentlemen.
He seems to be failing around for attention.
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The Franciscans, unfortunately, aren’t anymore what they used to be. He is not a singular case. Many Franciscans have abandoned their traditional way of life during, or shortly after Vatican II, and many have laid down their habit. Today, especially Franciscans (along with Dominicans) try to be hip and relevant, which they claim is part of their charisma (as mendicant orders with a history of social activity). Franciscans used to be great confessors, and at some places they still are. The Franciscan convent in my diocese’s capital, with a relatively big church, have quite recently wreckovated their church, and painted it in a “modern” fashion with squibbles and squiggles of random color everywhere. The 8 confessionals are empty and never used. They have a “reconciliation chamber” now. And, needless to say, they are dying old. No new members, and the youngest brother is over 70 years old.
Regarding this Franciscan, Venerable Brother Daniel, – I would never suggest anything like that, of course! – but wouldn’t it be plausible for him to belong to a certain group that identifies itself with a certain sequence of letters, including L, G, B, and T (and sometimes Q, and other characters)? The clergy has been infiltrated by activist homosexuals – men that are not only warring for a homosexualist agenda, but are themselves (sometimes active) homosexuals, so they fight for what they see as “their people” -, and this to me seems like a typical case of that. But, of course, I would never suggest anything like that.
HOB has been given the green light by his local “Shepherd “.
All of the crazies are coming out of the woodwork.
I’ve heard him give workshops at the LA Religious EduGAYtion Congress. He’s a regular there and quite the conference darling.
He plays rhetorical sleight of hand and omits crucial aspects from his theological analysis in order to make his points and arguments appear stronger than they are. Those who don’t realize what he’s omitting and deemphasizing, those without theological and catechetical knowledge, are duped.
That a theological and catechetical charlatan like him is allowed to teach Catholic theology, train catechists, and receives professional accolades is an indication of how depraved some centers of theological formation are.
He is fairly well known for his anti-Catholic beliefs. He is no son of St. Francis that is for sure.
Horan of Babylon also considers “fetuses” to be “so-called innocent.” He presided over an animist ritual at the Three Days of Darkness that apologized for, if I recall the video correctly, “sins” against Brother Sun and Sister Moon. He wrote a book titled “Dating God.”
Horan of Babylon should read the Book of Revelation:
“Alas! alas! that great city Babylon, that mighty city: for in one hour is thy judgment come.”
“I’ve noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born.” – Ronald Reagan
Perhaps Horan is gunning for a position at the Vatican.
I… I have nothing.
Fr. Horan is nothing new, he offers nothing new, he doesn’t even manage to outrage me in any new way. He’s just another leftist clone. If anything, he’s better than most because he’s at least forthright about his ideology.
I believe he is the friar who celebrates Mass at the Three Days of Darkness each year. Readers may recall the horrid theology and liturgical abuses of that Mass..
He has such an open, honest, sweet,looking face. Like one of my dear sons.
Galatians 1:8 “But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach a gospel to you besides that which we have preached to you, let him be anathema.”
God have mercy on this poor lost soul.
And he not only made it through religious formation, but priestly formation as well, and has a position on a Catholic theological faculty. It didn’t happen over night, and not without a lot of support from superiors and academics.
Sometimes it appears the root of our vocation crisis regards those who “succeed and persevere.”
This man has not been impeded in his terrible teaching. Rome does not step on him and he continues endorsing sin, as does his compadre James Martin SJ. Rome will surely issue a cease and desist if they want to, but since they don’t, there is only one reasonable conclusion and it’s impossible to avoid, Rome agrees with him. They are a scandal and Rome is a scandal as well.
Fr. Horan still has not issued an apology for his first take, which constitutes rash judgment in my opinion (and the Catechism):
Daniel P. Horan, OFM
?Verified account @DanHoranOFM
Jan 21
How quick some people are to take any small additional detail to a story to justify exoneration of the appalling behavior of young white men. The fact remains that even if a third party provoked, it doesn’t justify their behavior. Imagine if that were a black teen & a white vet.
Bishop John Stowe, already known as an advocate for homosexuality, is similarly hostile to the pro-life movement. Does commitment to the former necessitate hostility to the latter?
Bishop Stowe is the main speaker at the Notre Dame-sanctioned “LGBTQ…” student retreat, this weekend. “His talk will be integrating sexual orientation and faith from a Scriptural and Biblical perspective.” Is Bishop Stowe going to share the Church’s liberating teaching that we are more than our inclinations? If so, I would expect to hear that this student organization will be morphing into a chapter of Courage.
Scripture and the Bible are the same thing, no? Does Bishop Stowe understand differently?
The following , in its entirety, is from the CTU website:
Daniel P. Horan, OFM
Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology and Spirituality
Co-Editor of New Theology Review
Education:
BA, Theology, St. Bonaventure University
MA, Systematic Theology, Washington Theological Union
MDiv, Washington Theological Union
PhD, Systematic Theology, Boston College
About:
Fr. Dan is a Franciscan friar of Holy Name Province (New York) and a systematic theologian who researches and teaches in the areas of constructive theology, spirituality, and the medieval Franciscan philosophical and theological tradition.
In addition to several books, he is the author of more than 120 scholarly and popular articles and book chapters in leading international theological and pastoral publications. He is a regular contributor to the publication Give Us This Day and previously served as a columnist at America magazine. Fr. Dan’s current book projects are tentatively titled, Catholicity and Emerging Personhood: A Theological Anthropology (Orbis Books), Reading, Praying, Living Pope Francis’s Rejoice and Be Glad (Liturgical Press), and Not Because of Sin: An Introduction to Supralapsarian Christology (Liturgical Press). He is also editing the correspondence between Thomas Merton and Naomi Burton Stone for publication.
Fr. Dan has delivered keynote addresses and invited lectures at universities and in dioceses around the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Europe. He regularly presents academic papers at the conferences of the American Academy of Religion; the Catholic Theological Society of America; the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality; the College Theology Society, where he is co-convener of the Spirituality section; and the International Thomas Merton Society, where he previously served three consecutive terms on the ITMS Board of Directors.
He currently serves on a number of academic boards and committees, including the Board of Trustees of St. Bonaventure University in New York and the Board of Regents of the Franciscan School of Theology in California. Fr. Dan is the recipient of several honors and distinctions, including awards for his writing and an honorary doctorate from Felician University in New Jersey in 2015.
Also, from his website, take a look at this speaking schedule:
2019 Schedule
Here is the public speaking schedule for Fr. Daniel Horan, OFM
January 3-5, 2019
Diocese of Reno | Reno, NV
Diocese of Reno Annual Conference
Contact Information: http://renodiocese.org/diocesanconference
January 18-20, 2019
San Pedro Retreat Center | Orlando, FL
Public Retreat
Contact Information: http://www.sanpedrocenter.org/retreats-programs/?ee=249
February 19, 2019
Bellarmine University | Louisville, KY
13th Annual Thomas Merton Black History Month Lecture
Contact Information: http://merton.org/Events/#TMBHM
February 26, 2019
Purdue University Catholic Campus Ministry | West Lafayette, IN
Public Lecture
Contact Information: https://www.boilercatholics.org
March 13, 2019
St. Mary’s University of Minnesota | Winona, MN
Public Lecture
Contact Information: https://www.smumn.edu
March 22-24, 2019
Los Angeles Religious Education Congress | Anaheim, CA
Friday Liturgy & Workshops (Sat & Sun)
Contact Information: http://www.recongress.org
March 29-31, 2019
Aquinas Institute of Theology | St. Louis, MO
Workshop
Contact Information: https://www.ai.edu
April 12-13, 2019
Capuchin Franciscan Formation Program | Milwaukee, WI
Workshop
Contact Information: Private Event
April 18-21, 2019
Poor Clare Monastery | Chesterfield, NJ
Holy Week Liturgies
Contact Information: http://poorclaresnewjersey.com
May 6-7, 2019
Diocese of Owensboro | Owensboro, KY
Workshop for Clergy
Contact Information: Private Event
May 13-15, 2019
Society of St. Francis of the Americas | San Francisco, CA
Keynote Lecture
Contact Information: Private Event
May 25—June 2, 2019
Catholic Theological Union | Israel
Holy Land Retreat
Contact Information: https://ctu.edu/event/holy-land-retreat-2019/
June 6-9, 2019
Catholic Theological Society of America | Pittsburgh, PA
Academic Lecture
Contact Information: https://www.ctsa-online.org
June 10-12, 2019
Oblate School of Theology | San Antonio, TX
Keynote Lectures
Contact Information: https://ost.edu
June 27-30, 2019
International Thomas Merton Society | Santa Clara, CA
Academic Lecture
Contact Information: http://merton.org/ITMS/
July 20, 2019
FrancisCorps | Syracuse, NY
Keynote Address
Contact Information: https://www.franciscorps.org
July 30—August 9, 2019
Various Events | Australia
Lectures
Contact Information: TBA
September 20-22, 2019
Fairfield University | Fairfield, Conn.
Academic Lecture
Contact Information: Private Event
October 11-13, 2019
Mission San Jose | San Antonio, TX
Public Lecture
Contact Information: https://missionsanjosechurch.org
October 19, 2019
The Meditatio Centre | London, UK
Invited Lecture
Contact Information: http://www.meditatio.co.uk
October 24, 2019
Religious Formation Conference | Louisville, KY
Workshop
Contact Information: https://www.relforcon.org
November 8-10, 2019
Bon Secours Spiritual Center | Marriottsville, MD
Public Retreat
Contact Information: http://rccbonsecours.com
November 15-17, 2019
Our Lady of Lourdes Church | Utica, NY
Parish Mission
Contact Information: http://www.ourladyoflourdesutica.org
Perhaps it is uncharitable, but after the last 6 months of the sex abuse crisis so clearly revealing the sodomitical basis for the abuse, and, as importantly, its abetting and cover-up by other non-pedoprast sodomites, I pretty much assume that any cleric who publically supports sodomy is themself a flagrant unrepentant sodomite.
Wow! He stays busy, doesn’t he! Thank you for sharing. At least one of those organizations will be hearing from me.
Oh my!! He is scheduled for my diocese, May 6-7. I am going to have to pray and fast those days.
Let’s not be too quick to judge Professor Horan harshly. After all, he not only criticises traditionalism, he offers his own positive vision for the Church! Watch his Eucharistic Liturgy for the Care of the Earth, then judge him harshly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi5H8hnOh_g&t=24m23s
I’m going to suppress the first things I’m tempted (in this case le mot juste) to say here. The one effective thing those of us at the lower levels of the laity of the Church can do is to pray for this strayed priest and all the other members of his coven daily. I love the prayer for priests of St. Therese that Fr. Z has appended to the morning offerings. And, of course, pray that those at the higher levels of the Church do what they should long ago have been doing.
It’s worth pointing out there are many orders within the Franciscan tradition. For example, the Third Order Regular Franciscans run one of the best, and one of the most faithful, (and very pro-life) Catholic universities: Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio.
I was a member of a TOR run parish in the Arlington diocese for a number of years, and they were likewise orthodox, and reasonably traditional NO parish.
Then there is the late Fr. Benedict Groschel’s order, the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal. (I daresay that if any friar in that order said what Fr. Horan said, Fr. Benedict would haunt that poor soul like Samuel did to Saul at the witch of Endor).
I surely hope and pray that the Horan is not representative of the OFMs, the original order of St. Francis.
Hi dlvolk,
I’m in the Diocese of Lexington. I’ve searched the diocesan website to see if Bishop Stowe has ever attended any March for Life anywhere. I couldn’t find anything.
I just called the diocese and spoke to a very nice lady in the Chancellor’s office. I told her that I was concerned that Bishop Stowe may not speak Catholic teaching to the students at the LGBT event at Notre Dame. She assured me that he would. I asked if they would put transcripts of his speeches on their website. She said “We don’t have that.” I said that surely he has written notes that could be published. Again, she said that they don’t have that; they don’t have a way of getting that. (Whaaat???) She said maybe Notre Dame has that–check with them. Then I asked whether or not the Bishop supports Courage, the Church-approved ministry for LGBT people. She say she didn’t know.
He’s part of the “New Prolife Movement” which sets itself up, as morally superior to the “Old Prolife Movement.” The Newsies claim the Oldies care only about “embryos and fetuses” while saying that the Newsies are “pro the whole life” of humans.
It’s all a cliché of the 80’s, when similar people said prolifers were just Reaganites who used babies to support right wing politics. Now, the same canard is circulating that the Oldie prolifers have “weaponized” preborn children to support “Trumpism.” It’s shameful that the only thing which is weaponized here is the good name of St. Francis!
It is interesting to reflect on the fact that this Franciscan prospers and spreads his
dubious “theology” with the support of many higher up in the ecclesial pecking order.
Meanwhile, Rome continues its demolition of Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate–
apparently for being a bit too enthusiastically traditional.
It’s an upside-down world, these days.
That was really something else, especially the weird liturgical dancing. That’s just really really weird.
I appreciate you calling the Chancery. I was told that Mike Allen runs a Courage ministry in our diocese, but the Courage website does not list any chapter here. However, the pro-homosexualist organization, Fortunate Families, based in Lexington, is supported by Bishop Stowe, with him identified as ‘Ecclesial Advisor.’ This organization states that it wants to change Church teaching on homosexuality. Fortunate Families’ was denied participation in the 2015 World Meeting of Families, in Philadelphia.
Bishop Stowe has responded to one of my emails, before he spoke to New Ways Ministry, two years ago. He used Pope Francis’ ‘going to the peripheries’ explanation to justify his speaking to this organization’s conference. Cardinal George, as president of the USCCB, said New Ways Ministry was not Catholic, and demanded Sr. Jeannine Gramick and Fr. Robert Nugent to end their involvement. Sr. Gramick has not complied, and their in photos of Bishop Stowe speaking is Sr. Gramick behind him.
So, Bishop Stowe is actively involved with individuals who are disobedient, and heterodox organizations. How can he claim to be sharing the Church’s teaching; it defies logic that he would be invited to speak and advise organizations which publicly advocate against that the clear Catholic teaching.
I am told that the Lexington diocese does have a Courage chapter, though it is rather informal, and not meeting regularly. A priest does meet with persons seeking counsel. An EnCourage group does meet monthly.
He is scheduled to speak at a Capuchin formation event. And Bishop Stowe is an OFM Conv. I am sure all branches of Franciscans are under pressure.
“He’s part of the “New Prolife Movement” which sets itself up, as morally superior to the “Old Prolife Movement.” The Newsies claim the Oldies care only about “embryos and fetuses” while saying that the Newsies are “pro the whole life” of humans. ”
Good to know. I have worked with some of these people. Some claim to be former PP workers, but I am uncertain as to whether they have ever *stopped* working for PP. Thanks for the heads up. Originally I was going to simply brush this off, but this is excellent intel. Merci, Fr. Sotelo.
Horan long ago demonstrated what his message is:
“Seamless Garment”=”Vote for pro-abortion Democrats.”
“Consistent Ethic of Life”=”Vote for pro-abortion Democrats.”
“New Pro-life Movement”=”Vote for Pro-abortion Democrats.”
“Truly” pro-life=”Vote for pro-abortion Democrats.”